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I am starting an online b2b networking portal. It is somewhat comparable to linkedin in a sense that most of the content is user generated, meaning more users it has more attractive service...

Pricing Beta Freemium

asked Oct 14 '11 at 22:56

Peter K.
194 points

I was working for quite a time with US company which is S Corporation. Now we are planning to continue as partners and I should get 10% of the company. As far as I understand I cant be a...

Incorporation Equity Shares S Corp

asked Feb 13 '12 at 01:59

Igor Romanov
118 points

I've been working at a pre-launch startup for the past year (going to launch in the next several weeks). I'm supposed to sign my Stock Purchase Agreement soon, but wanted to run this by to see if I...

Software Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Jan 10 '13 at 07:03

Rabid Zombie
113 points

That are the pros and cons of creating your corporation in the state where you're located vs a different state like Nevada or Delaware? Which would you recommend?

Incorporation Legal Corporate Structure

asked Mar 12 '14 at 02:26

Gloria West
50 points

I am not (yet) active on a startup of my own but I have been trying to read and educate myself in that arena so that I can at least coherently talk and ask the right questions of the people who...

Funding Seed Funding

asked Apr 22 '11 at 06:04

Whaley
113 points

I'm a new UK contractor, and I've just had my first payment and was wondering how much I should put aside and how I go about actually transferring the cash from my business account to my...

Payments Tax

asked May 7 '11 at 18:47

Martyn
128 points

I am thinking about joining a startup and I have a question. I have been working on a side project for a couple months and I own it completely. This side project is internet related (so is the...

Contract Side Projects

asked Jul 31 '11 at 03:34

Ray Sf
126 points

I was reading up on some stuff which may help me setup a start up. Basically I came across "affiliate tracking", read it, but was still not quite sure what exactly does it do. What is the purpose...

Marketing Affiliate Business Business Process

asked Sep 12 '11 at 08:51

Pacerier
317 points

What specific actions lead to getting users to try your new product?

Getting Started Strategy Saas User Experience

asked Nov 12 '11 at 07:56

Chris
11 points

I realize that Joel Spoelsky has written an extensive summary of how equity should be allocated (namely, fairly), but I was wondering how things might differ in slightly different...

Equity Employees Compensation

asked Aug 1 '12 at 06:15

Nt3 Rp
115 points

First post here, but posted a lot in StackOverflow but looking to go solo now, so question number one: Business Purchase I know what this means but want to check.. What I think it means: I have...

Tax

asked Oct 22 '12 at 03:57

Tim.Baker
113 points

I'm planning on changing the pricing model of my company from an hourly rate to a fixed rate. If that's not clear enough here's an example: My current model is: customer asks us to install a power...

Service

asked Nov 27 '12 at 19:46

Jared
13 points

In the last 6 months I was working on stop motion app for Android. Now the app gets around 100 download per day in Google Play (first month) and around 50,000 picture was taken so far, and I'm...

Co-Founder Design Shares

asked Aug 29 '13 at 04:20

Jimmy
111 points

What's the best way to say no to candidates who clearly aren't a good fit for the company?It's as awkward for me to do as firing someone. I would like to do it in a way that doesn't reflect bad on...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Rejection Glassdoor

asked Jun 16 '14 at 23:45

Connie Banes
12 points

I'm in the early steps of putting together a business plan. When it's finished, I'm definitely going to need to secure funding. How do you go about finding potential investors? Tips to consider on...

Funding Angel Seed Funding

asked Dec 11 '10 at 04:35

Matt Huggins
113 points

I have a very specific situation regarding a potential cofounder, and would be really grateful for your feedback. I'm working on a LBS mobile app for meeting new people in real-life. I'm in my...

Co-Founder Technical

asked Nov 26 '11 at 17:08

Derek
11 points

I've built a fantastic reporting tool that can be sold to small to medium size companies. ReportingMate is the only reporting software I know that doesn't use report designers and allows...

Business Selling Business

asked Jan 22 '12 at 08:13

User15860
11 points

I started work at a company a few months back. I was brought in to head up a new division in the company. That division is separating as it's own LLC. I won't be investing any money into the new...

LLC Equity Tax Liability

asked Feb 2 '13 at 02:43

Jane
11 points

Google has made it public in their guidelines that too many affiliate links on a site effects it's rankings significantly.Does that mean sites that are completely about affiliate marketing...

Google SEO PPC Affiliate Marketing

asked Apr 12 '14 at 00:40

Gary Taylor
12 points

We have a Hong Kong company and are trying to launch. We have limited funds but are thinking of hiring someone and paying in shares. However, we don't want to just sell shares and watch our new...

Hiring Legal Agreements Shares Vesting

asked Jun 17 '14 at 09:16

User33966
11 points