You should consider a technical co-founder . . . or at least a mentor . . . they can point you in the right direction for questions like these . . . Here are s

You should consider a technical co-founder . . . or at least a mentor . . . they can point you in the right direction for questions like these . . . Here are some quick answers without knowing too much about what you have in mind . . . Should I set up a server in my basement or use a service? No servers in your basement . . . most ideas can probably be validated with inexpensive shared hosting and you can move up to a VPS and beyond from there as needed. Will my personal internet provider have sufficient bandwith? (media is involved.) You won't want to serve these off your home based server . . . consider Amazon S3 for your media files. Will I need a lawyer to write the user licence agreement? How much will it cost? Consult an attorney but typically you can find a free template that is adequate to use when validating your idea. Which business type should I use? (I need to balance the liability issue with simplicity.) Again consult an attorney but you could start out by forming an LLC or even initially testing your idea without forming a company. How will should I set up the payment methods? Consider Stripe.com for payments. What potential legal issues could happen? Consult an attorney . . . all kinds of things could happen. how could they be avoided? Again, consult an attorney and a mentor. These are the hard questions that I feel I need to work on. Most podcast / articles / essays etc don't go into these technical details. There are some technical gems in podcasts but you are going to need an advisor or technical co-founder. The main thing you'll get from the interview/articles are things like testing your idea, is your niche/product/service viable, building an email list, launch strategy, pricing, selling a product/bundle, marketing, conversion optimization, etc . . . the technical aspects should be one of the easier areas of the startup . . . making the idea happen . . . this would be the responsibility of your technical co-founder and/or developer. Good luck . . .