I'm applying for the iPhone developer program, and it mentioned they may need business documents, possibly including a seller's permit. I have all of the other documents in order, but I was looking on CalGOLD and it says "All businesses selling or leasing tangible property must obtain a Seller's Permit." Does software count as tangible ...
I have a bit of free time and lots of enthusiasm for software and the web. I want to make a start-up, to sell kind of product or online service, but I'm having a hard time coming up with business ideas that haven't already been implemented. For example, I thought of making an e-ordering website for ordering food from restaurants onlin...
Where the focus on development will be entirely web-based solutions i.e.: (eCommerce/organisation management software) developed by a small team of about max 5 - 10 techies. Taking into account; Cost of hosting applications. Security of application. Methodology (and why). Other factors you might think of. Please suggest your soluti...
I'm currently working on my own startup business, and need a company to do some software developement for it. I'm having trouble getting large companies (Siemens/IBM) to listen to me, and finding companies that want to take on the creation of what appears to be some challenging software is just as hard. Any hints or tips would be great. ...
I'm going to be interviewing for a small team of creative/developers in the next few months. I'm thinking of getting each candidate to put together a short pitch, based on our ideas so I know they get what we're trying to acheive. Of course we'll communicate all that prior to the actual interview, and give them a week or so to prepare. ...
Based on actions I've seen management take in recent weeks it seems clear that they are preparing for a layoff at my company. I also have reasons to suspect that there's a good chance I'm on the "list". Given that the job market for programmers in my area seems to be pretty much dead and likely will be for a while, I'm considering appl...
I'm asking that because I created a windows service and it seem that under heavy load(which in my case when windows is booting up) the data inside the xml doesn't get loaded before I manually do stuff with it in my case is checking how many row are in a specific datatable inside that dataset. dataset got a schema. speudo code would be:...
I'm based in the UK, so I'm not sure how well this can be answered elsewhere. In my opinion, the best way to find good developers is through recruitment agents. I'm basing this opinion on the fact that if I was looking for a new job then the first place I would go is a recruitment agent. Unless of course I had a specific company in mind...
Hi, assuming I have an idea for a pretty simple Web 2.0 startup that is likely to be fairly successful after say 12-18 months (during which it won't however make or cost much money, just hosting) because it fills a real void, where would I best be looking for talented developers who would possibly like to get involved in the startup on a...
What's a generally acceptable founder's premium for the original founder of a tech startup in terms of equity percentage. Original Founder: Ideas and key concepts behind the start-up, design the architecture, sacrifices early on, few months of dedication towards the startup before any of the co-founder were brought in. Also in other ...
Myself and a friend have created a startup, but we are both software developers. We are quickly realizing that we are going to have to deal with, and understand, all of the intricacies of business. Are there any resources that can help us avoid common problems encountered by the non-business-savvy? How do you balance creating your pro...
What are the ways of monetization educational web-project? Actually I consider just Google AdSense because it's not very disattractive for users. Can anybody tell me how much users per day do I need to earn $500 per month with AdSense (it would be enough to maintain and develop the project)? Suggest any other ways of monetization such ...
I am working full-time on my startup, but haven't registered a company yet. My (would be) company otherwise meets the criteria for BizSpark qualification. Given that I do not technically have a company yet, do I still qualify for the BizSpark program? Thanks, Arun ...
what experience people have had signing up to Microsoft BizSpark etc. Also what happens with Microsoft BizSpark if I do not ship the product in the end – e.g. someone makes me a job offer I cannot say no to? Is it OK to be doing contracting while developing the product to help fund the development? Update Also consider WebsiteSpark...
Microsoft's BizSpark is an excellent program that helps startups get going. I was wondering if Adobe or other companies had a similar program? Thanks. ...
I would like to start a software company. It is just myself and a business partner to start, but we would eventually like to grow beyond that. We have a plan already, but want as much advice as possible on the topic. We have not filled out the legal paperwork yet because we are not yet sure of the best type of company/state to start i...
I'm just starting out on a freelance project after several years as an employee. Currently, I'm negotiating a short contract with my first customer, and its proving to be quite difficult. Edit: I have not started any work for them yet, we are still negotiating a contract. The main problem is simply this - the client is rarely availabl...
I come from an IT/business background, but I'm not a programmer. Recently, I've been aproached to head up projects that require software development. On the same token, this has led me to spend more time developing business ideas that revolve around a developed software or web development. Because I'm not a programmer, but am technica...
Hey there I recently graduated and joined up with an old friend of mine, a previous ebay power seller, in business. I've come up with a pretty novel ecommerce idea and with a somewhat makeshift office and perhaps a few thousand pounds of startup capital, we're going to make it work. The thing is we need more people to help build this ...
Ok, so you've got an idea for a potentially successful online start-up. You know that you'll never set the thing up yourself, you prefer the stability of your permanent job. Then you think, "Hey maybe my boss would be interested in backing this as an internal project. Obviously I'd want X% of the profits for coming up with the concept in...