Questions

Hey AOS, over the past few months, my cofounder Jason and I have been trying to figure out how to exactly launch Ramamia, our family sharing app. Link here: http://staging.ramamia.com We've been...

Marketing Freemium

asked Nov 30 '09 at 09:07

Mark Bao
604 points

Our company is currently thinking about hiring an independent contractor to expand our software product. I was wondering what the costs (insurance etc...) and tax implications of this might be if...

Software Independent Contractor

asked May 25 '10 at 23:44

Nbeecroft
515 points

I'm working on a startup idea that teaches individuals about entrepreneurship through video game simulation, kind of like The Sims open for business but for startups. I keep going back and forth...

Market Video

asked May 7 '11 at 04:05

Pedro
11 points

Delaware C Corp start up spent $$ over two years before folding. No income and all money spent in Israel writing software. No compensation to founders. Must we file 1120 and Form 5471? Need cpa or...

Tax

asked Nov 11 '11 at 09:34

Press Onal
11 points

I own 30% ip royalties in an undeveloped simulated set of treatments for HIV and cancer but I do not have the capital to run the experiments necessary to validate my results. Are there investors...

Investors

asked Aug 28 '13 at 08:58

Caseyr547
113 points

Why did Tony Hsieh begin Zappos in Vegas of all places? What benefits did they get out of basing their company there vs an established ecosystem?

Silicon Valley Nevada Zappos Tony Hsieh

asked Apr 7 '14 at 15:29

Ruby Simpson
14 points

How (what services use) to better organize the protection, payments, sending license keys for shareware Air applications?

Software Payments Licensing

asked Apr 7 '11 at 05:42

Astraport
186 points

I have Windows desktop tools for developers. I have a few large companies that bought them. It is mostly project managers that did the buying and so far they found me via Google search(I have done...

Marketing Sales Advertising

asked Jun 9 '11 at 03:11

Textpert
21 points

I founded a company on my own a couple of years back. Got a couple of small clients on board and started making money (not a lot!). Worked for 1 year on it alone and decided to get an excellent...

Equity Founders

asked Mar 19 '13 at 10:46

Robert Smith
11 points

What are the top reasons to have co-founders that puts solo founders at a serious disadvantage?Should someone who already has an idea and close to finishing a basic prototype spend time looking for...

Co-Founder Solo Entrepreneur Founders

asked Apr 7 '14 at 15:40

Wayne Waring
14 points

I quite admire Dharmesh' networking skills, which is why I thought it would be only appropriate to ask this question on this forum. Which as per you all is the best book on Business Networking...

Networking Business

asked May 23 '11 at 04:22

Ayush Agrawal
23 points

One bad client is all that's needed to destroy the reputation (and possibly livelihoods) of any growing consultancy or service business. It is easy for clients to spread lies, file complaints...

Legal Ethics Reputation Client

asked Jun 22 '11 at 02:05

Mqv
52 points

I'm not sure if my question is a bit paranoid, but still need to at least hear that I am, if so. I am considering starting a little software development company. Initially I want to host a small...

Legal Name

asked Nov 18 '11 at 14:55

Kunjee
11 points

Currently, I have a small software consultancy practice. In fact, its just me. I'm not much of a sales individual, but I've been good enough at it to move along. I believe that in order to grow my...

Sales

asked Dec 27 '12 at 04:28

Startup Leader
140 points

I am making an angel investment into a startup, and as the industry is different from mine and as I'd like to get plugged into that industry, I told the startup founder what I could offer as an...

Advisors

asked Jun 2 '13 at 04:36

User6492
1,747 points

There are a good amount of services that help you incorporate your startup for S Corp, C Corp or LLC, like Incorporate.com and Agents & Corporations. They help you put together the documents...

Incorporation Legal

asked May 17 '10 at 01:43

Mark Bao
604 points

I'd like to know if anyone can recommend, a book, a blog, a document, heck even a contact who has some solid experience in developing business processes. Our company is pretty small, we are 6...

Business Process Organization

asked Nov 5 '10 at 10:58

Danny
113 points

I plan to develop an iPhone app with my friend. Each of us is specialized in different parts of the app. For example, I am responsible for interface design and server-side programming while my...

Revenue Iphone Apps Team Partnerships

asked Jan 26 '11 at 14:04

Killua
68 points

Given the following assumptions: Assume total investment (founders + seed) to a SaaS company is 100K After one year, the monthly net profit is 5K, and it is growing at around 10% monthly. What...

Equity Saas Investors Valuation

asked Jul 5 '11 at 02:20

Jack
26 points

I've never given a "bill of statement", and I can't find any reference to it online. However, before we start work he asked for a bill of statement in order for his bookkeeper to write out the...

Billing

asked Sep 27 '11 at 04:17

Mirov
384 points