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1answer
21 views

1099 requirements for customers in middleman-type business

Note: I WILL be seeking information from a lawyer or accountant if I proceed but I want preliminary info here first. I am considering a business that, for sake of example, is much like Guru.com or ...
1
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2answers
115 views

building an application at work, want to spin it into a business

I am building a custom sales portal at my place of employment, a large company. I would like to start a saas business that uses the same features I am building for the custom project at work. I want ...
0
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2answers
141 views

Can I use Terms of Service for my SaaS instead of regular contract?

I have a B2B SaaS web app. In most cases my clients are small or medium sized organizations and we have annual contracts. In other words, they sign the contract, according to which they are 'locked ...
1
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1answer
180 views

Writing a contract for SaaS sales - what to expect?

My side project startup company is close to starting to sell our product. We are offering it using a Software as a Service pricing model. The price is well defined and will range from $1,000 to $4,000 ...
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3answers
2k views

PCI compliance and Visa Third Party Agent requirements

I own a web hosting company and maintain my own servers in a colocation facility. I do not resell the hosting services of another company. My new startup company is a SaaS provider that I'm hosting on ...
3
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4answers
161 views

Address SAAS Data Theft/ Privacy concerns

We have a SAAS product for a specific industry where we host this application for multiple companies. Since they belong to the same industry one of the key concerns of my potential customers is the ...
8
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2answers
360 views

Using US Based SaaS as a European company?

As EU companies are aware, the personal data protection law doesn't allow EU companies to store data in servers located outside of the EU. The only way to do this is for the provider to join the Safe ...
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5answers
669 views

Licensing. How to for a SaaS

We are currently developing a SaaS based software service and offer it to our customers as a monthly/yearly contract basis. So in essence, they will pay us to host/maintain their stuff on our ...
3
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4answers
395 views

What's the best way to execute a provisional patent filing?

I'm working on getting a SaaS start-up off the ground. Right now I'm focusing on building a "launch-able" prototype to help me in conversations with potentials partners and investors. Some of the ...