Questions

we have a simple spare parts selling business online. At present We store and search parts from stores manually. Which is becoming hard day by day as inventory is growing. The solution I thought is...

Sales Business Plan

asked May 9 '12 at 19:43

Eagleye
108 points

I want to open a business bank account for my LLC to keep my finances separate. How, in general, should I go about shopping for a bank account? Relatedly, are there any particular banks that excel...

LLC USA Bank Account

asked Jan 12 '13 at 14:04

Max
108 points

Sequoia converted their $60 million to $3 billion! That's over a 50x return. And overall, their fund is now 5x. How would this effect the way Sequoia invests in startups? Do you think they will now...

Venture Capital Sequoia

asked Feb 21 '14 at 10:40

Bryan Gil
160 points

I'm a tech guy looking to join a company as a co-founder. Quite often companies are in various stages. For example for 2 different business offers, pre-seed/pre-series A: Lets say founder A,...

Co-Founder Founder Equity Compensation

asked May 3 '11 at 18:01

Daniel
157 points

We launched our company Twitter account by getting a few thousand other Twitter users to follow us -- by following them. The result was like a crowded pick-up joint on Saturday night. People were...

Social Media

asked May 24 '11 at 07:59

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

If an online business is simply the middle man(ebay) do they have to report their sales as the total sale price of the items sold or just their commission? For example, Ebay charges buyer total...

Tax

asked Jul 12 '11 at 00:19

Sk24iam
344 points

I'm on my last year of University and about to go to Sweden for 5 months as a part of an exchange program. Unfortunately, my one-man startup is in a critical stage. My startup has about 40 paying...

Getting Started

asked Aug 12 '11 at 16:27

Nick
173 points

I have a LLC registered in NJ, and am thinking of moving out of state. What costs will I incur transferring the LLC to another state (if that is possible)? Will I have to dissolve the LLC in NJ and...

LLC Registration

asked Sep 23 '11 at 04:55

William C
106 points

I have a product for monitoring specific areas of content within webpages and notifying the customer when changes occur to this content and what they are. (E.g. monitor the latest stories on a news...

Pricing Payments UK Saas

asked Mar 28 '12 at 23:01

Yojimbo
326 points

I'm wondering what influences the CPM for ads in mobile apps. I'm fairly new to the whole ad game so any insight into CPM basics is helpful. For example monthly, annual and seasonal variations. I...

Advertising Mobile Mobile Apps

asked Jul 11 '12 at 14:01

Sunday Monday
167 points

as software developer, i can't understand how does software's like SMPlayer or VLC or UMPlayer do there revenue , they all open-source they all downloaded Millions of times they all professional...

Revenue Open Source

asked Jul 22 '12 at 21:40

Meir
238 points

I have worked with some startups, and heard people saying, they have bla...bla...bla business plan that is way better than their competitor, and for sucess you must have a good business model ...

Business Model Business Plan Business

asked Apr 5 '13 at 19:09

Ay89
113 points

I am currently doing Freelance work as a programmer. I also would like to try a few ideas for some small Drop-shipping style eCommerce websites. What I am wanting to know, is can I form a single...

Incorporation Corporation

asked May 22 '13 at 07:38

Jasondavis
111 points

I worked for a start up for a year and I had 1/4 of my stock options vested. I decided to exercise the options and purchased it on 8/15. I gave them the check but it was not until last week (10/12)...

USA Stock Options Stocks

asked Oct 23 '13 at 07:21

Denniss
116 points

This question might seem more negative than it is...I'm looking to travel the world and build my startup on-the-go. Would I need to pay income tax in any country if I don't stay in a country for...

Legal Tax Remote Travel Tax Structure

asked Jul 1 '14 at 14:28

Willie Hudson
6 points

Are artists who create "fine art" (not commercial art) required to collect sales tax if selling directly to customer through website, ebay, local art shows, booth at art show?

Sales Tax Physical Product

asked Jan 18 '10 at 04:08

User2278
8 points

I have a concept for an online multiplayer game which would require the user to download a lobby interface to access the online content. I am looking for advice for where to look for people who...

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Jan 21 '11 at 08:59

User6730
6 points

I am a sole Proprietorship in California. Where can I find a list of acceptable or not acceptable business expenses I am allowed to deduct from my income. Do I need to reimburse myself in anyway...

Tax Accounting Expenses Sole Proprietorship

asked Sep 1 '12 at 22:13

Marco
130 points

I am looking into starting up a retail business. Part of what I would like to do involves researching wholesales costs and projected sales and profits based on the wholesale costs. However, I do...

Getting Started Startup Costs Business Plan

asked Aug 31 '13 at 09:44

Danny
106 points

So many SaaS companies started out as consulting shops. With venture capital and angel funding readily available why do so many startups go the consulting way first?Are there any other benefits to...

Consulting Startups

asked Feb 21 '14 at 12:33

Warren Anderson
35 points