The tutorial is a brilliant touch, and very useful!

Thanks!

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I was wondering why does it show it at all, when it doesn't show 31000, or 41000 for example

The HMRC is a decent starting place http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/startingup/, you may also find http://www.businesslink.gov.uk useful. In addition you should check with an accountant (perhaps someone you know).

Those are great links - thanks for the info :) I'm thinking of looking into accountants after I start to make money; up 'til then I'll just keep records, since I'm assuming that I won't be making enough to cover the costs of accountants for a long time during my experimental phase. Thanks again, JB

Thanks for the suggestion - it sounds interesting, but will people be embarrassed to be on it? Also there is the chicken and egg problem with dating sites which will be difficult to overcome

I didn't think anyone'd like it but I threw it out there anyways. Because it's a kind of a young person's name when it refers to money (who else says "tenner"), I'd maybe consider a directory/search engine of restaurants/bars that offer meals under ten bucks. Aim for students. They're always broke and hungry

The student directory idea is really good, I am going to look into this

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Using disasters as an opportunity for marketing/promoting doesn't feel right to me (given swipegood is a for profit business)

Just to let you know, the first link in the blog to quietwrite actually points to quitewrite.com

If there are (or will be) investors willing to invest at the initial IPO price, how can you say that price is going to be 'artificially high'?

The IPO investors, themselves will be buying in the hope of making a gain, if their analysis/forecasts/judgement is wrong - it won't be Goldman that screwed them, it will be failure of their own judgement. And also their own willingness to join to 'bubble' to make a gain.

Also, if Goldman are the underwriters of the IPO, and they fail to sell the shares at the 'artificially high' price, they will have to take on the shares themselves. If such a high profile IPO is not fully subscribed, it won't reflect well on Goldman, so setting an artificially high price, is not in their interest, but setting a marketable price is.

Also empirical evidence suggests IPO's tend to be underpriced as opposed to over priced, to allow for gains on day one. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering#pricing)

With Goldman themselves having $450m in facebook, this also adds some credibility come IPO time, as GS themselves will have 'skin in the game'.