Questions

I'm looking to file a provisional patent application in Canada and the US. From what I've been told, the process is not easily out-sourceable, and I'm on a shoestring startup budget. I would like...

Patent Canada USA Provisional Patent

asked Oct 19 '12 at 01:59

Blueberryfields
426 points

I've been meeting with mentors and entrepreneurs to learn more about startups. I've been told that is better to focus in one feature and one sector in the market. I have a service that can help...

Getting Started

asked Oct 31 '12 at 16:26

Zapoo
303 points

We will soon be meeting for the first time with several of our potential customers which are chain-stores to which we will be selling our service. I don't want to uncover too much information...

Pricing Customers Negotiation

asked Dec 25 '12 at 03:29

Orchestrator
149 points

We are stuck on which is the most appropriate pricing strategy for our Saas marketplace web application. We have consumers who post details of their problem x and service providers y who propose...

Pricing Saas Marketplace

asked Nov 6 '13 at 09:32

Chuck
113 points

So, I am an individual currently making a game. I am asking for volunteers to help with the project, but I would prefer if an NDA was signed before they join. Issue is, I am not a legally...

Legal NDA

asked May 1 '17 at 23:04

Shikarra Wo W
11 points

I'm looking to put together a "virtual studio" with no physical location, at least initially. The current portfolio of founders could potential consist of members in 4 different states and 1 in...

Incorporation Location

asked Mar 29 '10 at 09:17

Startup Advice
55 points

I attended Geek Fest today in Charlotte, NC and attended a session from Hunter Loftis (@hunterloftis ) Along with some new cool features of HTML5, I learnt that HTML5 has huge potential for being...

Development Internet

asked Nov 11 '10 at 15:51

Birender Saini
271 points

For software hackers/developers there are many. However, I need a hardware guy (or girl?) for a relatively small project. Is there a site where I can search for people and see ranks,...

Hiring Development

asked Nov 27 '10 at 15:34

Tzury Bar Yochay
113 points

Anyone know of an ONLINE solution for managing contracts, legal forms, etc? Something where I could generate, send, sign, and store legal contracts online- so that both parties would never need to...

Contract Legal Website

asked Feb 8 '11 at 02:46

Yarin
147 points

I joined a startup mainly because I want to startup myself and I thought the experience would help me. But in the few weeks since I joined, I have been just understanding my team's code and done...

Productivity

asked Oct 27 '11 at 05:01

User14058
30 points

I've got a subscription service with a free tier. Initially, the free tier was far too generous. We've since significantly lowered what that free tier provides. However, we had grandfathered in...

Pricing Subscriptions Free

asked Jul 18 '12 at 06:36

Marc Hughes
111 points

I recently entered a government founded start-up that was planning a major switch in the product (after I entered we started doing a completely new product indeed). Each person in the project has a...

Intellectual Property Administration

asked Aug 17 '12 at 03:37

Iker
11 points

We are nearing the launch of our website which is a wholesale marketplace and network, which hosts transactions between Buyers and Sellers. We are deciding between two offers for a period of free...

Pricing Subscriptions Website Free

asked Sep 12 '12 at 10:22

Doug C
16 points

Are business owners (ecommerce) considered entrepreneurs too? Many times I hear only technology startup founders categorized as such, but I seldom hear of business owners called entrepreneurs....

Definitions Entrepreneur

asked Mar 17 '13 at 23:47

Bernie
23 points

I have discussed the following partnership model with a person who could like to become partner with my in my company. We discuss a range of scenarios that the business could run into. One of...

Partner Partnerships

asked Jun 21 '10 at 05:48

David
1,567 points

I built a small and cool java-base desktop application. I want to release it for free, and put an advertisement for getting profits out of it - Like EverNote doing on their Mac OS X App. I don't...

Adwords Advertising

asked Apr 13 '11 at 03:46

Arnon
13 points

Is there something like Indiegogo or Kickstarter where you would invest to get interest/share as opposed of getting a product? Is such an idea viable?

Profit Sharing Kickstarter

asked Oct 5 '12 at 07:55

Den
131 points

We have a software that we use to service our customers. The software processes certain state regulation documentation for a specific industry. We are starting to market this product to our...

Pricing

asked Jan 31 '13 at 08:55

Mins
11 points

I have a small problem - trying to figure out a way of doing the following: Accept payments without redirecting Take staged payments (it's a subscription service) When the payment is pulled on a...

Payment Gateway Paypal

asked Oct 15 '13 at 23:29

Josh
11 points

I understand that the program is an invite-only program. But surely, those companies that get invited somehow catch Microsoft's eye, out of some 30,000 companies that are in Bizspark program. Does...

Microsoft Bizspark

asked Nov 11 '10 at 16:15

Igorek
886 points