Questions

Background: For the past few weeks I have been working on the minimum viable product for a hosted CMS idea that I have and for the note I'm not looking for any opinions on the CMS industry or the...

Scale

asked Jan 12 '10 at 14:09

Dheer Gupta
191 points

Here's the scenario: There is a product with a high learning curve while it's still in beta, but this will be alleviated in the release version. The product is at a point where it is no longer...

Beta Product Launch Product Release Micro Startup

asked Apr 21 '10 at 20:21

Nbeecroft
515 points

I'm thinking of offering 3 x $50 gift certificates for the first order received from each of the 52 states. The product's range in price from $69.00 to $139.00. Winner or loser?

Marketing Launch Ecommerce Promotion

asked Jul 17 '11 at 18:09

Bold Rusty
11 points

I am looking for a one-stop-solution to setup a subscription-based service: [subscription page] + [payment] + [Delivery of username/password] + [access to tool based on username / password] I do...

Saas

asked Dec 8 '11 at 22:11

Tucson
714 points

I'm running a site where users generate their data and store it. I do not share it or plan to share it ever with 3rd party. How do you specify that the site is not going to share information with...

Legal Privacy Terms And Conditions

asked Jan 26 '12 at 13:43

Dev.E.Loper
113 points

Say your startup: is made up of two or three people where the equity has already been split evenly, has some money coming in on a regular basis from a single project worked on by everyone, but...

Equity

asked Feb 7 '12 at 10:08

Daniel Gill
175 points

I am doing taxes for someone who had about $1,500 in 2011 expenses for a new business (sole-proprietorship) but no income. Can she deduct these start-up costs in 2011 or will she have to add them...

Getting Started

asked Mar 4 '12 at 16:02

Melinda
11 points

I'm about 95% into what started as a personal project but has developed into a nice website with some interest. It's a distributed-donation platform for donating to charities. Here's a quick...

Legal Website Donations

asked Mar 19 '12 at 19:09

Iamjonesy
129 points

I have been working on a medium sized web application for a large client, on site, for 3 years. I work as a contractor on the project, handling most of the coding, but the application itself and...

Independent Contractor Licensing Web App Clients

asked Jul 19 '12 at 02:01

User357320
113 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I am one of three cofounders at an early stage startup. We have been working with an outsourced developer...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Salary Vesting

asked Jan 21 '13 at 09:55

B B
11 points

I'm constantly getting startup ideas. It's always been a problem for me as I often lose focus on the current project and want to jump ship onto the next idea which has me excited.How can I decide...

Focus Ideas Productivity Startups

asked May 1 '15 at 11:57

Kristen Becker
12 points

Long story short, I am bootstrapping a start up venture and I am funding it through full time employment. We are close to launch, and we want to avoid going to VC in order to retain 100% equity. I...

Career Bootstrap Startups

asked Oct 3 '15 at 01:01

User34199
46 points

SO you have a list of resumes for potential software development interns, what do you ask them to make sure you get the best one(s)?

Hiring Interns

asked Oct 15 '09 at 09:06

Ricardo
4,815 points

I'm a private English-Chinese interpreter in China. People often send Email to me to ask my rate. As soon as I tell them my rate, they often don't contact me any more. I don't think my rate is very...

Pricing Marketing Sales Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 4 '10 at 22:17

Steven
1 point

I am planning on setting up a private limited company with my brother. We are going to register with the companies house with the business name (example) "123". Once we are registered, and have a...

UK Business Process Bank Account

asked Mar 1 '11 at 09:34

Tom
480 points

I want to figure out if what I've noticed about AngelList is correct or not. So, I have a startup, for which profile is created and populated. It's bootstrapped, and doesn't have any investors yet....

Angellist

asked Jan 21 '12 at 08:15

Dmitry Grinberg
44 points

Hi all, let me give you a brief run down of my case: a couple of other people and I are thinking about creating a technology startup for a niche marketing product. It would involve an initial ~8...

Risk Equity Investment Partners Salaries

asked Oct 24 '14 at 06:46

Awasaba
11 points

We are in a unique SaaS segment which has few competitors. In terms of pricing our plans, is it better to charge a premium (and get fewer customers) or price them low and potentially get a large...

Pricing Strategy Customers Saas

asked May 1 '15 at 12:29

Bruce Wigington
12 points

I'm working to make a software startup and maybe hire/find a couple of coworkers. The problem is that i'm from Chile where the native language is spanish and it is somewhat difficult (expensive)...

Customer Support

asked Nov 13 '09 at 06:04

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

I've been in startup, development mode for past 2 years almost. The first prototype did not work as planned and I recently have started rewriting. I am fully committed, I dedicate all my time into...

Family

asked Oct 6 '10 at 15:17

Kim Jong Woo
644 points