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How should I move forward? [Details inside]
I am an 18-year old individual, in my first year of university. At the beginning of the university year, I had an idea for a website that I followed up on and have, at this point, created a product ...
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How long does it take a company similiar to ebay to get investing [closed]
My Company is looking to get angel investing for a startup in order to provide more resources/time to various aspects of our business.
How long does it take to sway an angel to invest? I know this ...
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How much equity should I give these people?
We're two co founders, I'm the tech, he is the business end.
We want to bring on a graphic designer (since the stuff we've gotten 2/3 times on Guru.com was awful). We currently have begun raising ...
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How do I get to entrepreneurs?
How do I reach out to the entrepreneurs all over the world easily?
Here's the thing. I am (along with a team of entrepreneurs too) working on a project that is supposed to match people together.
The ...
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Is Survival of a Startup possible on Freelancing through websites?
We are a team of four (and great friends) and have a good product in mind and initial RnD shows great potential (Server based application).
But the problem is that we need to spend around 1 and a half ...
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Wifi Tablet built to Spec
I have seen a lot of information on the internet about low-cost wifi tablets from India. I have spoken to a reputable tech company in the states about ordering them and they quoted a price of $37 ea ...
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What monetization ways I have?
I plan to start business like DropBox. It's not exactly like DropBox but something similar. DropBox is charging monthly fees for their subscription but my service is total free of cost. It's cloud ...
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Credit card processor fees
What is a cost of using a credit card processor? How much does it cost to set up for a small startup (lets say, a small store or a restaurant), what are the fees of using the processor, and what are ...
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To launch a website business, what do I need for funding?
I just want to have my own website where I sell products that I manufacture using CAD software. I'm trying to look three ahead because that's supposedly how long it takes for a business to start ...
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Are software startups qualified for SBA loan?
Just wondering if a software startup can qualify for SBA loan or is it actually for brick and mortar mom/pop business?
If anyone has experience successfully getting a loan for Software startup then ...
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Advertisment on startup is a good idea or not?
As everyone knows that in the beginning days of startups everyone tries to lay low on the cash flow so my question here is that is it a good idea to have ads on the startups(websites)? And if the ...
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Sole Proprietorship vs LLC
From what I read there are two basic types of business recommended for a single person business (in the US):
Sole Proprietorship
LLC
My wife is looking to start a business for blogging/selling ...
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How does a US Citizen living in Europe register an US based LLC from Europe?
I am a US citizen currently living in Poland (EU state) and would like to register a US based LLC from here.
Is this possible?
If so:
How?
How much is the cost?
What are the positives & ...
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Where to find mentors/advisors for garage stage startup company?
I have an idea related to healthcare communications and am trying to find mentors/advisors who would be willing to guide my partner and I towards success. I live in Silicon Valley.
I was wondering ...
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How should I spend my limited financial capability to gain momentum in my startup?
I am a start up, with no office. fairly new to Canada with no financial records. No website (only Domain name). Working from a rented room.
I registered my company. Imported a small stock that is ...
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Should we attend the fall 2011 DEMO Conference in Silicon Valley?
Our startup got selected/invited to attend the fall 2011 DEMO Conference in Silicon Valley. We didn't get the free pass/scholarship. The organizers are asking for $8k to attend the conf to demo our ...
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How have you gone about creating your convertible note?
My startup company has put together a group of friends and family investors who will be investing in the form of a convertible note. I've done quite a bit of research on convertible notes, but am ...
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Compensation for early startup employee - what is the right balance?
If my company is profitable and able to pay early startup employee at the market salary (compare to MSFT, Google, Apple etc) , should I still need to pay for significant amount of option to them?
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Good course of action or no?
Originally when first talking about the company myself, and the 2 other cofounders.. at the time decided to do a split on equity.
Now, we're about a 1.5-2 months in and the other two cofounders think ...
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Seed Stage - Structuring Convertible Note With Cap
I am looking to raise roughly 30k for product development-marketing in the launch of a tech startup. I will be raising the money primarily from people I know with a few contacts that I don't. They ...
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Startup costs info
Does anyone have an excel spreadsheet of their startup costs? I want to make sure I have not left anything off or forgotten about anything.
Some background info: I have a website and iphone app, and ...
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Where to invest $ 5000?
Is it possible to start some startup with this money?
If someone have some success stories to share with us it would be more than welcome.
