Questions

When founders divide a startup's equity amongst themselves, are those numbers set in stone (ignoring future dilution)? I ask this because my co-founders and I are pondering whether we should...

Equity Shares

asked May 13 '11 at 04:29

A Fake Username
86 points

Right now I'm sitting behind my desk at a top 100 company, and quite frankly I started to hate my corporate job. I feel like it is killing my soul everyday. I have always dreamed of owning my...

Sales Customers Email Email Marketing

asked Jun 28 '11 at 01:21

Hatem
16 points

I've seen job listings for developers that offer salary + equity. Can someone please explain equity with an example or two? What is the typically amount of equity for a developer? Is there any...

Hiring Equity Salary

asked Oct 8 '12 at 17:43

Wwwuser
125 points

We're planning to launch our app and want to give it away for free to non-profits so that: We're giving something back to the world. We could potentially get paid clients through them via word of...

Customers Non Profit Saas Clients

asked Mar 14 '14 at 11:21

Claire Riggio
40 points

I am looking for information/pointers about how to set the ad rates for a webiste that is targeting a specific niche. What's the reasonable flat price to charge based on banner sizes and...

Pricing Advertising

asked Jul 16 '10 at 08:15

User2202
164 points

I've developed a low volume high priced product, which I currently sell in the EU market. A UK based company would like to sell my product in countries including the US. I don't want to start...

Legal Distribution

asked Mar 13 '11 at 18:21

Steven F
66 points

I started an LLC in NY with LegalZoom back in January and have not been paying much attention to the "Withholding Requirements". I don't have employees and I'm not getting paid, do I need to file...

LLC Legal Tax

asked Aug 1 '11 at 04:34

Johnsmith11
6 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? Im a developer of mobile apps [mostly iOS, a bit of android]. I work by day on iOS development, with a few...

Sales Development Revenue

asked Feb 13 '12 at 14:21

Ma Ko
106 points

I've been working on an idea with a while now and plan to go full startup come the summer. However, every now and then I'll get another awesome (at least, it seems awesome) idea. I'm never sure...

Ideas Development Time Management

asked Apr 6 '12 at 06:57

Max Mackie
166 points

I've read various forms of the following question, but haven't found an answer that fits the following, so I'm hoping someone can help out. I'm interested in potentially acquiring a currently...

Sales Saas Business

asked Nov 18 '12 at 03:10

User464180
159 points

Scenario: We are a partnership of 3 people who work for the same employer. We have identified a potential gap in our employers business and intend to propose a project and develop the solution (for...

Proposal

asked Feb 13 '13 at 18:38

S Eldi
8 points

I have been working (solo) on a few side web projects for the past several months. My name can be found attached (via WhoIs) to the domains I've purchased and this got me to thinking about worst...

LLC Venture Personal Liability

asked Feb 23 '13 at 05:23

Yamori
6 points

I am on F1 visa. I'm done with my masters and am on my OPT. Can I be a partner in an LLC? What about when I go on H1B. I'm looking to startup in Texas & California both. I tried to look for...

Co-Founder LLC Visa USA

asked Mar 7 '13 at 10:10

Diablo Sharma
28 points

Especially when the users are almost zero

Marketing Books Website

asked Jan 17 '10 at 22:19

Steven
1 point

I have a successful tool that has received lots of buzz for the past week or two. The tool is currently free and I hope to adopt a freemium model. I have the following options and I can't decide...

Launch Payments Saas Beta Freemium

asked Jul 5 '11 at 23:12

Lee
8 points

I am looking to build a "decision tree" survey tool, and would like to see if there are any tools like that already out there? That is, a "decision tree" survey is a type of survey where your...

Ideas Survey

asked Dec 23 '11 at 07:27

Somid3
195 points

In what year do payments to subcontactors count, for tax purposes? For example if I don't make the payment until after Jan 1 but the money was earned the previous year, which tax year does that...

Tax Independent Contractor

asked Jan 2 '12 at 05:37

Don Zacharias
132 points

I have a few ideas about how to find sponsors for a startup related event, but I'm interested in getting feedback. My objective is to either leverage their sponsorship to get more people to attend,...

Corporate Sponsorship Sponsorship

asked Jan 23 '12 at 07:16

Blunders .
899 points

They all have the same affiliate network accounts but how do they know which website sent the sale through them? I can't seem to figure this out.

Affiliate Marketing

asked Feb 20 '14 at 14:28

Robert
6 points

We are a 3 people company running from last 3+ years, we have our share holding agreement with equal share for each of us but no specific vesting clauses. Now i am planning to quit for personal...

Equity Exit Startups Cofounder

asked Jan 25 '15 at 21:14

StartupGuy
6 points