Startup Costs Questions

I came up with an invention 4yrs ago and just recently took it to invent tech to get help making it. My husband drew out the sketch for me. When I took it to Invent Tech they told me it would cost...

Startup Costs Investors Partnerships Loan

asked May 30 '13 at 01:25

Chardae Keller
14 points

I was in a debate recently with someone on how we should go about pricing out our material costs to clients and we couldn't decide on what is the proper way in going about doing this. Example:...

Startup Costs Cost

asked May 5 '13 at 12:34

Matt 2.0
188 points

My brother had an idea for a business and asked me to be his partner. His idea was for me to have 20% ownership and he has 80%. He is going to fund the business (at most $20,000) and believes that...

Startup Costs Negotiation Partnership Family Vesting

asked Apr 10 '13 at 23:32

Dina
11 points

I would like to start a hotel over the next few years. I know I will need a lot of capital to do so. I am working on getting the capital right now but I would like to know what a realistic amount...

Startup Costs Investment Loan Cost Estimation Franchise

asked Mar 31 '13 at 06:06

Makai
11 points

I haven't used my C Corp, paid any taxes, or done the minutes. I haven't made a dollar or used the corp in any form. It was just a mistake opening the C Corp. I'm scared I have to pay the taxes...

Startup Costs Legal Tax Corporation

asked Mar 16 '13 at 13:33

Zapoo
303 points

Hope you can help me out with little advice here. I recently founded a website and I have no technical programming. Perhaps I was lucky that I found a rich partner who can't work full time. But he...

Funding Startup Costs Founders Operations

asked Feb 23 '13 at 22:35

Trana
24 points

I am from India. I want to launch e-commerce web site. For that purpose, I want to open LLC in New York. What are charges/taxes to open LLC in New York as foreigner/alien.

Getting Started LLC Startup Costs

asked Feb 25 '13 at 23:03

Simpanoz
109 points

I am on optometrist and want to start my own business and stop working for others. In my world, the owner of the optical pays the doctor (me) a salary and makes a killing on my labor in the form of...

Getting Started Funding Startup Costs

asked Mar 1 '13 at 06:28

Kacalapy
129 points

I want to minimise startup costs so by reading many useful posts here I've came to a conclusion that bookkeeping and accountancy are the biggest cost if you are starting small. My service is going...

Startup Costs Cost Low Cost Bookkeeping Micro Startup

asked Mar 1 '13 at 20:19

Ivan Von Turkovich
21 points

I am going to start a company for a simple online service which should sell digital goods to customers. Since I am new in running business world there are few things I need to learn. I've tried to...

Startup Costs Bookkeeping Micro Startup Micro Payment Paypal

asked Mar 5 '13 at 09:43

Ivan Von Turkovich
21 points

i have been offered a position in a start-up...i was initially told that my 100,000 share options were 0.25% of "the allocated shares". In my own research i came across terms for "diluted stock"....

Startup Costs Stock Options

asked Jan 29 '13 at 09:42

James
26 points

I'm currently starting up a mobile social networking application with zero funding. The app is currently in the mvp stage with a very thorough business plan, and my business partner and I are...

Advisors Equity Startup Costs Legal

asked Feb 1 '13 at 04:29

User23813
13 points

I'm trying to work out the viability of a web service and I'm trying to wrap my head around the impact that increasing numbers of users will have on costs. This is mostly a concern about not...

Startup Costs Cloud

asked Feb 3 '13 at 13:38

Simon Gill
104 points

Fifteen years ago my family purchased a franchise. Within five years we realized the books were cooked and the clientele we purchased was not there. We went to court and lost (in my eyes) and...

Getting Started Startup Costs

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:57

Matt 2.0
188 points

I have a web application idea with great potential that I trying to turn into a start up business. I currently work with building application in a .NET environment but for this personal project...

Development Startup Costs Web Web App

asked Jan 13 '13 at 17:03

Geddon
20 points

We are 3 founders in the business. The two are working as close to full-time as we can given we dont receive a salary, we each hold 44% and 23% which leaves the last partner with 33%. He has been...

Equity Finance Startup Costs Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 9 '12 at 13:46

Seventy Six
1 point

I have been working with my co-founder for the past year and recently we decided to part ways. However, about 2 months ago we incorporated our business in Delaware. Each of us is starting from...

Incorporation Startup Costs Cost Legal Legal Documents

asked Nov 21 '12 at 06:01

Rjgonzo
157 points

We are in our seed round and the investors are asking for preferred shares of the company and terms that they own a percentage of the code/software and a percentage of the patent rights. We are...

Finance Startup Costs Angel Investors Seed

asked Nov 30 '12 at 14:46

Devin Shavenoff
8 points

What is the best way to go about getting more profit and paying less tax when it comes to selling something strictly online? Say I have a dual citizenship, to Canada and Mexico. And I do all my...

Startup Costs Tax Online Sole Proprietorship Corporation

asked Oct 22 '12 at 15:49

Bazzi
16 points

i want to know, how startups manages their cost of hardware, like servers and other hardware. do they buy brand new material or the second hand, what about room to keep their servers and all other...

Startup Costs Expenses Hardware

asked Aug 16 '12 at 04:34

Vikas Devde
108 points