A business (an enterprise or a firm) is an organization engaged in the trade of goods and/or services to consumers or other enterprises.
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Determine offer for SaaS company?
I've read various forms of the following question, but haven't found an answer that fits the following, so I'm hoping someone can help out.
I'm interested in potentially acquiring a currently in-beta ...
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Help Find Price of My Service [closed]
Hello this is my first post on this website. I am planning on starting a company here soon by I am having some troubles finding out how i should price partnership with my company. My company will ...
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Is it that way too early to start a business?
I have been sharing my thoughts for getting into some business, with some of my friends & colleagues, but all I get from them is 'Disappointment' & advice like "It's too early for you to do a ...
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I have a project from client, shall I open a startup or play a mid man and make a cut
I have a project from Client to implement ERP software(starting project of worth 450K$, and may get similar 2 or 3 more projects), I do not have any company for now and is doing a regular software ...
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How to evaluate my startup price? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do i determine a premoney valuation
How to evaluate my startup price especially at early stage to be able to choose between VCs offers
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Technical Cofounder - How much equity do I ask for? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
So, the situation is this:
Last year I was working freelance, and I was commissioned to build a web ...
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Software systems that need certification or approval
I am a self taught programmer and web developer, planning to become an Independent Software Vendor. I am creating a software for Accounting and Inventory Management to sell in my local market. Right ...
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I've just lost my business mind, can't think straight!
Business hasn't been great lately, I've been riddled with problems of my service losing demand, employees not seeing a future and am unable to get new services launched in time because of difficulty ...
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Is there any licence to build online business where the admin can buy the products from wholesellers and sell through online
I had an idea of online business where the buyer can buy their products from the online store, called as e commerce website. In this the website owners will buy the goods from the wholesellers and ...
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What are some creative ways for a cash poor start up to compensate a designer?
We are in need of a designer for our start up, but we are pretty much cash poor. I have been talking to a designer for a few days, and he really wants to help as he loves our idea. He is very ...
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questions about DBA and other forms required to start business
I'm starting a small business (just me, no employees) doing graphics that can be purchased digitally and/or the originals mailed, as well as live graphic recording and graphic facilitation, and ...
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What are fair terms to hire a business development consultant?
As a startup, we are talking to a business development consultant. He will do business development in a particular country for us. What are the key terms we need to be careful about in a contract we ...
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What happens when a corporation(small restaurant) declare bankruptcy?(Canada)
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 are ...
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How do I specifically start a business as a government defense supplier?
No matter what shape the economy is in, the government will always have at least a few if not many contracts with defense contractors.
I would like to start a business as a supplier to these ...
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Is starting a business without somebody knowing “business” a good idea?
I am a developer since quite some time. I am having some good ideas and plan to start a business in the startup world. I already have a friend who will join me as a co-founder.
Now the problem is: ...
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Received a technical co-founder offer contract. Advice
Myself and two partners are the business end of a new start up. We have been looking for a fourth and final co-founder, which would be our programmer. We found one that wants to be a part of what we ...
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I have an idea but no free time - can I pay offshore developer?
I am a software developer. I have a good idea and I'd like to create a startup.
I am planning to invite one or two of my colleagues as co-founders.
Problems:
1) Free time
I realised it is very ...
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Contact Us Forms
Are "Contact Us" forms still relavant to small businesses/startups or have other more social means (facebook, twitter, etc) become the preferred method of contact.
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I might be leaving a startup I co-founded. What are my options?
I co-founded a startup and have been with them for almost a year now. I own around 40 percent of the company, which is to be vested over 3 years. So far, about 1/3 of it has been vested. On top of ...
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What are your experience on business in making windows phone7 apps vs windows8 apps?
I am currently making windows phone7 apps. I was wondering whether I am missing on something by not making windows8 my primary development platform. I am considering programming for both somewhere ...
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Complete Rookie Here. I Need Advice On Where to Begin From Only an Idea
I'm a complete web/entrepreneur rookie with an idea that I believe in passionately and don't know where to begin. I know for a fact that my idea is unique and will fill a huge hole in the market and ...
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Business: Personal Checking for Corporation?
Is it REQUIRED to have a Business Checking account for a Corporation, or is a SEPARATE 'personal' account (using the business EIN and Name) ok? Are there any benefits to choosing a 'business' account ...
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Does the concept of “Unlimited Vacation” increase productivity and attract talented employees?
Does the concept of "Unlimited Vacation" increase productivity and attract talented employees ?
I've read about it here, specifically:
Unlimited vacation fosters productivity and loyalty because ...
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Starting a Business
I wish to start a business within the UK, which will be an online venture. However, I am unsure of a few things.
Firstly, I know I will have to pay income tax, assuming it reaches the threshold of ...
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How to make an offer?
Assume that you are a custom app seller. You get your customers, on all kind of opportunities like events, blind mails, viral marketing.
When you are at the customer you present your product!
But ...
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Getting new solution for stalled startup
I have been working on an education services startup for about 1 Year. At this stage the whole product must be completed, but I still have ~30% remaining.
Following is my case:
We are a group of 4 ...
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Investor has $50,000 for 1/3 of startup company, founders have only $20,000 for 2/3 of company. How should the company be structured?
During the incorporation of a company, my business partner and I decided to put in $1000 for 1000 shares in the new company. The equity was split 33%, 67%. So I had 670 shares, and business partner ...
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How to deal with unequal investment between founders and angel investor?
I have a startup company. We have an angel investor who is willing to invest $50,000 in the company for a company share of 33%. That leaves the 67% of the company share for my business partner and I. ...
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Which business domain to forward to?
Question:
Should I forward my business website to my easier to remember .co or my longer .com?
I have two domain names, one of which I was going to forward to my longer .com one. Except when I ...
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Consulting while working
I kinda have a dilemma! My partner and I, who are coworkers, came up with the idea to start our own consulting firm. Our firm will target our present clients. We are Medicaid consultants in a ...
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Questions on running a company on H1B
I'm currently on OPT and will be switching to H1B soon. I want to start a C corp which will function as an online business.
Can my friends who live outside the USA develop the website? They won't ...
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Seeking advice on the order in which to do things
So we have our idea, the site map pretty much laid out and designed, and now we are ready to start looking for a development team. Right now we have three founders and we are looking for one ...
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Do I really need a One Page Business Plan?
I've already written a full business plan, but what is the purpose of a "one page business plan?" What's the difference between it and an executive summary?
Do I really need one?
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LLC vs S Corp for a new business?
I am starting a new business in California and can't decide whether it should be an LLC or S Corp or an LLC as a S Corp. It would be a single person LLC or S Corp (no other shareholders or ...
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Starting a software company without registration
I want to sell a software product. I would like to use a brand name e.g. mysoftcompany in the EULA (End User License Agreement) and in the contact details of webpage. So that the software is sold ...
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Using Dubai as a tax haven - US nationals
My friend approached me with a business idea of selling a service to allow US business owners to incorporate in Dubai in order to avoid taxes. She resides in Dubai and owns a business there, and she ...
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Business Plan Timeline with regards to Start Date / Launch Date
I'm pretty sure I know whats the answer, would like another opinion.
I am using generic time values in my business plan (M1, Y1). I want to know the proper way of displaying my sales forecast. Should ...
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Need approval to sell shares in limited company?
If I and an investor own 50% of the outstanding shares in a limited company each, can I transfer some of my shares to another entity without the investor's (or any other shareholders') approval? For ...
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Could dividends in a limited company be paid out selectively?
Could a limited company decide to pay dividends only to certain individuals, e.g., those who hold 50% or more of the outstanding shares? If not, do dividends have to be paid out proportionately to all ...
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Dividends are higher than profits?
I'm looking at the S-1 filing of Shutterstock: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549346/000104746912005905/a2209364zs-1.htm
It says that $20.5mil, $25.9mil and $28.6mil of dividends were paid ...
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I'm an English man living in Germany, where should I register my business?
I suppose this question would be useful to anyone who is natively from one country but living in another setting up a business.
I'm an English man currently with a business bank account and sole ...
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How to register an IT company in USA?
My brother-in-law in India wants to open(register) an IT company in US.
Is that possible? How?
And if now, then I'm here in US with a student visa. Can I register an IT company in USA and help him ...
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Is it dangerous to buy equipment for a new LLC without guaranteed Income yet.
Hopefully I will manage to create an LLC pretty soon, within the next few weeks. I do not own a laptop and I was thinking in buying a laptop then I can write it off as a business expense.
What ...
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Changing from self employed to an LLC
At the moment I work self employed as a web developer creating websites.
One such website has become fairly popular and I'm considering adding trademarks etc, is it possible/straightforward to switch ...
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purchasing a company
I am looking at purchasing a service business in California that states it makes $160K in revenue and $120K in Net income. What Can I expect to net (estimate) after taxes with a LLC? Is it a 39% tax ...
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Automating Business Owner Validation/Verification
We are looking for a way to validate that the person who creates an account has the ability to speak for the business in question. (Only U.S. based businesses for now.) And we are looking for ways ...
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What plan of IT outsource company to get long term clients
We are small IT outsource company located in Ukraine (but registered in USA). We have clients over the world. We are working like dedicated team, for existed projects who need cost effective ...
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What is more important: growth or margins?
I have a startup which is 2 years old. I would like to know whether I should be more concerned about growth or profit margins?
My startup is a software development firm.
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Company location vs state of incorporation vs residency
Okay, I hope someone can answer my question. My husband has a company incorporated in state A, where we used to reside. He is the only officer and only employee. We moved to state B but kept the ...
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Frozen Homemade Food Business
I want to start up a frozen homemade food business. The food/meal should be just like we make at home. The sale will be like membership on the website. For example someone will buy dinner for 1 ...
