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How to work internationally in a country which is under sanction?
I'm a web developer and I live in Iran. Unfortunately my country is under international sanction. However, I'm able to work for foreign customers and get their job done. But there is a problem. A big ...
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How can I split income with a person I never met?
I am currently working on a game for the Android devices with a person I found from a forum. I have never met this guy before and so far we have only talked on email. He is from the UK and I am from ...
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Tax laws when trading to the US from europe
What are the tax laws regarding sale of a SAAS to US companies when you are UK based? I know you dont have to charge VAT but would you need to file a US tax return or charge US taxes?
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How do I handle large payments (over $15,000)?
As a side-project to my IT Consultancy business, I have developed a software product which I intend to sell. The URL for the new product is at http://www.scichart.com
I am partnering with FastSpring ...
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Can I start a business in USA and work from my country?
Can I incorporate a business in USA and work from my country? Can I receive profit from my corp even when I'm not an employee, only director? I have a b1b2 visa. Is this enough to manage a business ...
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Does it matter which state I incorporate in if I don't live in the US?
I'm a US citizen, and would like to start an internet company in the US, however I don't live in the US. As my kind of work can be done virtually, a physical presence isn't necessary. Typically when ...
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Form a company outside of the US?
This is definitely a different flavor of a common question. Here are the basic stats:
Online only startup -- no physical presence.
Everyone works from home.
We have 8 people in 4 countries (5 in USA ...
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How to set your price in USD and EUR?
Many US-based companies charge the same amount in the US as in Europe: a certain item will cost 100 USD when bought in the US, and 100 EUR when bought in Europe. This really means that the European ...
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Enforcing international agreements/contracts
I'm just curious about how a contract between two parties in different countries would handle breaches/consequences of said contract.
Let's say between two parties in USA and Asia. If the contract ...
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Need advice on setting country-specific pricing
We're a growing Canadian software company selling online. Customers download freeware, later upgrading to a paid version.
We've received significant interest from customers and resellers ...
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How does one create a company name that is internationally accepted?
I'm working on an international startup, website based, for which I need to create a name (with corresponding domains for all extensions) that is internationally accepted as my service is meant to be ...
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How to deal with international web design clients
We're a Canadian company and are talking with a prospective client from Nigeria, Africa. We've never dealt outside of our province, let alone our country, so we're not sure if there's anything to ...
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Where to incorporate an international startup?
My co-founder and I have been working on a web-related software startup for a couple of months. We are now ready to create a company / legal entity around this venture. One of us is resident in the UK ...
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Starting a business from the UK as self employed, with an eventual goal to employ US Citizens and move to the US to work - possible?
I'm currently working on building an online business based around travel and tourism and eventually I'll need to employ people in the US, located in a specific area. The end goal is that I'll be able ...
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International tax on digital products for a US company
I'm a developer in the US (Maryland) with an LLC and an application that I would like to sell through my website, delivered via download. I do not intend to ship physical goods of any sort, my ...
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Benefits and risks of taking your company internationally
I’m in the early planning phase of a funding round for a startup in NYC as a second office for a software company that is headquartered in Germany (ca. 50 employees). For a presentation I’m trying to ...
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Legal Status of USA/UK Start up forming
I and a partner wish to set up a company. One of us lives in the UK and the other in the USA. We both want to make sure we are one legal entity so we can sell shares, or if the start-up was bought ...
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When doing business in multiple countries, how should an LLC structure bank accounts?
Should there be separate accounts open at a bank in each country? Should they all be with one bank that has branches in each country, how is that typically done?
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How do I handle customer support in foreign languages?
We develop and sell mobile software to consumers and are based in US. We sell software internationally but since it is not localized majority of our sales are in English speaking countries.
I'm ...
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Where to start business. I am planning to move countries - can my business when started relocate easily?
I currently live in South Africa, but I am an Australian citizen. I am planning to relocate to the UK for 2 years and then Ireland indefinitely. I am building an online business to market a product ...
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Should I use country-specific domain names or just .com?
I'm planning to launch a SaaS site soon in Norway and own the domain name under the Norwegian TLD (.no). If this is successful, I plan to translate the site and launch internationally. The .com domain ...
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How can a non-US citizen legally receive Kickstarter funds?
My understanding is that only a US citizen with an Amazon payment account can create a Kickstarter project.
If there is no project member in the States, is there some sort of agency that could create ...
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Opening a European Subsidiary in the U.S
I am an American setting up a U.S. based subsidiary office for a small Eastern European company. What are the methods I can get paid assuming the company does not have capital for straight salary and ...
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What is needed to digitally sell and distribute software (videogames) to the US?
I'm currently developing a game with a few friends and have plans to sell it and distribute it worldwide via digital means. I'd like to know what I should take into consideration if I want to sell the ...
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Are there any genuine online job/work that can earn you some money?
This may be a vague question but i was always wondering this, of course i am not talking about spamming nor things like that but about genuine and reliable online job/work that can be done from your ...
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Do investors in the US invest in international companies?
I am based in the US, but I would like to start an ISP in a different country.
Would it be reasonable to find investors in the US? Or do I have to find investors in the target country?
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How Indian Laws and taxation applies to European company representative traveling within and abroad?
If I were to be employed by a European company to represent them in India to develop the market, what taxes and laws will apply? Secondly, how will the expenses made within the country and travel ...
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What is the most economical way to pay people and companies in India from the US?
For the past several years we have used Paypal to pay freelancers and outsourcing companies in India. But as of March 1, 2011, it appears that Indian banking laws have changed and we can no longer use ...
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What is the best way to make my site known worldwide, not just locally?
My problem is that while I'm targeting the whole world, since this is a Greek startup, the majority of the users that sign up are Greek. The result is that they post in Greek. Later when the site gets ...
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Starting a business in the States and then moving to Canada
I'm about to move to Toronto, ON, Canada, within months. I want to go ahead and start my business up now though, before I go there. Would there be any problem with this, and would I be able to ...
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What are the import duties in the US (if any) that have to be paid when importing semi-finished products?
We are importing semi-finished rings from China, Italy or South Africa to the USA and know that there are high import duties for finished products (but what about semi-finished products?). What are ...
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Is there any way to predict how competent authorities will decide tax treaty issues beforehand?
I have been studying the UK/US double tax treaty and it's explanation in anticipation of the creation of a US subsidiary wholly owned by a small internet-based company in the UK. It seems as though ...
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Starting an Australian company while living abroad?
How can an Australian citizen (or two) set up a company in Australia while living overseas?
Is it possible to pay a professional (e.g. lawyer/accountant) to fulfill the requirements of having "at ...
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What do I Need to Know When Running a Business?
I am currently working at a company in a technical cum slightly managerial position and strongly thinking about starting a technology based company (this can happen in the next one or two years to ...
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Registration of a company in Hong Kong
I have a business in Hangzhou, China. What advantages are there to registering a company in Hong Kong? What are the disadvantages? Will a company identity in Hong Kong incur a lot of costs? Is it ...
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Computers distribution and Localization of software
I am interested in knowing what languages are good to choose for localization of my photo image editing software. There are some obvious choices and some not so obvious ones.
Today I was reading ...
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Competitor using our registered trademark in marketing materials; competitor is outside US
My name is Ryan Spahn and operate a start-up called, http://Sleep.FM - The Social Alarm Clock.
Recently via blog posts I saw a competing iPhone app(competitors are outside of US where we have not ...
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H1b financial requirements as a startup company
We're a startup company, seed funded, post users, pre revenue. We want to hire a H1B visa employee currently at another company in the US. meets all the requirements of a special occupation. any ...
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How are multi-lingual websites typically done?
A friend from Italy asked about setting up a website, and I am pretty sure she wants it in multiple languages. How is that typically done? Is there a framework in the CMSes that allows language ...
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What are my options for shipping an order valued at over $2500?
We normally ship through the USPS
We just got an order for over $2500 and got this alert:
An Electronic Information (EEI) form must be filed for each international shipment valued over $2500.
That ...
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SEEKING FOR START-UP FUNDING [closed]
I am an entrepreneur in Zimbabwe, Africa seeking for funding to start up an import business of mobbile phones and accessories in our country from China and Dubai. How can i easily get a partner or ...
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Set up an American corporation for a foreign national
I know a US citizen, I'll refer to as Frank, who was approached by a friends brother, Harry, who owns a mobile data account management company in Canada.
This company currently purchases accounts at ...
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Is there a cheaper way (than wire transfer) to pay someone internationally?
We regularly have some distributors who pay us from outside the US. That usually costs 2% or so at their end and another $25 or more at our end.
Is there a cheaper way to do that? Maybe with PayPal?
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Having a US presence for an Indian software firm
We have setup a partnership firm having 2 partners in India. We are a software firm and having client base mainly in US, so we want to show our presence in US by putting our US
address on our ...
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I provide purchasing services for foreign companies. How to solve the problem of trust?
I am a purchasing agent for foreign companies. My clients find me on the Internet. I provide services so my clients pay me my service charge. They don't personally know me before they contact me. I ...
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Should I be weary of naming my business something that may already be registered in the US?
We're based in Canada and are in the process of naming our new business for registration in Canada. We're going to be developing mobile apps.
However, we've run into some issues. The name we decided ...
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Is fulfillment services a good way to lower shipping costs to US customers?
I am based in Japan and US customers are turned away by expensive international shipping rates to the US. Would it be a good idea (is it being done) for me to send some inventory to a US fulfillment ...
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Telephone calls to leads outside of the US?
I recently began calling up people who fill out the lead capture form on my website (name, email, phone). I'm based in the US, and calling US numbers is no problem.
But my product is available ...
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What are the costs of selling digital goods from a EU country to a non EU country?
I am looking to setup a small business selling digital products, that are downloadable and or online questionaires.
I want to sell internationally and am a European business.
I have a potential ...
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Advice on starting a company where founders are in different countries?
My co-founder and I are reaching a point where we need to make some decisions about where and how to incorporate. One of us is in the US (California) where most of our customers will be for the first ...
