Questions

I'm a non US citizen, member of a US Domestic LLC formed last year. The LLC pays taxes in the US, has both EIN and DUNS and has no employees yet. I would like to sponsor a non US citizen...

Visa Legal

asked Jan 14 '12 at 01:57

Tchitcho
18 points

I was able to purchase a new office and do all infrastructure for my new practice using my own financial funds without taking a loan. Now I am planning to buy a new house. However, I don't have...

Legal

asked Sep 13 '12 at 07:07

Willy Marrecau
6 points

This corporation is a small restaurant in Canada. If there are debts need to be paid to the other companies and to the government, what is the liability of the major share holders and people who...

Business Bankrupcy

asked Oct 6 '12 at 07:21

Shawn
6 points

I have read the multiple threads about equity splits but I am getting mixed answers. Mainly between this thread which pointed me to this The Founders' Pie Calculator which states it is a rookie,...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Dec 5 '12 at 09:00

Console
8 points

Obviously, you can't use the same name as another BIG, recognizable company. And you also want to avoid trademark issues. But what about these two scenarios: You finally find a domain name and...

Apps Naming Domain Name

asked Jan 9 '13 at 22:29

Bc Web
101 points

Recently I have been thinking about opening a new company, specifically, a pizzeria. I'm from Brazil and here I already have a restaurant on São Paulo - SP, state of Brazil. Initially my objective...

Getting Started Company Business International Investment

asked Jun 3 '13 at 06:45

Carlos Xavier
6 points

In terms of personal business practice, how do you generally handle things? To be more specific, do you do the all-eggs-in-one-basket approach? Or, do you diversify with many projects...

Management Business Side Projects

asked Jul 24 '10 at 05:04

Dr. Khan
27 points

Here's the scenario: there's a startup with two founders (and a couple of other participants) in it working part-time while keeping their full-time, primary jobs. They are building a...

Employees Investors

asked Nov 12 '10 at 05:34

Alphadogg
1,383 points

Are most technology based venture capital firms headquartered in California or are there also plenty of venture capital firms in the New England area (New York, Boston, etc)?

Venture Location Investment

asked Mar 17 '11 at 06:20

Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

I have a corporate lawyer who billed me for about 4 hrs for a very simple trademark application (like 10 lines). Does this sounds excessive for a simple trademark application? This is the first...

Trademark

asked Jul 23 '11 at 07:35

Timpone
142 points

I develop web sites for over 10 years now (among other programming jobs), and I'm burning inside to start my own business, for a long time now. And, of course, I'm afraid to begin yet another "lost...

Getting Started

asked Aug 6 '11 at 04:17

Cawas
120 points

I and one other business partner are launching a niche ecommerce site in November. We have nearly everything set except for one or two lingering questions. One of those questions is customer...

Customer Support Customer Service Support

asked Sep 12 '11 at 02:55

User889115
13 points

I'm making an engineering software. It's for a very specific market. The market size of the software, if I take only my country, is too small. But since I'm planning to launch it "cloud based",...

Legal International Cloud

asked Nov 4 '11 at 20:47

Jbcolmenares
117 points

I have been in the retail industry for over 14 years. I pitched an idea to an old friend of mine to open a mattress store about two years ago. We opened the company as an LLC. I had all the...

LLC Retail

asked Apr 3 '13 at 10:26

Jay
6 points

I'm looking to start an online business. I have an idea and I have it on paper. I am not sure if I should use a web developer or if I should use one of the builders I keep coming across online. I...

Getting Started Web Design

asked Aug 3 '13 at 06:06

User27165
8 points

I have little funds to start a business (rent space, etc). I have an idea for a cookies company for a very specific target audience: Paleo-friendly cookies made without carbs.Would it be legal for...

Legal Food Startups

asked Apr 10 '14 at 13:42

Julia Dardar
6 points

How is the typical way to present volume discount to SaaS offering for large accounts ? If the standard prices are for example $50/seat/month. Should we define an extra segment starting with a...

Pricing Saas Discounts

asked Jan 6 '15 at 14:52

Mac
6 points

When you're working on a startup it sometimes feels like there are hundreds of things to do. What techniques have you tried to organizing your todo items/ideas/tasks that worked? What did you try...

Organization

asked Jun 22 '11 at 11:09

Alex Cook
641 points

I understand that profit/loss is distributed among the LLC owners according to their ownership stakes. What about if profit/loss if the ownership stakes change? Say for example, there are 3...

LLC Tax

asked Feb 26 '12 at 15:49

Timecapsule
6 points

I will be offering virtual business services online and could potentially be "working" from anywhere. Where should I get my business license? Does the city I get it for legally matter?

LLC Business Permit

asked Mar 20 '12 at 13:06

User16817
63 points