Questions

I'm located in Ontario, Canada. I'm in talks with a company in the United States to do a software contract. We met here in Canada. I'm wondering what the tax and regulations of such a contract...

Tax Canada USA Global Customers

asked Sep 12 '13 at 06:12

Philip K
166 points

I am a software engineer. I am looking to work in some startup part time (paid or non-paid). Something to do after work or on the weekends. What is the best in-person place in the SF bay area or...

Software Startup Startups Software Engineers

asked Oct 21 '14 at 01:27

Dan
6 points

What exactly do these startup mentors mean when they say 'Tell a good story'?

Software Investors

asked Oct 20 '10 at 06:49

Blankman
131 points

I was doing the books for an LLC last year and our accountants told us that paying one of the members via payroll was not the correct way to pay them and that the member should be paid via a...

LLC Payroll

asked Mar 1 '11 at 07:56

Michael Pryor
2,250 points

I am building a database of products (and services) and need to put similar items in the same category. That's got to be a common need, and I don't want to recreate the wheel. For example, a...

Products Ecommerce Advertising

asked Mar 6 '11 at 08:57

C. Scott
85 points

I have a an idea for a startup that would be closely intertwined with the Advertising industry. I still need to do the necessary research to determine if the idea is viable and to identify all the...

Advertising Consulting

asked Aug 17 '11 at 06:07

Beachrunnerjoe
319 points

I have a new retail startup selling electronics. I have a problem with a supplier that has sent some goods, but not all. The situation is as follows: Sent initial purchase order on June 7, a total...

Payments Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 23 '11 at 01:15

James
123 points

I started a local coupon shopper for small businesses, but I am having a hard time selling ad space. My costs are much lower than any of my competitors, however I'm stuck on how to attract local...

Marketing Advertising

asked Dec 15 '11 at 07:18

Bernard
6 points

The situation is this. I am a software developer that, in his free time, has developed a software library for a specific purpose. I use it to write custom applications that I sell or sell directly...

Software Equity Partnerships

asked Mar 12 '12 at 22:11

Lukeluke
8 points

Last year, while living in Ohio, I incorporated a sole-proprietor LLC, with myself as the only agent. I have now moved to California. I don't want to dissolve my Ohio LLC and re-incorporate in...

LLC

asked May 16 '12 at 12:30

Max Cantor
106 points

Most of us know the quote: “Good artists copy, Great artists steal” - Steve Jobs Copying and in extreme cases stealing is no news as a recipe for a successful businesses. Whether the term...

Competition Small Business

asked Aug 9 '12 at 05:31

Shed Meyers
6 points

To begin I am a software enthusiast with minimal business experience. I want to start a sole proprietorship where I develop ideas and then have people help me develop them for me. (people...

Getting Started Software Legal Employees Business

asked Sep 12 '13 at 06:30

B Dillan
13 points

How do startups create the demo videos on their homepage? Is there a low cost option for getting one created? Any other tips for demo videos to look out for?

Demo Videos

asked Apr 4 '14 at 23:55

Joann Hardaway
7 points

We got a product and during the launch we need a good, well designed website with product features etc. Now we wrote all the features and prepared some scenarios for product showcase, videos,...

Marketing Recommendations Website SEO Product Launch

asked Jan 21 '10 at 03:44

The Dictator
2,305 points

We're currently building a small e-commerce product that involves recurrenct billing (think of domain registration). As the 'tech guy' I don't want to set up a full blown ticketing system at this...

Customer Support Infrastructure Email Customer Service

asked May 9 '10 at 00:37

Roland
33 points

My startup has employees who are in different places at different times. What is the best way to manage and to centralise files, emails, communications, ...? Would the web be the best place to start?

Project Management Employees Communication

asked Oct 6 '10 at 11:51

Jfw
150 points

So I am finally finished writing my software product after a long time (1.5 years)...full time almost development and research by myself. This software is designed for businesses and research...

Marketing Strategy

asked Nov 27 '10 at 23:28

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I do understand that having a minimum viable product is the easiest way to do customer validation, but coming up with a working prototype does take time and effort. I read in one of the blogs that...

Marketing

asked Feb 24 '11 at 12:15

User3462
345 points

Short background: I have a web startup idea which solves an existing problem. There are many online solutions available for the problem, but my solution is "unique". I have done a basic background...

Software Ideas Development Outsourcing

asked May 23 '11 at 01:41

Yuvraj
57 points

One of the company's co-founders is investing and to avoid high fees I suggested we use our merchant account whereby he will make a payment online and then I will receive the money in the UK. Is...

Credit Cards International Investment Investors Merchant Account

asked Jul 22 '11 at 18:37

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points