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IP contribution to an LLC
If a founder is contributing IP to an LLC and receives a captital account equal to the value of the IP, is the founder liable for taxes on the amount in the capital account?
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What to do with leads on Linked IN?
We generated several leads on Linked IN through the ad campaign of our API. Verified that those are not bots. What should be the next step?
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Close an unused Delaware LLC without paying franchise tax?
3 years ago, I created a Delaware LLC with a partner with the purpose of running an online business through it, that we were working on. Before we ever got off the ground, it turned out the partner ...
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What are some signs of a bad fulfillment company?
Most of the articles I've read online give fair warning of crooked fulfillment companies, eager to rip of the first-time start up.
The number one thing I've read is that "good fulfillment companies ...
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about launching concurrent projects
yes, I have a couple of them that I do not want to give up any. Supposing they all got very positive feedback from very initial surveys, I would like to request your views on the possibility of their ...
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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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Can I use Google apps (standard) for my startup?
I want to use Google apps for my bootstraped startup (currently, just me, myself and I). The Google Apps Standard Edition intro talks about individulas and groups, but does not mention anything about ...
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Tax rebates when you start your startup firm [closed]
I am off-shoring my development work to another country (I live in USA) for the time being. I was wondering, next year when I will be filing my taxes, what tax exceptions will I get from Uncle Sam?
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Should I show a prototype to BigCompany? How can I encourage them to buy me out?
I have a software prototype that integrates with a product from BigCompany (like really, really big). I predict it would take 6 more months to polish it so that it's of commercial quality. But I'm ...
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Small fee service and bookkeeping
I want to minimise startup costs so by reading many useful posts here I've came to a conclusion that bookkeeping and accountancy are the biggest cost if you are starting small.
My service is going to ...
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How To Protect My Unpatentable Simple-But-Effective Product Against BigCompany
I have a simple idea (I think it is not patentable) that I have turned it into an effective software. It need some more effort to make it commercial. By the way I am not unwilling to sell it to THE ...
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Do I need to Incorporate to be able to hire legally?
Do I need to register OR incorporate my start up to be able to legally hire people?
This start up will be in India.
Can I give written appointment letter if I am just a sole proprietor? Will it be ...
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Value of technical expertise vs. industry connections, initial risk, and business management
I have been given an offer to join as a partner for an existing startup as the technical owner, and am not sure what is fair in terms of equity.
The current owner has the connections and experience ...
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Newly formed software department as a startup company
Our company recently created a new department/unit that will develop apps for consumers. The company is engaged in the hardware reselling/distribution for 15 years and wanted to expand into the ...
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Equal partner is making demands that go back on our initial agreement in writing
I'll try to outline this quickly.
Two equal, 50/50, partners - one is building/creating the product, running all operations, etc…the other is footing the bills and will be doing the sales.
At the ...
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How to protect investors from founders leaving when out of money
We have founding partners who work for our start-up company full-time. We are now having a first external equity investor coming in. We have enough financing to last about one year at which time we ...
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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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Seedfunding Criteria and how do angels and VC's like it?
After several pitches we've kinda positive of closing our seed-funding (amount X) round, which is being funded by my family friends. However, very (un)fortunately for us, the seed investors aren't ...
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Payment methods and conditions for fresh startup
I am an Interface designer and a startup asked me to work with them. As of now they are only two people and do not have a budget, so they would offer a share in the company.
I would be fine in ...
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a problem on applying for patent
I'm on the process of applying for patent where I work.
I'm an engineer. I prepare for applying for patent with some idea.
Decisions are made that my idea could be a patent.
So company give a work to ...
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What about property that was solely owned prior to the partnership?
Thinking about dissolving a partnership - while the business idea is solid I have no doubt I can recreate the product, under another name, and be just as successful.
However, one of the main things ...
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What Should I do as Founder
Hope you can help me out with little advice here. I recently founded a website and I have no technical programming. Perhaps I was lucky that I found a rich partner who can't work full time. But he has ...
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Charging by coding hour
I was wondering and am having trouble finding... ballpark figures for what people charge by the coding hour (the market rate). I understand that there are many factors that come into play here that ...
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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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What marketing materials could be created for presenting outsourcing company?
I'm focusing on direct sales at software and mobile outsourcing company, located in Eastern Europe. Our management is often traveling around Europe to meet with clients.
I was wondering what ...
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How do I add a new business partner?
We are a tech consulting company and our current group consists of four equity partners. We are interested in adding a new "business" partner, as our current partners are all technical, but we know ...
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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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What resources are currently being used to fund small companies? [closed]
I've built a lending platform that's gaining speed, but I'm always interested in hearing how entrepreneurs are funding their companies...?
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What are the elements of a one line pitch?
I've been trying to put together a one line pitch for days. Either my startup sounds too complicated or too simple. People automatically compare my startup to other websites.
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Explain product by example?
Is it a good idea to describe the features of a product/service by making fictional scenarious how to use this product?
I know the best aproach would be to present at first the problem and show ...
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What are some pitfalls when registering a .com domain name and how do you avoid them?
I have no experience registering a .com domain name and am looking into how to do this. I came across a site which lists “10 things you must know before you register a domain name with anyone.” The ...
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Software Contributions to a LLC Partnership
I have a 33.33% stake in an LLC partnership, which was made with cash contributions. I have since developed software with an associate who is not part of the company that we would like to sell as ...
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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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Setting up a subsidiary of an Italian software house in the UK
I am currently researching the opportunity to open a foreign subsidiary of my software house in the UK. I am interested in a few issues:
Accounting help: Do I need to hire an accountant? Approximate ...
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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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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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Moving from one cloud-based CRM to another?
We're a small healthcare-related services company with one sales rep, whom I manage. We are trying out the Salesforce.com contact manager and it seems to do the job for what we need. We use Google ...
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How exactly is DAU / MAU calculated?
I'm reading a lot about DAU/MAU being a good metric for user engagement. But what is a DAU and what is a MAU?
For Daily Active Users: Is a user not a Daily Active User if they missed one day in the ...
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TIN to use on W9 when Single Member LLC/Disregarded entity
I own a state-classified LLC company and also have an EIN for the business, which was filed on an SS-4 form (Rev. December 2001) as a Type "Other" and noted "disregarded entity". On the SS-4 form the ...
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How much equity for a non-founding (but close) CTO
I am the founding President/CEO of a SaaS startup. I am the majority owner of the co with 60% of initial shares. I am a small biz guy who has worked with one other startup. I don't have a ton of ...
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overcoming permission matters founding in another country
This is about starting elsewhere and not in the country one lives in. The reason is that there are countries that appear as a better starting place than the country I live in; livelier, more open ...
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How to sell through ClickBank via a GoDaddy Quick Shopping Cart website
I have a website that I use to market software, which is available for download through the website. I use GoDaddy's Quick Shopping Cart for the website. It has an invoice, shopping cart and more all ...
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Web Advertising For Internal Application
I have a website with non-public pages. I would like to use advertisements on these internal pages. Is there an advertising network that allows this? For the life of me, I can't find one. For ...
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Need to re-file 83(b) forms in these 2 cases?
I filed 2 83(b) forms and am thinking that I may need to mail an additional copy of each one to the IRS to ensure that they're received and processed correctly:
(1) I mailed one that was to go ...
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User reaction on different form of advertisements
I am planning of creating a free software in upcoming months. I also wants to monetize my advertise my software by different forms of advertisements. These are:
A) PPC advertisement on web site : ...
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When is it too early to measure conversion rate?
My bootstrapped saas startup launched only a few months ago. My traffic is growing steadily but still fairly low (~200 hits/day). Although I do consider the product validated (we have a growing ...
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Would you put an open discussion forum on the products website?
We have a website, which is the entry point to install our software product. The software is targeted to wide range of individuals.
My question is - should we put a forum on our website and allow ...
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Need direction on steps for continuing a bluetooth smart device startup [closed]
I have created a prototype bluetooth smart device and corresponding iOS app that I would like to turn into a business.
My rough business plan at this point is to patent this device and then put the ...
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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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How To Structure A Partnership
First I must say, this site is quite impressive. I found it while researching partnership agreements. That being said, I am nearing a fairly important conversation with my current partner to discuss ...
