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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Do I need to register a new business name to trade as it
I am currently working on a new start up, we have some capital and are currently "trading as" the potential new company name, through an existing business.
My question is do I need to register this ...
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Is a good strategy to start with a free service and then charge for the service?
I'm building a startup of P2P model that will work with a payment gateway. But I have a problem with that, in my country the formalities to have a payment gateway are very slow (take about two ...
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How to take a draw in a multi-member LLC?
My business partner and I are forming an LLC. As I understand, members of an LLC are not employees and therefore are not on payroll. Instead they pay themselves by taking a draw from the LLC funds.
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Authorizing family to purchase supplies for my sole-proprietorship
I've registered myself as a sole-proprietor business in Ontario, Canada.
My common-law partner often helps me with organization and other tasks. I want her to be legally able to purchase supplies ...
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What is an acceptable time period for a refund?
I setting up a marketplace style transaction system and I was wondering what an acceptable time period for refunds would be, On one hand it would be nice to get the money to them immediately on the ...
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to entrust to a third party an application development?
I am quite experienced in the field of Web Projects and I have a capital (500.000 $). "I am planning"\"I would like" to create a "great" Web site and I noticed that I have two choices:
assign the ...
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How To Open US Business Bank Account For LLC Without Going to US
Recently opened a LLC in USA, I am non-US citizen, do not live in USA, we are running an ecommerce business, now we need to open a business bank account for this LLC without physically walking into ...
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Question About Findings Ones Epicenter
In the 37signals book rework they mention finding ones Epicenter, the one thing your business must have to survive.
They use the example of a hot dog stand and the guy needing at least the hot dog ...
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Where to find the cheapest electricity?
Say I wanted to start a business that relies heavily on electricity (though not induction-heavy electricity, like welding or the like would produce, standard electricity used used by computers). A ...
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Platform to bring tech entrepreneurs to light
I've had this idea in my mind for a while now and I wanted some of your opinions on this.
I'm a PhD student in Computer Science. I feel like the inventions that many students do just go within ...
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Role of Business Partner While Developer is Developing
So... in a startup... im the techie/developer of the business, my partner is the business side.
While, I'm developing this elaborate application... what should he be doing? What do business people do ...
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Registering a trademark for software
I would like to know if registering trademark for software in some countries is too expensive for us and we develop a software which is hard to copy, can we survive without trademark for software? Of ...
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I've built my product. Now how do I get customers?
I've spent the last 10 months building a product to help salons manage their businesses. Throughout the development process I've been spending time with salon owners, salon managers and stylists to ...
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How usually companies pays out percentage for developers?
I would like to know roughly how the payments are done if the company was started by two developers and me, owner.
Let's say, I give them 10 % each, thats 20 % of the company's profit product. How ...
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How to protect my software?
I am looking forward to register business in UK (England), currently we are still in development of software but, next year we should be launching it live for the people. This is going to be a ...
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Sample business case/feasibility study case-studies
I'm trying to look at some existing business-cases/feasibility studies to get an idea of what all to include and how to approach it. I'm sure there is no need to reinvent the wheel, but it seems there ...
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Recommend a good cloud based telephone system
I'm involved in a pre-startup situation, with a small company about to start real operations. Initially they will have one dedicated office with dedicated telephone lines, one office admin person, ...
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A couple questions regarding mass product construction
What is the name for a company that contracts with other companies to mass produce products? And how hard and what is the process to get a contract of such for a small startup?
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Should we refund the deposit?
For a new website, he paid a deposit of $210 (30%). He looked through our porfolio, and got about 1/4 way through before saying "Awesome. Let's start!".
We for him 2 design images and he didn't like ...
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What is the state of (desktop) micro ISVs in the U.S. now?
I'm interested in understanding the state of what I'll call "desktop micro ISVs" in the U.S. in 2011. By this I mean one-person computer software companies, creating desktop computer software, and ...
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Negotiating a licensing deal for my iOS app
I've created a fairly successful iOS app that sells for $9.99 in the App store. It brings in about 75k per year and has been featured twice by Apple since launch. In the past few months, three ...
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What is the difference between a Business Partner and Co-Founder?
Maybe it's just semantics, but I am putting the word out that my biz will benefit from either.
We have pushed a product off the shelf and are starting to acquire customers, yet the effort has grown ...
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How can I get public business information regarding a small company?
I would like to verify the claims a small business is making, regarding ownership.
How can I research this and see if they are making false claims, or misrepresenting the real nature of their ...
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Are fundamental business topics (e.g. accounting, administration, etc.) the same in Canada and the U.S.?
I never studied business formally, so to get a better understanding I figure I'd work through some textbooks used by business programs. However, I'm in Canada and most textbooks are from the U.S.
I ...
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Do online businesses need to have a tech founder?
I have an idea for a website/online business that I would like to create. None of the technology is groundbreaking by any stretch of the imagination, I have seen it done a million times. With a custom ...
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Which is the correct term in the USA - Wage or Salary, or are both used?
I'm trying to find out if the word wage or salary is more widely used in the USA, or are both words used?
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What is affiliate tracking?
I was reading up on some stuff which may help me setup a start up. Basically I came across "affiliate tracking", read it, but was still not quite sure what exactly does it do.
What is the purpose of ...
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Need guidance/suggestion on tough situation
We gave a free product trial for 2 months with our first potential client. It is a unique product, there's a great learning process and we have had an amazing response from both students and tutors.
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Why do distributors or wholesalers hide their prices and ask for quotation request from the enquirer/potential buyers?
Why do distributors or wholesalers hide their prices and ask for quotation request from the enquirer/potential buyers?
I have seen in many B2B internet websites.
Please let me know.
Thanks :)
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Incorporating in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant
My business partner and I are currently a partnership. We run a business in which we publish apps to iOS and Android. We are generating enough profits that we want to incorporate so we can hire ...
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Am I committing patent infringement if the function is the same but construction is different?
I know there are other products out there similar to the one my partner and I are working on. We are a new start up and want to be sure that we don't get into any trouble in the future by stepping on ...
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How to find reliable business partners
I've been trying to get involved, get my name out there, and network with fellow local entrepreneurs in my area. I am a 22 year old developer/designer, student and entrepreneur at heart.
From what ...
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what are the different websites which are helpful for startups? [closed]
What are the different websites which are useful for a startups. Like there are some website for funding like kickstarter some website for finding like minded people some websites like onstartups.
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How feasible is a business model that sells fan T-shirts / cups for a small website?
I was trying to understand the concept of the business model of Kingdom Of Loathing
They were doing stuff like selling T-shirts and cups, so basically I was wondering what are the benefits for going ...
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Does it make sense, if someone invest $100k on me and I'd only require $90k, I take $10k and invest it back on some other people?
Does it make sense, if someone invest $100k on me and I'd only require $90k, I take $10k and invest it back on some other people?
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Want to get into Android app development, but have questions about the buisiness side of doing so
So I'm a CompSci student going into my second year of university in Montreal, Quebec at Concordia and I've been planing on getting started with Android development. I'll be getting myself a Samsung ...
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What's In a Business Plan and Do I Really Need One
Business plans cause a lot of anxiety for the new entrepreneur. I think it stems from the fact that they are a lot of work and putting one together, especially if you have never done one, is quantum ...
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Who are the largest Facebook advertisers?
I don't want to be so direct here, but
In this article does anyone have a clue about which company/companies could it be talking about when it says: I’m not going to out you, but you know who you ...
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Is it wise to leave out your mobile phone number from your business card?
Previously I used to get lots of prank calls/mobile calls after I give out my business cards at conferences.
I've recently gotten a new phone and a new number and I'm seriously considering whether or ...
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Does a nice office at a good business address increase valuations?
If 2 business are generating the same revenue / profits, would you value a business more (in terms of numbers) because they are located at a good business address? (psychology is in play here)
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What is a registered agent?
I'm researching how to start an LLC. I found a site called LegalZoom and when you fill out the forms, one question they ask is:
Who will serve as the Limited Liability Company's registered agent?
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What are the differences between entrepreneurship and business?
In what ways is entrepreneurship different as compared to business?
My intuition says that every entrepreneur is a businessman but the opposite is not necessarily true. Is there difference in the ...
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My foreign client requested me to send him a copy of my passport page
I am a business translator/interpreter in Hangzhou, China. A British client said that he is going to China and he will hire me as his interpreter when he is in China. He asked my bank information ...
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Where should I register my LLC
I want to start my own business. I have developed a few iOS Apps and Android Apps under my real name.All these apps were published before I became employed (Full Time).
I want to continue developing ...
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What is a fair equity share for a non-cash partner?
I was approached by a friend with a business idea that i really like and would like to invest in (i would invest with another person). The question is, what is a fair equity share to give this person ...
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Having a schedule for our startup?
I'm in a partnership with my brother, we decides to do a partnership together since we live in the same house and had the same schedule. We are running our business from home right now, making mobile ...
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How to find business person who reall knows demands of small biz, not talkative idea guy?
I'm a solid programmer with 5+ years of experience in software development. I know how to do things from beginning to the end and want to start my own company. I spend for more them 6 months in search ...
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How to project product pricing for medical college/school
Our clients are medical schools/colleges. We have given a free product trial for 2 months with our first client. It is a unique product, there's a great learning process and we have had an amazing ...
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How to record monies owed to me by my new startup? (bookkeeping question)
I have recently started a startup.
I am totally bootstrapping the startup, and so costs are being kept to a minimum. There is no way the company can afford to pay me my normal (or even 'discounted') ...
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What do investors look for in a SaaS startup's development plan?
Foreword: Assume that a working MVP prototype with traction exists for the startup.
As of right now, we have a software development plan covering:
Milestone Title;
Est. Development Time;
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