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I'm interested to build a startup company and I am interested that there are many VCs located in USA. Would it be possible to get funding from American VCs if you are from another country? I don't...

Venture Capital

asked Oct 17 '09 at 00:05

Jpartogi
1,342 points

My partner and I are starting an LLC in california. We are in different financial situations, I have enough of a nest-egg to not take a salary, he does not and needs an income asap. We have also...

LLC Partner Salary

asked Mar 28 '11 at 13:28

Dbh21
6 points

I've been running a crowd sourced quiz site for a while: http://www.quizmash.com While I'm getting plenty of quizzes taken through google search traffic, my conversion rate to entering a question...

Crowdsourcing Conversion

asked Aug 4 '11 at 16:32

Ricick
106 points

I have a great idea for a (tangible) product innovation in a very niche industry and would like to find out what the optimal steps are for pursuing this. Note: I have been reading a lot about the...

Products Niche Product Development Cycle

asked Sep 2 '11 at 23:20

Sam
509 points

My Company is looking to get angel investing for a startup in order to provide more resources/time to various aspects of our business. How long does it take to sway an angel to invest? I know this...

Startup Costs Investing Investment Investors

asked Dec 1 '11 at 09:58

Meow
137 points

Ok, I think I'm going to give up my company name (see here: Trademark infringement - does it really sounds that bad? ) Given my situation I need to make sure: Nobody will go after me again (it...

Business Naming Trademark Domain

asked Dec 14 '11 at 07:05

Katit
276 points

I have seen quite a lot of questions/doubts and concerns here on http://answers.onstartups.com about partnerships. Splitting, percentages, responsibilities, legal obligations etc etc. In my...

Partner Legal Partnership Partnerships

asked Jun 2 '12 at 01:30

User983248
489 points

I want to minimise startup costs so by reading many useful posts here I've came to a conclusion that bookkeeping and accountancy are the biggest cost if you are starting small. My service is going...

Startup Costs Cost Low Cost Bookkeeping Micro Startup

asked Mar 1 '13 at 20:19

Ivan Von Turkovich
21 points

Sometimes when you create an account in some websites they send you promotional material like stickers and shirts of their company and other companies. I am starting a website and want to do a...

B2B Events Promotional Material

asked Sep 10 '13 at 13:03

User2636368
8 points

Foreign customers wanting to buy my product have to engage in overcomplex procedures to send money to my company's Japanese bank: Even though seemingly based on SWIFT, it involves extra steps like...

Payments

asked Sep 25 '13 at 13:36

Nic
173 points

We have a new product, which is targeted at wearers of eyeglasses. We sell quite nicely via our website, but we figured it was much more efficient to approach wearers of eyeglasses directly....by...

Marketing Sales Job Offer Jobs

asked Mar 28 '10 at 01:51

Philobus
116 points

We have registered a US LLC to help us get a US bank account. We are based in the UK, however we have some suppliers we import from in the US and we have clients who will purchase from us in the...

Finance Tax Accounting IRS

asked Nov 9 '11 at 22:24

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points

Initially a potential customer asked us whether we can design product X with features ABC. Now, we have built an alpha-stage product. We are ready for a demo of product X with feature ABC, but the...

Marketing Products Product Launch

asked Jan 19 '12 at 23:41

Kamal
8 points

I am in the following situation where i got an offer to join a start-up in Paris for a lead ios dev position. The field they are working on is a mix of technology and art which really fit to my...

Decision Salary Mobile Apps

asked Oct 30 '12 at 16:19

Tiguero
106 points

We have a niche business for a particular industry but with very good domain expertise and traction. We have a few hundred enterprise customers and over 10 paying enterprise customers after just a...

Funding Market Niche

asked Oct 2 '11 at 00:11

Kleine2
16 points

I have an idea to develop an application: "Plain old" Windows application GUI based It does some "tricks" with clipboard and saves a history (It is a bit different than the ones one can easily...

Marketing Project Survey

asked Nov 24 '11 at 02:33

Paolo
123 points

This is an update to a question I posted a few weeks ago. Help would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm a co-founder of a new startup with two other partners. We are just hammering out terms (equity...

Co-Founder Equity Part Time Founders Agreement Partnerships

asked Jan 6 '12 at 11:22

Local79
21 points

I'm working on a startup based on my partner's idea. It's a social website. My partner is not not a technical guy but the one with the original idea, he had previous experience with a successful...

Web Design Shares

asked Apr 27 '12 at 03:58

Willvv
138 points

I know similar questions have been asked before but I feel this situation is unique. I would appreciate any help. Three founders in total Only one (me) will be building the product The other two...

Equity

asked May 24 '12 at 04:09

Adam
6 points

i want to know, how startups manages their cost of hardware, like servers and other hardware. do they buy brand new material or the second hand, what about room to keep their servers and all other...

Startup Costs Expenses Hardware

asked Aug 16 '12 at 04:34

Vikas Devde
108 points