Questions

First, my apoligies if I'm on the wrong board. Please point me to the right site. I have a 1 person S-Corp in California and use Paychex for the payroll. I simply want to enter the data into...

Accounting Bookkeeping Accounting Method Payroll

asked Feb 15 '11 at 02:44

Dave
160 points

I will launch a new SAAS (software as service) invoicing app for the iPad. This is in late-stage development. My startup is small, and I want a clear picture on the cost of the project, and...

Software Launch Cost Estimation

asked Dec 16 '11 at 08:35

Mamcx
113 points

My friend runs a website called XYZ.com but hasnt copyrighted the name XYZ. I would want to use XYZ as the name of my startup too and would like to copyright it this time. Do i have to ask him...

Getting Started Copyright

asked Feb 2 '13 at 14:38

Karthik Kannan
156 points

What would you say are the average angel financing terms for a mobile app that is built and launched on the app store but yet to gain a large amount of traction? We're planning on listing...

Venture Capital Mobile Apps

asked Feb 18 '14 at 23:40

Joyce Cullen
11 points

An elevator pitch is a short summary used to quickly and simply define a product, service, or organization and its value proposition. What was the elevator pitch of Facebook when it started?...

Getting Started Marketing Ideas Business Model

asked May 20 '12 at 23:54

Anlai
375 points

I’m entered into a business plan competition at my university and I could use a little inspiration to get my brain juices flowing. If the business plan works out I might even implement it in real...

Ideas Business Plan Business

asked Apr 19 '11 at 14:43

Djs13
30 points

No matter what shape the economy is in, the government will always have at least a few if not many contracts with defense contractors. I would like to start a business as a supplier to these...

Getting Started Funding Business Government

asked Sep 22 '12 at 04:17

Greg Mc Nulty
75 points

Here's my quick CV: I'm a real geek: for 18 years between 8 and 12hours a day in front of a computer; no girlfriend until 20 because computers were more important than anything else; nervous...

Software Selling Business

asked Nov 20 '11 at 08:23

Olivier Dofus
16 points

I have a 1 person S-Corporation. I have an accountant do my taxes. They are not very complicated as far as businesses are concerned. It is just a one person consulting business with a minimal...

Tax

asked Feb 15 '11 at 06:04

Bob
164 points

if the company name in country A is the same with the company name in country B, and in the same industry, does it have any regulations about it? I am the one who comes second at that name. Thank...

Getting Started

asked Nov 18 '12 at 08:27

Nikolai
125 points

How can a startup actually gain momentum when it actually requires some users already using it to succeed? For example, consider a startup where one party will put in what he/she wants to learn and...

Marketing Social Network

asked Mar 9 '11 at 00:01

Ashfame
128 points

Why are there free services and paid services? How are paid services different? For example, some job search sites require $$$, and others are free. How would you decide whether to charge for a...

Charging Service

asked Aug 24 '11 at 21:09

Ted Wong
171 points

For a startup, the product is the most important asset, but it seems that in many/most startups (I know), the complete code base is shared among every member of the team. Even complete database...

Code

asked Jun 6 '12 at 08:59

Hiro
63 points

I've made my first effort to promote my soon to be released mobile application, by making a landing page for it and posting to reddit.com and now, stack exchange. The application is a special kind...

Saas Promotion Mobile

asked Nov 28 '11 at 03:49

Tom Dignan
114 points

We built a high quality, scalable and well put together Career based web application that caters to the IT/Tech industry. It is designed to compete with the best and biggest (think Dice.com,...

Marketing Entrepreneurs Website

asked Dec 18 '10 at 04:30

Donald
136 points

I am the owner of a website that distributes digital content (photo/ footage/ music) for the film, interactive and media industries. We launched four years ago and are among the market leaders in...

Personal Investment Investors Loan

asked Feb 25 '11 at 15:34

User8084
14 points

Like the etsy. I noticed that it has been profitable for years. many users sell handmade carfts on it. I'm living in China now and I want to build a ecommerce website to sell some chinese handmade...

Marketing Ecommerce

asked May 3 '11 at 23:38

Robinshe
116 points

I am about to launch a small time management/GTD desktop utility for Windows in $10 - $15 price range. Now I have a dilemma. Should I provide a trial version or a money back guarantee? Here is my...

Marketing Trial

asked Jan 2 '12 at 17:31

Aku
229 points

Can an LLC hire an employee from another country? The LLC will be registered in Germany, and I want to hire someone from an Asian country. I have Googled this, but have not found any links related...

LLC

asked Jun 30 '13 at 00:40

User1905807
14 points

We have an online service for creating and sharing work instructions. After a private demo of the software, companies usually go for a free 30-day trial. In our software, we define an administrator...

Saas Terms And Conditions

asked Oct 4 '13 at 00:43

Daniel Frechette
16 points