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I recently started a hardware company and Im in the process of setting up my incorporation. We have zero income at this point, but incurring expenses chiefly product design and material goods to...

Legal

asked Nov 2 '12 at 03:11

User21431
6 points

And what is your opinion on bulk email marketing and would you ever use it for promoting/selling your business service?

Marketing Business Crowdsourcing

asked Jun 4 '10 at 19:48

Tatiana Andrushko
16 points

A little background. We are a small company developing our own product in the market. And we are quickly approaching the release deadline. We have a few weeks to finish up some testing and work...

Marketing Sales Product Launch

asked Jan 13 '11 at 21:53

Whoami
108 points

I recently incorporated (c-corp) in California and now want to sell initial stock to my co founders, all have an active role in the company (directors). One guy is from Maryland, I am here in...

Legal

asked Jul 10 '11 at 11:37

Christian
6 points

Hypothetically, can Microsoft sue OpenOffice for copying the "look and feel", "command and menu structure", "copyright infringement" and the other similarities in the User Interface?

Legal Copyright

asked Feb 2 '12 at 00:03

Graviton
871 points

A is currently employed at company X which in turn is a vendor for company Z. A realized that certain aspects of running the business for Z which X is failing at can be productized/offered as a...

Legal Business Copyright Intellectual Property

asked May 2 '13 at 00:32

Moonstar2001
186 points

I launched a blog last week. I am looking to add some video blogs and I am looking for an inexpensive video camera that can output decent quality HD video, and reliable hosting for the site. Any...

Blog Video Hosting

asked Aug 5 '10 at 13:49

Ricardo
4,815 points

Let's imagine a patent has been issued by the USPTO in 2008. However, in 2010, someone discovers the invention has already been mentioned in a book in 2005. For the sake of the argument, let's...

Patent

asked Oct 8 '11 at 21:39

J Verstry
152 points

I have an app idea that I'm working on to help school kids with bullying. I discussed this with a local vice principal and he liked the idea. I'm a developer and am learning to develop mobile apps,...

Pitch Selling Government

asked Dec 31 '11 at 03:02

Will
6 points

Under what circumstances might it make sense to employ a local admin assistant rather than a remote Virtual Assistant?

Outsourcing Employees Administration

asked Jan 13 '12 at 21:53

Ryan
1,365 points

I am a purchasing agent for foreign companies. My clients find me on the Internet. I provide services so my clients pay me my service charge. They don't personally know me before they contact me. I...

Payments Trust International Purchasing Trade

asked Mar 27 '12 at 22:45

Steven
1 point

I am contemplating building a tool similar to BuzzStream for link building. How can I find out if the market size is big enough to easily get to $1M in revenue? BuzzStream doesn't seem to have...

Saas Market Opportunity Link Building

asked Feb 14 '14 at 14:53

Charles C. Williams
11 points

I'm confused on how contracts with overseas vendors would work in the event there is a dispute.Lets assume I'm working with a development vendor in India. We have a contract and they decide to not...

Contract Outsourcing Legal Vendors

asked Apr 8 '14 at 22:57

Gordon Hughes
7 points

Two colleagues ("A" and "B") want to set up a new business based on production. Both invest to initiate the company: "A" and "B" WILL INVEST the same amount. ADDITIONALLY, "B" will make a large...

Equity Startups

asked Dec 8 '14 at 15:14

Ojey
6 points

I'm looking to ask someone to be on the board of Directors for my startup. The compensation can be money, stock, or a percentage. Update: I'm looking for someone to guide me on the business side...

Board

asked Jan 26 '10 at 10:05

Hoang
21 points

(Not sure if this was a programming or startup question, but I will ask you guys) Authentication on a new website: Should I go with OpenId, or use my own Forms-based authentication. My website is...

Website Security

asked Oct 26 '10 at 22:55

Martin
1,340 points

i'm with a startup looking to intensify online marketing. we want to sell a physical product over the web and are trying to figure out how to invest our time and money in online marketing. we've...

Marketing Ecommerce Planning

asked May 2 '11 at 01:50

B20000
126 points

Okay. I have a prototype and design of a cardboard game. I need to figure out a way of selling it.I was thinking: print a small volume and sell on amazon, ebay and related websites? or contact...

Selling

asked Jan 8 '12 at 06:12

User194076
157 points

If I sell a product for, say, £1000, and a buyer in another country pays me via a bank transfer, should I expect them to pay the bank charges? Is it something that should be explicit on the invoice...

Payments Bank Money

asked Jan 21 '12 at 23:42

Swisstony
108 points

I've been planning a social web app for about 12 months now, we have a large project team of about 23 members, a few technical team members but they're all currently busy with study or current...

Recruiting Gaming Program Developers

asked Oct 6 '12 at 06:07

Will S
6 points