Questions about initial stages getting your business off the ground.
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Commissions ranges
I am in the process of starting a sales company due to a contact at a high tech construction equipment firm. I was wondering what would be an acceptable commission (percentage I add on to the price ...
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Software Development company
we are a group of contractors and we have been working as senior developers for more than 15 years.
We have worked in retailer, insurances and media agencies and we got a very strong back ground in ...
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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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Starting a company in the US as a foreigner
I am a student from Germany, and I want to start a company in the US.
I've given starting it here first and then eventually expanding to the US some serious consideration, however, the chances of ...
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How can I protect my future position in a startup?
I took part alone in a 4 months acceleration program for startups, during which I worked on the idea, I did market and customer research and all the usual things needed before start a new company. At ...
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What legal considerations must be taken before launching a stealth landing page?
Not sure if this is a silly question but wanted to make sure I dot my i's.
Are there any particular legal aspects that need to be considered or finalized before launching the stealth (sign-up) ...
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Best way to get critical mass of user base for location based chat application [closed]
I am developing a chat app which lets you talk to people near you, I know this type of application exist - but this app will be different from the existing ones.
Now this app will work as website and ...
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The Road not Taken … where's the restart button?
If failed at a business startup, what does it take to have another go?
Precis: Left a safe academic job to start up my own services company ... just in time for the Global Financial Crisis. So now ...
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Bootstrapped data-driven app - How can an application's data store and server capacity growth be bootstrapped? [closed]
I have an application I have been prototyping. It's data-heavy (it's a personal productivity app). It will have web, windows, tablet, and mobile apps all connecting to the same data store/account.
My ...
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Need suggestion on launching/executing an ad network
We are about to launch an interstitial ad network for our country. Our startup is similar to companies like adfly and linkbuck. We need suggestions on how to properly launch our company. We are a ...
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1answer
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Disseminate site for free [closed]
I would like to know if you have tips for disseminating a site? It can be any kind of tip, like better ways of posting on Twitter, viralizing in forums, or even software that help you do this kind of ...
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Arizona State Law & Foreign Entity LLC
I'm thinking of about doing a subscription business relating to beer as a side project. I currently reside in Arizona but when it comes to it, I was leaning towards forming the LLC in Nevada. The ...
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Impact Investment/Tax Questions
I want to take some of the revenue that I generate with the for-profit business I'm starting, and use it to provide start-up social enterprises that I think are interesting with some funding to help ...
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Better to open a company in my own country or in USA? [closed]
Recently I have been thinking about opening a new company, specifically, a pizzeria. I'm from Brazil and here I already have a restaurant on São Paulo - SP, state of Brazil. Initially my objective was ...
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Splitting equity between founders [duplicate]
X was working part-time on an idea and after about a year and a basic demo in hand, he talked to two potential people (A and B) who would become co-founders but would work part-time just like X. The ...
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joining a startup, question about equity [duplicate]
(also posted on The Workplace)
A friend of mine (no tech bg, but lots of business xp) is planning to found a startup and has invited me to be the CTO.
I have some background working in IT and in ...
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H1b transfer for new small corp c startup
How easy/doable/possible it is for an early small (two man) funded start-up to hire someone how is now working with H1B for another company and we apply for a H1B transfer for him to come join us?
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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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How to get samples manufactured to showcase in front of clients?
Scenario: Currently we are starting to sell merchandising products to our cold call clients by meeting them personally. Our vision is to build a company that has a site portal where people can opt for ...
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Funding Prototypes
As an interaction designer, I see tons of opportunities for great new products and solutions every day. Some of these solutions are easy to prototype. Eventually I will create a startup with the goal ...
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What are charges/taxes to open LLC in New York as foreigner/alien
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.
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Entrepreneur In-Waiting, valuing a start up business
After Years of having great business ideas and insight into the betting industry I have decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and start up my own business E-Commerce Business.
I have a number of ...
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Two Separate Solutions or One
I am looking to offer a software solution which can target public and private audiences. By public, I mean that it can used for personal use. By private, I mean that it can used by companies. There ...
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Should I launch Beta product now?
I am 50% done with my startup and I am appying to Techcrunch Disrupt at San Fran this Sept:
http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2013/event-info/
They said that they will prefer companies who ...
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Do i have to register with government for a Charity initiative site?
By profession I'm a software developer and recently me and my friend have thought of creating a web application that totally focuses on charity to underprivileged or providing things to the needy.
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How to setup and start selling a product? [closed]
I have a product that I would like to sell. What are the steps that I need to do in order to setup the store? Please help
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What should be a good mission statement for a web development and seo company? [closed]
If I were to provide web development solution, SEO, content writing and open source coding then shall this be a good mission statement?
A startup dedicated to web development, open source ...
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“I like this place” - Is it a good name? [closed]
I am not a native English speaker, so I am concerned about the name of my project.
The name is "I like this place", and domain (not working properly yet) is ilikethisplace.co.uk
Does it sound ...
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Foreign LLC vs Domestic LLC - Wyoming & South Carolina
Please help. I'll make this as simple and concise as possible:
I will be manufacturing my own parts, AT HOME, in South Carolina. I intend to sell the products exclusively online with an online ...
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With an new LLC, how best to accept credit cards? [closed]
I would like to ask the start-up community, on what my options are for the easiest and best ways for accepting credit-card payments for my LLC. (It is just me, single member).
A client of mine has ...
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Percentage allocation for my startup reasonable?
I've developed a new product that I am going to be selling and putting on the market. I had been planning on funding everything with my own personal savings. I have a friend (Mike) who believes in the ...
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Does ios allow companies to sell merchandise through an mobile app? [closed]
I am thinking of building a marketplace similar to ebay but unique in its own way. I would like to make an app that can browse products on my app then let people buy products on my app.
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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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How to bring a simple product to market? [closed]
I have what I consider to be a simple and great idea. Like many people. Obviously, I won't describe it here, but I'll give a simple example of similar scale for answerers to work with.
Say my idea is ...
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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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Incubator for pay? [closed]
Say, I have:
An idea for a tech company / product, that I want to get realized.
Sufficient time, right now.
Seed capital, which I am willing also to spend on guidance.
Citizenship in a country in ...
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Web Startup: Living in Florida, incorporating in Delaware/Florida? [duplicate]
I am running single owned web startup right now. Its not live yet so that is why I am posting this question. I am currently living in Florida for past 3 years and within next couple of months I will ...
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How improbable is it that a founder with student loan debt will grab seed funding?
I noticed that student loan debt is almost never mentioned in articles discussing the acquisition of angel funding and funding from VC's. I have a hard time believing that investors will invest in ...
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Developing VCVC.net or LongKeywordRichDomain.com
We are confused between choosing a domain for our small niche website. We've following options:
VCVC.net domain (V = Vowel, C= Character)
It is 4 letter, pronounceable, and abbreviation of our ...
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Planning for an Acquisition Strategy
I am a software developer half-way through the design and prototyping of what I believe will be a very successful new software product.
Soon I will begin development, and am currently planning on ...
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RBI regulations on Paypal
I have read in a couple of places on how RBI has come down severely on PayPal accounts, blocking them etc... Is it a big issue and is there a risk in opening PayPal accounts for a B2B marketplace ...
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Getting divorce after starting a company in Florida
I am a married guy in state of Florida and I am in the initial phase of my first web startup. Well, the things are not running smooth at personal level and sooner I will be getting a divorce with my ...
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Help with my company name. What is the difference between 'technology' and 'technologies'?
I am setting up my new startup company. I noticed some company named XXXX technology Inc. and some other named themselves XXXXX technologies Inc. .
I would like to name my startup MyCoolName ...
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Solving the chicken and egg problem: how to attract paying customers
I am having a bit of a catch-22 with my business model. I am trying to link employers to prospective employees based on personality/work ethic profiles (think eHarmony for jobs). However, I need a ...
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3 links submits on forums, 300 signups, is it ok?
Basically, when you launch a startup, what's the sign whether you have a diamond in your hands or piece of... you know... ? I mean, basing on first days dynamic.
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Launching a tiny local online store
I have a small boring (Boring in a way that it's not an innovation or anything, but it's still exciting to me of course) idea.
So, what I want to do is to create a "Experience gifts shop".
So, we ...
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Pricing for Onshore/Offshore Product Development [closed]
I just opened a software solutions startup and I have questions about customer pricing. The business model is to use offshore engineers with a US project manager, as well as local engineers, with ...
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Best way to tell customers there will be a delay with their service request?
I completed a website for a client earlier this year. They are requesting additions to the site, and currently I'm quite busy. I thanked my client for her patience, and explained to her that I'm a ...
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Changing my publication name to another one
I have launched a publication last year August 2012. So far I have 365 readers. Now I realised that the market is changing and also need to get along with the change. I also want to incorporate a ...
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Registering a software startup
I want to know what type of registration process is required for a software startup, specially in India. My startup specializes in LAMP and .NET. Is Microsoft Empower partner program worth subscribing ...
