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Equity for First paid Tech-employee in a not-profitable financed Startup

I'm trying to be as specific as possible here: We are a Startup 5 months on the go with three co-founders. Since none of us can truly code we need to employ our first Web-developer and we have found ...
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How to bring a simple product to market?

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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iphone app revenue statistics

Does anyone know if there is any way possible to find revenue statistics for iPhone apps? I am aware of how secretive Apple is with the App Store but is there any way even if its not very accurate? I ...
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How does reverse-vesting work?

How does reverse-vesting work? I understand the company has the right to "buy back" shares if the employee leaves early, but how exactly does that work? What price do they pay per share?
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which taxes my USA subsidiary will be subjected to, if any

i need a professional advice on the following situation: we are a Poland company, we want to open a subsidiary in the USA. The purpose is to buy goods from American company, and then export these to ...
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Funding Campaign Guidance

I just launched a funding campaign at SellAnApp. I am emailing multiple blogs and forums to help me spread the word and gain some great traction but I am running out of ideas. If this was you running ...
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Startup advice on business structure for an international call center

I'm Canadian and living in Canada and I have a professional friend who is American and living in the States. He and I want to start a call center. The operation will be centered around him for sales ...
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At what income number does S-Corp save you money over a Sole Proprietorship

Situation Have formed a LLC in New York City. It is single member. Sole purpose is to sell mobile apps. Limited deduction opportunity. Running business part time. From home. Questions I'm trying to ...
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Incubator Equity and Royalty?

I'm considering applying to a local incubator, and wanted some quick feedback regarding the following terms (assuming I get in). I've started by bootstrapping, and feel as though I need to dedicate ...
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Livestream vs. Spreecast vs. Ustream? Does anyone have expertise and can recommend?

My company is about to do a webinar via Spreecast. The folks there are very helpful but there are some problematic UI issues and feature limitations. I just had someone recommend Livestream to me. And ...
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how might one market to recent mortgagees?

I have a startup idea that involves offering a service to people in the U.S. who recently took out mortgages. I feel as though mailing lists of such people must be available somewhere (from the ...
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What are the exact 2012 costs and requirements of registering an LLC in Nevada?

Myself and a friend run a website. We want to register as a Limited Liability Company in Nevada for the tax benefits. It's just us two that work on the site. This is a unique situation, though. He ...
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Partner is leaving, is there any common legal agreement that will allow him to return?

We have a company that has three business partners (all of us are liable for whatever happens in the company). One of the partners is temporarily leaving the company as he can't fulfill his duties ...
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Setting up a Australian branch/subsidiary for a UK startup

We're looking to set up an Australian subsidiary for a UK startup to avoid local tax issues for our Australian employees (and to make it easier to hire them)? I've had a lot of experience setting up ...
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How to write introduction document of a company and an app?

I am an indie developer who works on android applications currently. One of the big OEMs wants to cooperation with me on my most popular app. They requested me to share an introduction document of my ...
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What exactly is a mobile ad exchange and how is it different from admob , Greystripe or iAd?

We are in the process of developing a mobile app on the iPhone that we are looking to generate suplimental revenue by having advertising (banner maybe) but more video based would be best. I have seen ...
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Switching from a Canadian corporation to a Canadian sole-proprietorship

I currently run a Canadian Corporation, but I'm finding taxes (both accounting fees and bookkeeping) a real pain and expense. I would like to keep the corporation and basically find out how to file a ...
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Choosing the right domain when none available for a multilingual startup

I am running a startup idea by my own. I am doing all programming, design, promotion etc. not because I do not enjoy team work but because I haven't met the proper people. My idea was based upon an ...
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Does a US Vendor (with subsidiary in the UK) who sells to a UK customer need their VAT number

We are a US based company with a subsidiary in the UK. If our US company is selling directly to a customer in the UK, are we required to get their VAT number?
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How should I reward volunteers in a UK Limited Company?

I'm setting up a UK limited company to run a large music ensemble, and people will pay a subscription to take part, but I won't be able to afford to pay most positions (managing concerts, publicity, ...
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Can I change my online e-commerce store from Ireland to UK

I'm Irish and I'm in the process of registering my business which is an online store selling products which is currently being manufactured. I won't need a warehouse to store the products as I will be ...
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Setting a stock vesting schedule retroactively

So here's the the quick summary: Three co-founders with shares equally divided. Started working on it about a year ago, got incorporated about 4 months ago. Now one of the co-founders wants to leave. ...
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Purchasing application rights in google-play

My company is trying to buy an already existing android application and modify it. We are not buying the application from google-play, we are purchasing the rights to post new versions at google-play. ...
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Seller´s Permit in Delaware LLC for Non US resident?

I have recently received my Delaware LLC papers from my registered agent,I am a non US Citizen nor residetnt,the Delaware LLC can be own by non US Citzens with sole propietorship and has no sales ...
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Bookkeeping for a foreign subsidiary (inventory)

I own a US based company that imports clothing from Italy for resale in the US. I recently set up a subsidiary in Japan to sell my products there. What is the best way to account for inventory at the ...
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Right time to partner with a bigger player?

I am launching my website in a month ( it gives local products info) . I was toying with the idea of partnering with a big classified ad website to show their classified ad results on my website to as ...
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How do I find (small) businesses for sale in a foreign country

I am interested in buying a low investment business in a European city capable of (modestly) supporting one full time person. Cafe, retail or service businesses are all possibile targets. I'm at an ...
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Does Monthly Curation Subscription work on Crowdfunding Platform?

Currently, I launched a monthly discovery business; I have yet to find another monthly discovery business started off on crowd-funding. We launched roughly 2 days ago (marketing on Facebook right ...
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Which partnership participation model use to focus on validation?

I want to begin a startup with keeping investment as low as possible to focus on multiple validation steps and survive as long as posible too in early steps. I know that profits will decrease in new ...
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Addresses, Bank AC, Foreign Qualification : SMLLC operating outside US, doing business in US through internet?

I am Single member LLC operating from India. While incorporating there are some addresses to be filled up. Registered Agent : That would be simply RA's address. It will be provided by them. No ...
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How do you apply for small business R&D grant from Canadian government?

Like the questions says, for software R&D, is it possible to get R&D grant from Canadian government?
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Angel or VC wants to invest, what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment?

what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment? I want to be prepared when the time comes and I don't want to figure out in the moment about the negotiation about shares split and how much ...
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What kind of approach would give the best results in sales forecasting?

What kind of approach would give the best results in sales forecasting: a top down or bottom up approach? Does it differ for different sectors? For a start up with no business at all; if the product ...
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How to simplify my quickbooks items list

I am using Quickbooks to handle invoicing, purchasing, sales, etc. and so, to facilitate all these processes, I have an 'Items' list; I know, pretty standard stuff, right? Well, here's my problem, ...
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A website that recieves and issues payments

I'm planning to launch a website which involves collecting/issuing payments from/to customers. My website offers a service for customers in exchange of a small fee which customers pay using credit ...
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Revenue share for promotion of mobile apps

I'm a sole android app developer with good quality free apps (games) but not much experience in marketing and promotion of my apps. My biggest problem is that I have little money to promote my apps, ...
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X percent of sales from now until end of time is too much?

I have a friend Z who has been acting as the middle-man between me and his clients. Z contributes to less than one percent of my business' revenue. The projects that Z refers usually amounts to $1k ...
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Dividing equity for a Management Buyout

I currently work as CTO and VP Engineering with a company that has offered to sell the company to the President. The president and I originally started this company that was acquired several years ...
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What Would Be a an Appropriate Contract Furniture Finders Fee?

I was wondering if you could advise me as to what would be an appropriate finders fee for a high quality contract furniture company? The contracts would typically be hotels and high end residential. ...
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Help with SaaS and bookkeeping

I am going to start a company for a simple online service which should sell digital goods to customers. Since I am new in running business world there are few things I need to learn. I've tried to ask ...
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I am non resident alien and want to get I - T - I - N

I am non resident alien and want to get I - T - I - N . I am launching e commerce website and want to register this website as L - L - C business in USA . As per my little research , I got point that ...
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Single Employee S Corp - Wage/Salary Options

I'm starting a self-employed S-Corp to perform software development services for which I will charge an hourly rate. I'm setting myself up as the sole employee of the S-Corp and will pay myself using ...
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Working on Startup for Indian market from outside India

I am working on a Software application designed for Indian market from outside India. I have a partner (in India) who knows the Indian market and knows the domain of the application inside-out (15 ...
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Fair equity/cash for one year's contribution?

So I asked a broader question on this situation before, but am now trying to narrow it down to the core issue after negotiations failed yet again with my co-founders. I am a tech guy who joined a ...
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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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If a foreigner incorporates federally in Canada for a web company, is provincial registration required?

If a foreigner wants to incorporate in Canada for a web startup which will have no actual physical presence in Canada (except for the required director), does he have to also register (and pay taxes) ...
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Investor Q&A Readiness

We are an early stage web startup, and do not have anyone with deep financial experience on our team. Is not a likely option at this point. We are pitching to investors in a contest setting next ...
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What compensation should a start-up give to a contact that facilitates an exit?

What is the typical compensation a tech startup should give to a contact that has found a buyer for your company? Thanks
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How do I get answers to complex analytics questions?

I use Flurry and Mixpanel specifically to track users behavior in my apps, but the question is fundamentally solution agnostic. What do you do to understand better the complex and interesting ...
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Reselling US digital products from UK. VAT / tax question

I am a UK resident w/ UK ltd company which is looking to market digital products e.g ebooks, video courses, software and newsletters for example. Most vendors and customers would be based in the US. ...

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