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I've been working on a startup for more than a year now, and as a developer, I created a nice product. But things got harder when I tried to sale it, as I have no talent for this. Then I met two...

Equity Cofounder

asked Feb 10 '16 at 14:52

Francis L
33 points

What is it that makes some companies admired and others not? Which companies do you admire and for what reasons? (keep it as objective as possible - no flame war)

Subjective Branding Reputation

asked Nov 14 '10 at 19:25

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

If I register as a LLC in Delaware and set up a Virtual Office in India, how will I be taxed? What are the kind of taxes that I will see? Is it better to start a C type single member Corporation?...

Virtual Workforce Tax

asked Dec 6 '11 at 23:23

Praveen T S
6 points

I am outsourcing a commercial project(software program) to elance. I was wondering if after the work is finished, I own the copyright to this work fully. This is very important since i want to make...

Legal Copyright

asked Feb 27 '13 at 15:23

Spyros P
132 points

I was just wondering if it is common to ask your co-founders to get their signitures notroized? I trust these people as we are good friends so I don't want to offend them if I asked to get it...

Contract Business

asked Apr 10 '13 at 01:08

Geddon
20 points

I am ready with my product ( a marketing/discovery platform for local retailers) . I have started connecting with local retail chain stores - managed to get a few contacts in their marketing...

Marketing Sales Website

asked Jul 24 '13 at 23:41

Stanford Sequeira
42 points

Me and my co founder have finished the beta version of our product and we should be launching within the next two months. The equity percentages have been agreed based on both our contributions in...

Equity

asked Sep 22 '13 at 02:44

Unique81
6 points

I have the option to take either 5% equity (vested over 4 years) or a $100K cash bonus (paid over 2 years) in a startup that I joined a year ago. The company is less than two years old and we have...

Equity Performance Startups

asked Feb 28 '14 at 15:58

Henrietta Fernandez
35 points

If you don't have a network which you can get referrals from, how do you find your first consulting clients for a one-person development firm?

Networking Consulting Consultants Referrals Clients

asked May 12 '14 at 17:55

Robert Sheehan
7 points

I'm writing a software application that will be used by fostering and adoption agencies/organizations that I plan to sell in English speaking countries (at first). The application is a desktop...

Software Strategy

asked Jan 5 '10 at 13:58

Smart Company Software
1,190 points

Do you think is safe to send a copy of the certificate of corporation (Articles Of Incorporation) to a very interested investor? I think this investor wants to verify that my startup company is...

Corporate Structure Corporation S Corp

asked Mar 23 '12 at 12:47

Zapoo
303 points

I've been searching for the one-stop answer for quite sometime but coudn't find any verdict what is the best option to run a web design business which minimise the risks and making both parties: me...

Web Design

asked Nov 1 '11 at 02:27

Modular
39 points

Do I need to get a DBA for a LLC because of the short name? For example if the name of the company is MyBook, LLC, do I need to register for as a DBA if I just put "MyBook" as the name of the...

LLC Name DBA

asked Jan 4 '12 at 17:16

Monty
6 points

I have relatively little experience with recruiting, determining compensation and hiring for startups since this is my first go at it. My approach is that there isn't a single right answer on...

Recruiting Hiring Equity

asked May 3 '12 at 15:10

User1195763
6 points

I'm starting a small online apparel business with a good friend. But I'm having trouble finalizing the partnership agreement. It is a little complicated for me now because we are both investors and...

Partnerships Profit Sharing

asked Jun 20 '12 at 00:57

Lkk
8 points

I'm currently having an app in private beta and I'm now ready to launch it. Should I just make it available on my website or should I seek out for a blog that announces the launch to get some...

Launch

asked Jul 2 '12 at 20:36

Tom
6 points

I'm putting together a business plan for a startup, and I need to provide an estimate for utility costs. For my plan, this is an office of 12 employees with an average of 2 CPU's per workstation....

Getting Started Pricing Business Plan

asked Aug 14 '12 at 12:32

Erick Robertson
106 points

I have a startup idea that involves offering a service to people in the U.S. who recently took out mortgages. I feel as though mailing lists of such people must be available somewhere (from the...

Marketing

asked Sep 20 '12 at 09:55

Michael Stern
106 points

I am starting an eCommerce marketplace. I am about to give the go ahead to my designer to start work- however I have already paid 2000$ for development. But, for the maintenance only he is...

Website Web Services Web Design

asked Oct 14 '12 at 04:36

Stanford Sequeira
42 points

We have some game development software called Construct 2. We are based in the UK. As far as we are aware, we're the only business with game development software called Construct. We'd like to...

Branding Trademark

asked Oct 15 '12 at 20:08

Tom
480 points