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As one of the cofounders of company K, I am going to leave the company recently. Per our agreement, I shall give up my intangible property associated shares but keep my cash contributed shares....

Capital Account Share Percentage Cash Contribution

asked Feb 6 '17 at 08:55

XL
6 points

Recently it came to my attention that my business partner (50/50 LLC in CA, no partnership agreement) has been using the company account as a line of credit for himself. In the past 13 months he...

LLC Legal Small Business Embezzlement

asked Jan 18 '17 at 21:01

sbg
11 points

I want to start a business with no employee or brick and mortar, nor offices, just online e-commerce for products i design, but my first 6 -12 months will be just dedicated to prototyping and...

LLC Sole Proprietorship

asked Jan 18 '17 at 18:01

Francesco Bertelli
6 points

I am here in the US on L2 for another 3 years and extendable as needed. My software product is currently being built in India. It will be sold both in India and US. I have a partner based out of...

Company Incorporation Company Resigtration

asked Aug 22 '16 at 12:11

Tarani Arunachalam
1 point

I am an artist; voice over, makeup, author, performer, actor, singer, songwriter and artisan. I've created a single owner LLC. Does depositing my paychecks from all my clients directly into the LLC...

LLC Artist

asked Aug 2 '16 at 19:49

Joell Jacob
6 points

I've been working on a startup for more than a year now, and as a developer, I created a nice product. But things got harder when I tried to sale it, as I have no talent for this. Then I met two...

Equity Cofounder

asked Feb 10 '16 at 14:52

Francis L
33 points

Long story short, I am bootstrapping a start up venture and I am funding it through full time employment. We are close to launch, and we want to avoid going to VC in order to retain 100% equity. I...

Career Bootstrap Startups

asked Oct 3 '15 at 01:01

User34199
46 points

I have been working for the past 2 years on my start up product as it stands: 1) I have the mobile application built and ready for launch 2) The backend is all done3) We have conducted beta...

Career Failure Startups

asked Oct 3 '15 at 00:35

User34199
46 points

We've been working on a new version of Bright Journey for a long time now and it's finally coming to fruition (putting the final touches).There are some changes that might initially disorient...

Launch Strategy Web App Bright Journey

asked Jul 24 '15 at 06:41

Nishank Khanna
4,265 points

I just do not know that much about the other person other then he has good tech skills and can take care of a lot of the paper work stuff, that lets me design and build the business. Which is what...

Co-Founder Equity Ownership

asked Jun 30 '15 at 04:59

Paul Gilchrist
1 point

I'm moving to the Boston area for a job and have to venture into building my business on the side. Since this will be a first for me, I would love to learn from the startup experts. Are there any...

Getting Started Launch Education Startups Execution

asked Jun 29 '15 at 09:58

Alvaro Perkins
1 point

As our product development goes along, we are looking for more advisors to form an advisory board - we need well considered input from people who have already proven themselves in the tech / IoT...

Board Advisors Mentor Strategy Startup

asked Jun 28 '15 at 12:01

Alexander Hill
1 point

I'm digging in to this industry and would love insight into what's unique about lifestyle ecommerce businesses / the consumer path to purchase in businesses like Holstee, Ministry of Supply,...

Ecommerce Resources Business Model Branding Lifestyle

asked Jun 26 '15 at 19:46

Jay Neely
6,050 points

Releasing a website soon to connect ordinary people, students, business men with teachers and professionals, how do I recruit the teachers and professionals?

Recruiting Website

asked Jun 22 '15 at 02:46

C Wakeboard
11 points

Customizing Wordpress (apart from using themes) is very hard and it's all a bunch of spaghetti PHP code. Yet their marketshare keeps increasing over the years.Why hasn't another CMS platform that...

Competition Wordpress Platforms Traction Market Share

asked Jun 21 '15 at 13:58

Chris Jenkins
11 points

What are some pros and cons of hiring full time employees onsite vs employing contractors on platforms like UpWork (ODesk)?Salary is one. In almost all cases remote workers are going to cost you...

Hiring Employees Remote Contractor Upwork

asked Jun 16 '15 at 10:25

Larry Lamas
14 points

I have been doing startups for the last 6 years and have had mostly failures, and a single success. I was able to sell the one startup that succeeded for about a year's salary that I would get...

Consulting Consultants Clients Freelancing Freelance

asked Jun 15 '15 at 15:58

George Kopp
12 points

Are there any good marketplaces to sell a high quality site which generates over $5,000 a month in revenue?Flippa seems to be the only one I've come across, but most of the sites listed on there...

Selling Selling Business Marketplace Flippa Auctions

asked Jun 15 '15 at 10:13

Eric Siler
12 points

San Francisco and New York are notorious for their high cost of living. While the startup scene on those two cities is great, the downside is even a $100K+ salary means a mediocre living...

Location Silicon Valley San Francisco New York Startups

asked Jun 14 '15 at 17:40

Sara Shepard
12 points

What's the most challenging problem you faced in your business and had to make a critical decision?Mine was accepting that our niche wasn't big enough (due to lack of due diligence done before...

Strategy Decision Founders Problem Solving Startups

asked Jun 14 '15 at 15:11

Melvin Jordan
51 points