Questions about initial stages getting your business off the ground.
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How do web-developers do web-design when freelancing?
So I got my first job recently as junior web-developer.
My company creates small/medium sites for wide variety of customers: autobusiness companies, weddign agencies, some sauna websites, etcetc, hope ...
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2answers
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Source code Buyout clause in contract
I have a small contract that I have to makeup, but the biggest importance is to make sure the the source code buyout doesn't have a set price. What would be the best way of wording this? Ideally, we'd ...
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Can a UK company have the same registered office, director's service address, and director's residential address?
I'm going through the process on the Companies House website to create a UK company (at http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/promo/webincs/) and I've got to the page asking for "Details of new director", ...
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Im having the chicken and egg problem; What's the risk of focusing on one group first to attract the second group?
My website is a hiring marketplace focusing on events sector (ex. if venue looking for a dj. The venue will post the job and djs submit proposals).
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How much equity should I get for developing a site where the idea isnt mine
A few months ago, I was asked to join a startup for $85k/year. All the company really had was a pretty big angel investor and one guy with the idea (wealthy father and son with the idea). Before ...
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1answer
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What should be the role of other person I involve in Startup given my scenario
What shall be the role of the person I am involving in launching my start-up(about to register and launch), As initially I see me and him performing project management part of it(as implementation ...
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Intentions of Pre-Product VC Contact
A VC contacted me about a few weeks ago and he has been wanting to speak just about every week to talk about my business idea.
The idea is still pre-product,and very early on.
What are the potential ...
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4answers
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Same company name, different country. What does the law says?
if the company name in country A is the same with the company name in country B, and in the same industry, does it have any regulations about it?
I am the one who comes second at that name.
Thank ...
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What it takes to implement ERP Software for SME's
I have a project to implement ERP Software for SME. Though I am a software engineer myself and briefly understand things involved, however as I am new to ERP platform and is not sure of what it really ...
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Help Find Price of My Service
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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3answers
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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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4answers
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What kind of knowledge do you need to start a company?
Surely someone must have asked this before, but I couldn't find it, so here goes.
I have a degree in computer science. I'm a software developer. But I love the idea of getting into business. But I ...
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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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1answer
159 views
How to get started in the defense industry?
I've always been particularly intrigued by the defense industry in general amongst many other industries as I have a pretty strong entrepreneurial spirit since I was a kid, starting my first website ...
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2answers
769 views
Getting projects for a software development startup?
I want to start a software company based mainly on web application development and designing. So my question is, to whom should I contact in a software company to get projects or how can i contact ...
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2answers
444 views
When a huge company copies your startup
What do you do when a huge online company (as dominant as say Google, Apple, Microsoft etc in their respective niche) has a big feature that's been lacking in their very popular product, and your ...
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1answer
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Minimum Legal Things to do before start pitching around
Imagine I am working on a start up that is at a functional prototype level and so far, I have not registered it anywhere and basically done no legal work whatsoever. Now, I need to be looking for
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How to split share at moonlighting stage? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
I have a business idea. I have talked to two other people about this and they are interested. We are ...
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What are the dangers of premature scaling at a startup(Please provide examples)? [closed]
If you can provide examples of premature scenarios that would be great!
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191 views
How important is to have a focused startup?
I've been meeting with mentors and entrepreneurs to learn more about startups. I've been told that is better to focus in one feature and one sector in the market.
I have a service that can help more ...
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3answers
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Is it okay to shop around for incubators
I'm meeting with a local incubator tomorrow and I would like to know if it's okay to tell them I'm going to "shop around".
I want to talk to other incubators and see what they can bring to the ...
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1answer
91 views
Sample partnership/cofounder contract clause for force-out payment schedule
I'm altering a contract between myself and another individual. The contract defines clauses for forcing another partner out but does not define how percentage of ownership shall be handled. I.e. how ...
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1answer
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Should a great project to solve one problem become a start-up?
Some time back, I set out to solve a specific problem:
How can I help people who haven't met yet collaborate to create great ideas ahead of weekend startup events?
I couldn't find a site out there ...
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2answers
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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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2answers
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How to start consulting “As an Individual or as a company”
I am planning to offer SEO and Web Development services(mainly SEO). It's a case of Bootstrapping. So my confusion is, if I create a website to offer services..
Should I present my website as a brand ...
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2answers
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General Partnership? Limited Partnership? Or
I am in the early stages of bootstrapping a startup. The product is a cloud-based service for businesses within a very specific industry. I have worked as a UX & UI developer and design freelancer ...
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3answers
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What are main functions of a start up that need continous attention
So we are 2 co-founders having a full time job and from the last 14 months are working on a social network. I wanted to share the name of our start up here, but somehow I think that would be cheap ...
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How do I source prizes and gifts for a competition site?
Every day I receive invitations to win holidays, gift vouchers, cash, cars etc. When you go to the site there are literally hundreds if these deals listed.
I know some of these sites simply compile a ...
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How to persuade the boss to give me 1 free day?
I am working in a small software company. Owner directly manages the business.
I'd like to start my own project, part time.
I have a family. It is difficult to find free time to work on my project.
I ...
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1answer
76 views
Contract with Web Developer
I am setting up a Web Design and Development business and planning to outsource development services to Eastern Europe (not part of EU). I am wondering what sort of working contract can UK registered ...
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6answers
409 views
1-man show, coder/marketing/everything else… 10 months in the making, too long?
As a 1-man show I've been building a social startup for the last 10 months. A lot of the time on development has been spent learning a new programming language (Ruby on Rails) and also all the other ...
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2answers
164 views
How to split equity between founders
We have a very complex team and our actual roles and skills are known to each other only after we started working and deciding the equities which would be vested in few years. We started working from ...
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Dividing Equity Between Founders [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
A good friend of mine and I have conceptualized and have been working on an idea for over a year. The ...
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1answer
164 views
Raise and use money on kickstarter or indiegogo
I'm interested in projects like Indiegogo and Kickstarter. Basically they are doing the same thing - helps to get money from the people who likes your idea.
So when I'm raising money and asking for ...
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3answers
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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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3answers
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Start up is getting offer to have website developed for “profit sharing”
I have an idea for a website that myself and a partner have started to get going. One of our first steps was speaking with a web developer. The site may run over our budget. The developer (who is a ...
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Starting an internet buisness in the usa [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Foreign Incorporation utilizing USA
Can I start a business in USA and work from my country?
I am a UK citizen living in England. I would like to start an Internet ...
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Information Vs Skill
I am going to start a business of software development. But before that I am having some questions. There are two possibilities:
1- I gain experience developing softwares (especially programming ...
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Startup project - hide from employer or cooperate with him?
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.
I am concerned about the relationships with my ...
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6answers
443 views
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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1answer
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Taxes with respect to content providers
I am developing a modest web site that shows content created by external providers. I use this content to promote my goods and sell them.
Instead of paying a fix upfront price for the content (I ...
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1answer
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Do I need to give trademark rights to my incorporated company?
I hold many trademarks personally (no business entity involves here).
If I launch a company which is independent legal entity, do I need to give trademark rights to company before using it? Or, I was ...
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2answers
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What are benefits of container group of companies?
From my understanding, I can register a company with any name (not necessarily product/service name) and launch multiple products/services under it. Plus, I can associate trademarks with this company.
...
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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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8answers
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Not an IT person at all and I want to start an online based company- any advice?
I want to start my own wedding and event planning business. My business will be very online based. I want to create a website where my clients can have their own log-in information on my site where ...
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1answer
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What's the problem with Inc. when it comes to small startup?
I have talked to many consultancies, law firms, CAs etc. What I found common from their suggestions is that I shouldn't choose Inc./Corp. for small startup. They suggested me to start with LLC/Pvt. ...
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2answers
142 views
When to commercialize a product?
I am a young university student with a good number of years experience in both small/large software companies. This has put me in a good position to find strong student developers and lead/consult for ...
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2answers
153 views
Running a startup in parallel with a job in the United Kingdom?
I am a Software Developer who recently graduated from University. I just secured a job with a big company with a nice salary. However I don't really see myself being content with that as I have ...
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4answers
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To the Coders…what would you consider acceptable terms to join a new start up?
If you were approached by an idea guy (one with not much money), and lets say that the idea itself was an 8 to 10...what would you consider acceptable terms to join the start up? If you could give 2 ...
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Shares to programmers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
So I friend of mine has this idea for a kind of social network based on video blogging, for obvious ...
