Questions

Suppose someone needs to incorprate a C-corp, for a high tech high growth business. How does option pool size at the time of incorporation impact valuation and funding. Or it only matters how...

Funding Hiring Venture Capital Seed Funding Stock Options

asked Dec 13 '10 at 21:30

Jewelthief
151 points

I currently run a poker startup which sells datamined statistics. I've been trying to accept payments from a merchant called moneybookers as they are very popular in the poker community. They don't...

Payments

asked Mar 31 '11 at 04:47

Nextgenneo
327 points

I run a web design company and we're having a contest for business owners. We're giving away a lot of prizes, with the grand prize winner getting a free website, hosting for a year, and other...

Marketing Contests Business

asked May 10 '11 at 03:26

Virtuosi Media
1,232 points

I am developing a user generated content site right now and its almost finished so I have been researching a bit on what I need to do legally. I know its going to take a lot of hard work and time...

Legal Website Copyright Terms And Conditions

asked Jun 19 '11 at 09:25

Leo
71 points

We are currently building an application which will be licensed to customers. Customers then pay $x a year to for updates, maintenance and reviews each year. Would it be practical to adjust the...

Pricing

asked Sep 30 '11 at 09:57

F21
142 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I'm a developer who has been in contact with a nontechnical cofounder to become the technical cofounder in...

Software Co-Founder Partner Equity

asked Feb 22 '12 at 08:38

Fred
6 points

I'm in a same situtation, maybe worse as this guy: Developer, offered share in small startup company in return for large rate reduction - advice needed Two friends had an idea, they were kinda...

Equity Shares

asked Jan 17 '13 at 00:02

User78635
6 points

I have an internet business that I am going to pursue. I am just at the Business plan stage and putting together my team. I have got an excellent internet entrepreneur in mind that I would like to...

Web Design Internet Entrepreneur

asked Mar 12 '13 at 22:14

Kevin
6 points

Is it a good practice ? Or I should think to apply different names for company and its only one (at this time) product ?

Branding Naming

asked May 25 '13 at 00:39

Alexey Grigoryev
62 points

we won a grant in an Italian incubator, and to receive that we should establish an Italian company. However, looking forward to gain international investments, we'd prefer having a German or,...

Getting Started UK Legal Legal Entity

asked Oct 8 '13 at 17:35

Serg Ik S
108 points

The valley seems to be obsessed with small ideas like photo sharing and messaging apps. There was a time when life sciences and technology that fundamentally changed the society ruled here.That...

Ideas Silicon Valley

asked Mar 23 '14 at 12:56

Walter More
30 points

What type of code samples should you show to a prospective employer when all your work has been for other companies? I don't currently have any open source contributions that employers can look...

Hiring Employees Employers Engineers

asked May 9 '14 at 14:16

Kevin Sloane
7 points

It is easy to white label or launch a hosted directory of local businesses; there are countless providers who can even segment the directory to a specific locality or category (i.e. restaurants,...

Location Web Services

asked Dec 2 '09 at 04:13

Paul O'brien
521 points

Maybe in order to be better, a business loses more?

Management

asked Jul 20 '10 at 12:39

Jack
116 points

I resigned from my former job and begin to prepare my international trade business. Since it probably will take me a lot of time before I make a profit, I also provide language...

Sales Strategy

asked Aug 12 '10 at 16:13

Steven
1 point

We are a small startup mobile app company. We have successfully completed our business plan; we know what direction we want to take - however we don't know what our next steps should be. We need...

Business Plan

asked Oct 10 '10 at 13:49

Gulu Apps
41 points

Recently, my home town located on the border between Greece and Macedonia (small town 20K citizens) is getting more new casinos (currently 3 average large 5 stars hotel casinos and 5 small...

Ideas Business Plan

asked Nov 9 '10 at 13:34

Tdelev
106 points

I need more vendors to join my startup, likebids.com, but I only have 10 so far. Can anyone give me more information on where to find the right advertisers that would be interested in our...

Marketing Ecommerce Social Media

asked Feb 22 '11 at 12:12

Like Bids
6 points

I have a crowd-sourced content site. I tend to have a landing/splash page like those Web 2.0 sites, introducing what the site is all about, with screenshots, marketing words, etc. Of course,...

Web 2.0

asked Mar 10 '11 at 12:57

Victor
593 points

I am British and want to startup my company in Dubai. What kind of issues will I run into if I want to use the money in UK, USA or anywhere else in the world?

Tax Business Bank Offshore

asked Apr 4 '11 at 23:26

Oshirowanen
201 points