Questions

I am writing a software product for business use. First few versions were for free, but now I started selling the product. I think that adding at least a short list of companies that are using my...

Software Corporation

asked May 31 '13 at 06:26

Tomasz Grobelny
106 points

So finally, I have been able to successfully fix all the bugs and issues with my SaaS startup. Any guidance on what I should be preparing ? I know, I should've released early, but the lean startup...

Launch

asked Jan 25 '11 at 20:47

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

We haven't missed any deadlines, but the person is sending an email asking "How are things progressing?" every 4 hours or so. Sometimes though, we're working on another project and in the last 4...

Clients

asked Nov 18 '11 at 00:19

Mirov
384 points

The CEO of an early stage LLC plans to keep control of the company in the long term. To achieve this, he plans on keeping at least 51% of the equity. The company has 6 founders in total. While it...

Co-Founder LLC Equity

asked Feb 11 '12 at 04:31

Anon User
62 points

My partner lives in NY and I live in NJ. We will be doing business globally. We could have our offices in NJ. We would like to set an LLC in NJ, however, need to understand the tax implications for...

LLC

asked Oct 5 '12 at 02:41

J O
6 points

I have a break fix IT company right now, but I'm trying to transition to a managed service provider role. I believe I have everything in place, but the one thing I just can't seem to wrap my arms...

Pricing IT Business Model

asked Nov 26 '12 at 09:00

Msindle
106 points

Although we have other options (ACH, Wire, PayPal) but we also want to make payouts to our customers securely, but we're not sure what the ramifications will be. I mean, what if: The check...

Payments Paycheck

asked Dec 24 '12 at 20:05

Nimbuz
174 points

My startup is bootstrapped with limited resources. Is it better to just focus on the iOS ecosystem or would we be missing out on significant market share on Android by doing so?

Mobile Android Mobile Apps Ios

asked Mar 6 '14 at 11:25

Bobbie Rice
50 points

Background: My product extracts data from pdf files. Free users get 8 free jobs. Paying users get 40 jobs. Each job is a data extraction from a pdf file. Problem: User engagement terminates after...

Products Business Model Support

asked Sep 19 '14 at 08:49

user7823742
21 points

I am in the early stages of developing a site that tries to provide a direct way of rewarding photographers who provide good material. Its a small idea but I want to implement it and see how the...

Legal Donations

asked Oct 25 '10 at 22:02

K Seudo
6 points

My scenario is as follows: I'm currently based in the European Union (Poland). For the last 2 years I have developed a software product, for which target customers are firms. I don't have a...

Tax

asked Apr 26 '11 at 03:58

User9982
206 points

This is similar to another question on here, but my concern is slightly different. I've been developing a web app for the past 2 years and registered the domain name for it about a year ago. Other...

Domain

asked Dec 14 '11 at 21:43

Shaun Budhram
106 points

Lets's say you guys had a product you sold for $20. Let's say the product was for high school football coaches. What would be the most effective way to reach the North American Market? The only...

Marketing Market Research

asked Apr 28 '12 at 10:03

Mike
11 points

I have an iPhone/iPad app idea for which I can build an MVP pretty quickly (about a week or two at most). My target customers are local restaurants. How do I approach local restaurants to validate...

Ideas Iphone Validation Ipad App

asked Nov 26 '12 at 09:16

Russell
180 points

I am only 14, so I don't have an immense amount of money to make my idea happen. While I am very technical, I can't write code from scratch. I am very good with selling my ideas and getting people...

Co-Founder Developers

asked Mar 3 '13 at 16:16

None
16 points

I am building a custom sales portal at my place of employment, a large company. I would like to start a saas business that uses the same features I am building for the custom project at work. I...

Legal Saas Intellectual Property

asked Mar 31 '13 at 10:36

Jack Smorenson
6 points

I've built and published an iPhone app that I believe has a market potential. It needs exposure though. I'm an engineer and don't understand marketing very well. I'm thinking about partnering with...

Marketing Bootstrapped Mobile Apps

asked Aug 27 '13 at 07:31

Black Rider
297 points

Is Startup Weekend worth attending for someone who wants to start their own business, but haven't yet decided on an idea? I have been exploring some concepts but haven't come across one stands out.

Ideas Entrepreneurs Startups

asked Jun 2 '14 at 15:12

Cynthia Mc Kay
6 points

I'm currently hiring some part-time developer abroad and wanted to make sure that I made them sign all the needed legal documents. So, normally in those cases, what would you make those future...

Hiring Outsourcing Legal NDA

asked Dec 14 '09 at 15:59

Gommm
265 points

I can't decide which one of two possible web services to launch so I am beginning to think that I should hedge my bets and launch both. Without getting into detail about each lets assume they...

Launch Website

asked Apr 21 '10 at 04:19

Bob Ross
119 points