Questions

hi i had a friend of mine, we worked on a idea, now my friend is not interested to work with me and he is looking for someone else.However the idea was conceived by me. Can i shake off hands and go...

Legal Intellectual Property

asked Dec 27 '10 at 21:41

Prasonscala
108 points

I've not worked in a company(i'm a student), but since i have been doing some collaboration with people(for projects and papers), i've noticed that one of the most, if not the most, important thing...

Software Company

asked Apr 28 '11 at 05:40

Spyros P
132 points

I have contacted a sales rep with good experience and his recommendations are good. But he is interested in salary jobs that pay 80k, with me his 25% is six figures and he only has to sign 8...

Sales Hiring

asked Dec 24 '11 at 14:38

Sergio Alvarez
46 points

I have a website with non-public pages. I would like to use advertisements on these internal pages. Is there an advertising network that allows this? For the life of me, I can't find one. For...

Advertising

asked Feb 25 '13 at 23:21

Startup Leader
140 points

I was in a debate recently with someone on how we should go about pricing out our material costs to clients and we couldn't decide on what is the proper way in going about doing this. Example:...

Startup Costs Cost

asked May 5 '13 at 12:34

Matt 2.0
188 points

There is a proposal lately to push the US government to create a startup visa for brilliant innovators/entrepreneus from outside USA. With this visa, it is said that these innovators will be...

Funding Venture Capital Legal

asked Feb 25 '10 at 13:05

Jpartogi
1,342 points

In the California LLC-12 form, Item 12 is "Type of Business". How specific should my answer be? I want to leave it as general as possible give myself the maximum flexibility. In case I need to be...

LLC

asked Jan 10 '11 at 15:26

User6451
25 points

I see it come up over and over again, like this is a 2$ billion market, we are in a 3$ billion market, etc... Where do you find this data? I've been searching and it's really hard to google...

Market Market Research

asked Nov 15 '11 at 02:43

User14339
15 points

I have always been confused as to what the actual function of a Music Label is. I would think that it is a production company, but it could also been as a publishing company because they are also...

Music Publishing Private Label

asked Apr 16 '12 at 00:36

Hydroparadise
115 points

Assuming just the typical documents are made such as shareholder agreement, bylaws, stock purchase agreement, IP agreements, etc.

Incorporation Legal Lawyer

asked Oct 25 '12 at 06:40

V B
24 points

I wish that my equity situation for my new company were easy; unfortunately it's not - so I'd love feedback and thoughts. I met with a well connected business person (we'll call him Karl), and he...

Equity Part Time Founders Fulltime

asked Jan 14 '13 at 11:32

User22529
6 points

I'm a tech/product guy at a seed-stage startup in New York City and have been working there for 2 years (about Sept '11). At first, I started by taking a signficantly reduced market rate and 5%...

Equity

asked Sep 19 '13 at 01:49

Joe
6 points

How do you respond to rejection letters from investors? What some strategies to use it in your favor?Are there any stories of how successful startups used rejections from investors when they...

Angel Investors Startups Rejection

asked Mar 20 '14 at 12:55

Pablo Smeltzer
49 points

Hey Guys, I have been reading some question here from sometime, i want to know if this website http://alturl.com/igjrc got potential?

Business Plan

asked Jul 9 '10 at 15:41

Chropto
26 points

this is really good advice about ownership shares in a startup company. But the advice is also very general. E.g. in the startup phase developers are extremely important - without them - there is...

Development Shares

asked Apr 14 '11 at 23:41

Andreas
118 points

I have a hard time getting visitors to my site where I sell a cooking software for Windows. I'm still improving it by SEO (especially the english version is far from perfect) but suppose that will...

Marketing Strategy Promotion

asked Aug 25 '11 at 21:25

Amenti
167 points

What is the name for a company that contracts with other companies to mass produce products? And how hard and what is the process to get a contract of such for a small startup?

Contract Business

asked Oct 24 '11 at 11:58

Michael Grigsby
111 points

I need to tell someone that I charge for going to them. What is the best way to say this?

Small Business

asked Dec 24 '11 at 16:03

E Gamer Hdk
28 points

I am in the process of designing a mobile app and i'm at the stage where I need to finalise the cost with the developers. They have sent me a quote which I believe to be quite high, however they...

Pricing Technology Equity Business Micro Startup

asked Mar 11 '13 at 09:56

Jack
8 points

I'm an advisor to a startup that is developing a product for a specific industrial use, with a limited customer base (think of a machine for a companies in a niche industry). The capital costs...

Products Development Customers

asked Oct 6 '13 at 07:50

City Entrepreneur
42 points