Questions

I am building a SaaS app, it's a pure search and download data type of app so I am not expecting much customer interaction other than site usage and I am wrestling with the question of weather I...

Customer Support Saas Web App

asked Mar 20 '12 at 00:09

Tim
670 points

Just found out that the city we're in raised the sales tax again, the second time this year. Since we didn't know about the change, we've been charging our customers the lower rate for some time...

Tax

asked Apr 2 '13 at 10:18

Joe
113 points

Most sites (including mine) use cookies for analytics, and tracking site logins. I'm not explicitly targeting European users, and my servers are not based in Europe, but do I still need to add a...

Legal Cookies

asked Oct 17 '13 at 12:27

Steve
310 points

Usually salesmen have a base pay and then commission on each sale. I want to know how a company handles this? I mean for example a salesman's basic pay is $1000 and commission ratio is 10% for each...

Sales Salary Compensation USA

asked Oct 30 '10 at 23:55

Dr. Zuni
11 points

There's a really nice info graph on techcrunch explaining dilution of stock. http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/understanding-how-dilution-affects-you-at-a-startup/ After reading it I wonder if...

Venture Capital Investors

asked Oct 14 '11 at 11:53

Peter K.
194 points

I would greatly appreciate some guidance or ideas of more experienced entrepreneurs. I am working on a complex startup that involves the development of a robot with complex software. In order to...

Funding Development Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Hardware

asked Jul 15 '13 at 06:01

Pmolina7
11 points

I'm currently working on a web app and associated blog, mainly for experience in web design and marketing, but also to hopefully make a bit of extra money on the side. I work full time so this is...

UK Legal

asked Sep 13 '10 at 02:19

James
173 points

I am putting together a screencast to demonstrate the features of my software. I am quite new in this realm of video editing and recording. What tool is best to capture live screencast? It should...

Screencast

asked Feb 2 '11 at 03:44

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I am looking for a simple website solution for my pre-launch (and pre-funding) start-up to do the following: Introduce the business without totally giving the concept away. Have a web address as...

Marketing Advisors Equity Website Investors

asked Jun 15 '11 at 00:16

C. Scott
85 points

I am working on an idea With friends across the continent, and we would like to go into development together and build the market in both the countries at the same time.Currently and in the...

Co-Founder Founders Agreement

asked Oct 8 '11 at 15:56

Shree Mandadi
599 points

I have an SAAS product that competes with a number of others. I thought of an idea to create a duplicate product, that does exactly the same thing but with a different name and look-and-feel (the...

Products

asked Apr 12 '12 at 13:46

Mick Aus
11 points

For example I could make a transaction like this: Order Placed for Yummy Meatball Platter $120 debited to Cash Account $120 credit to Food Payable(?) Account Then all outgoing payments (in the...

Accounting

asked Apr 16 '13 at 03:22

Io Samurai
123 points

I was thinking to start something of my own. Sometimes, I feel I am too young to get all this started. I think I need to be more experienced. Any suggestion guys, what should I do? I know this is...

Getting Started Business

asked Nov 10 '13 at 05:34

Habi
111 points

What data do angel investors want to see in a pitch deck? Better yet, are there any public successful pitch decks that people have used to raise over $500K from angels?

Pitch Investors Deck Angel Investors

asked Mar 10 '14 at 13:36

Robert Collins
160 points

Whether it is pitching to an investor, customer and your friends a well constructed and thought out elevator pitch can make all the difference. What are some of the key components that need to be...

Pitch

asked Oct 12 '09 at 04:11

Usman Sheikh
1,728 points

Either angel investment firms or single individuals would be great.

Funding Angel

asked Nov 13 '09 at 11:16

Arman Arami
399 points

Ours is a B2B SaaS startup (LAMP stack). We are at a very early stage of the Startup. So, we don't need any dedicated hosting at this time. We have planned to use Amazon (not finalized though). In...

Blog B2B Saas Hosting

asked Jan 26 '11 at 15:39

Dhana
16 points

I'm planning to start few different websites and smartphone apps. I want to be able to accept payments for each. I don't want the overhead of creating different companies for each one but I want...

Corporate Structure

asked Sep 5 '11 at 07:25

Dan
11 points

We always "reserve the right to re-use any code written for this project" in our contracts with clients. With this in mind, if a later client needs a very similar web app, is it ethical to slightly...

Contract Intellectual Property Web App

asked Mar 5 '12 at 05:12

Big Tuna
349 points

Once I get angel investors who'd like to invest in my startup: What are things that are required of me to have? Do I need an S-Corp or C-corp, etc? What is the exact process that happens?

Funding Investment Angellist

asked Mar 10 '14 at 14:30

Carl Church
20 points