Questions

I'm the technical co-founder at a startup. We have soft-circled nearly 50% of our seed round, are participating in an accelerator this summer, are rapidly acquiring new users, and have been in...

Equity Founders Agreement Founders Stock Options Vesting

asked Jul 25 '13 at 00:28

Sohan Jain
6 points

I found the perfect domain name for my startup idea. But, how do I know how much to pay for it? It's currently at auction on GoDaddy, and the auction ends Oct 11. The owner is asking $60, but I...

Branding Cost Estimation

asked Oct 9 '13 at 19:38

Sam
108 points

I met a few months old startup that is gaining momentum and have good technology and user base. I think that I can add a product to their offerings which can set them apart from the fierce...

Ideas

asked Oct 29 '13 at 21:21

Dedif
8 points

What are the top factors that investors look for in a team? Do they only look at the team as a whole or do they also require the CEO to have certain credentials or background?

Funding Credibility Investors Team Skill

asked May 13 '14 at 13:56

Aaron Rew
7 points

The name my cofounder and I would like to use is taken and the current owner quotes us $7000 for the domain name.Is it ever worth for a startup to invest a tidy amount of money like that in a...

Naming Domain Name Domain Names

asked Jul 23 '14 at 21:40

John Murray
6 points

Netflix introduced a new way to rent DVD's. Zappos introduced a new way to buy shoes. When both ideas were just starting out, they must have seemed crazy to most. How does one take a "crazy new...

Marketing

asked Oct 26 '09 at 00:36

Ez Yz
473 points

With the new year approaching, I am working on my 2010 goals and priorities. In the past I used Franklin Planners and Outlook. I also have a Blackberry. I continuously look for ways to help me stay...

Software Focus Planning Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 8 '09 at 05:03

Starr Ed
948 points

Possible Duplicate: How to promote my business using social networking Hi All, I am going to roll up my sleeves and learn internet marketing to make my startup succeed. Need help with links to...

Marketing Social Media SEO Internet

asked Mar 31 '11 at 07:50

Seattle Techie
6 points

Hi i am writing my business plan, I have identified my potential revenue streams such as; 1) Ticketing and Merchandising 2) Advertising As well as a few others, however how do you go about...

Finance Revenue Forecast Cash Flow

asked Apr 11 '11 at 07:49

Pmillio
57 points

What would yield a higher ROI for Adsense revenue: focusing on getting more unique visitors but having a lower total overall page view count or getting existing visitors to click on more pages...

ROI

asked Apr 15 '11 at 09:53

Jon Kragh
185 points

I am working with a web development and design company that has posed a custom CMS for my business. Since this will eat up 60% of the budget for the site, and also I fear tie me to the company, I...

Development Web CMS Cloud

asked Jul 21 '11 at 08:13

Jdarl1
6 points

I was trying to understand the concept of the business model of Kingdom Of Loathing They were doing stuff like selling T-shirts and cups, so basically I was wondering what are the benefits for...

Pricing Products Finance Business

asked Sep 1 '11 at 23:16

Pacerier
317 points

I would really appreciate if anyone could help me answer the following. I am currently at MIT and attempting to submit a complete provisional application for a SaaS service I am about to launch....

Saas Code Provisional Patent

asked Jun 20 '12 at 03:15

Somid3
195 points

I've been approach by a startup to join them. I'm currently making 80k USD as a developer, not knowing much about the startup world. What would you consider a reasonable offer from them? Knowing...

Salary Stock Options

asked Sep 6 '12 at 03:32

Pdiddy
108 points

I have been searching around a lot on this topic, but did not find a single source of correct information. How can one find out if a particular feature one is using in one of its products is...

Patent

asked Nov 21 '12 at 19:32

Ashwin Singh
108 points

I have personally made some apps and I want to put them on the Apple app store as free apps. I will probably also make them open source on github or something. I had been reluctant to do so because...

LLC Development Legal Apps

asked Feb 27 '13 at 19:53

Yeesterbunny
108 points

Without any financial backing it's on the parters/co-founders to pay for all initial costs of a business (website, product design, production, etc). If a business hasn't reached an "official...

Self Funded

asked Apr 25 '13 at 05:01

Pblock
133 points

We're finalizing the details of a new shareholders agreement but we're stuck at setting the EBITDA multiple that will get used for future valuation of the company. The agreement was written by one...

Technology Legal Social Network Valuation

asked Jul 4 '13 at 18:24

Shreef
21 points

I know this is a FAQ, but I want to do it more specific. We are a consulting company from Argentina. We do deployment, coding and automation of infrastructure based on Linux and Open Source...

Getting Started Expanding

asked Oct 29 '13 at 21:52

Diegows
106 points

I overheard a phone call by an employee while passing by, who was on call with a contractor, saying negative things about the company and her job.How should I deal with something like this? I would...

Employees

asked Feb 28 '14 at 17:18

Kenneth Barker
10 points