Questions

I have been in software industry since Aug-2005. In beginning of 2009 I got a nasty memory leak related defect to solve from my employer. To help myself with such kind of errors in future, I...

Funding Products Side Projects Demo

asked Dec 2 '11 at 23:29

Iammilind
182 points

I'm developing a business plan for a free community e-magazine. In the marketing section, should the target market be the advertisers or the readers? Thanks

Business Plan Market Research

asked Jun 22 '13 at 18:47

User794726
6 points

With all the constant buzz about social media marketing, what does someone working as a social media marketer do? Is the core to get likes / tweets on content or does it entail more than that?

Marketing Social Media

asked Feb 13 '14 at 18:47

User30119
6 points

Should you be incorporated before you launch your product? Some things associated with incorporation: Office address Phone Mailing Address Those three require a physical location? Is there a...

Incorporation

asked Feb 2 '11 at 03:14

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

After reading significant opinions on NDAs and how they might apply (see this article for example), I'm wondering, what counts as the "really secret stuff"? What's reasonable to keep a secret from...

Investors NDA Secret Sauce

asked Feb 19 '11 at 06:02

Blueberryfields
426 points

I have just read the book Start small, stay small by Rob Walling. In this book, he suggested a couple of method of find a niche market to develop products for. From that, I am currently researching...

Market

asked Aug 11 '11 at 20:25

Tehnyit
144 points

Can you recommend a hosting company that is both affordable and very good in order for my startup to have a good always-online image? It's nothing complicated that requires a dedicated server or at...

Hosting

asked Aug 23 '11 at 04:02

Francisc
108 points

I am a young software developer with 4 years of experience out of school and looking for telecommuting job opportunities. The position doesn't have to be 100% telecommute and can even require...

Hiring

asked Oct 3 '11 at 09:51

Andrew
18 points

I have got an idea which is new in concept and is based on the cellular market. I am a programmer, an animator and I can do graphics and presentations. I am definitely NOT a business man, and for...

Fundraising

asked Oct 27 '11 at 21:51

Ted
118 points

I have to write a business plan and I'm stuck on the revenue and business projection part. We're building a platform that is all about user-generated-content concerning a certain topic. It also...

Launch Business Plan Revenue Growth Users

asked Dec 15 '11 at 11:38

Beorex
6 points

I decided to sell my ebook on iTunes and searched for it. I read official faq and found out that I needed a US Tax ID (EIN, I think). Then, I searched for it and found out that I needed an ITIN...

Ebook Apple

asked Aug 17 '12 at 21:23

Noway
192 points

I imagine this is a very tricky question but hopefully I can get a few insights here. I am currently wrapping up a personal project (SaaS) that is aimed at a fairly new niche market. There is a...

Competition Revenue Fundraising

asked Aug 17 '13 at 17:30

Silk Admin
106 points

We need to file our corporate taxes (1120) for a short year and but there aren't any forms available from the IRS for year 2013 yet. Does anyone know what to do in this case? update: the company...

Tax IRS Corporation

asked Sep 12 '13 at 17:11

Ent
8 points

Everyone has their own moral compass... Some sell weapons in war-zones, while others think that selling candy is a bad thing because of cavities, diabetes and obesity... Where do you draw the...

Ethics

asked Nov 8 '09 at 05:34

Ron Ga
2,181 points

I’d appreciate some advice on selecting a legal advisor geography-wise. I am in the process of developing a globally oriented Web 2.0 site. I am based in Australia and we are incorporating in...

Legal Geography

asked Jan 13 '11 at 17:31

Trish
186 points

I know this question is a bit artificial, please don't explain me the concept, etc. because I am a professional senior e-marketer. I was just wondering how much do you think one general link click...

Pricing Marketing Advertising

asked Mar 1 '11 at 11:19

Vafello
106 points

I am a programmer and have been developing a web app to facilitate appointment scheduling in my spare time. My target customer is a professional or a small business owner working on a well defined...

Marketing Promotion

asked Apr 26 '11 at 18:43

Lollercoaster
6 points

For a number of months I have been thinking how to create an e-commerce solution that competes with Amazon. I came up with an idea that is probably lame, but i'd like to understand why it will not...

Getting Started Ecommerce Large Companies Retail

asked Aug 5 '11 at 23:31

Somid3
195 points

I understand the whole process of how equity should be divided, but what is the actual technical process of distributing equity? Is it a contract? How does someone sell their equity? If I want to...

Co-Founder Equity Shares

asked Oct 14 '11 at 10:42

Nick Anderegg
106 points

My partner and I decided to split up a partnership (things just weren't working out between us). We have some apps on the market that are still generating revenue, we decided the best thing to do...

Tax Revenue Partnerships

asked Nov 4 '11 at 05:31

Edgar Miranda
230 points