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2 Votes
3 Answers
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Is it OK to use a shortened first name as a professional?

My name is Amir Khan but instead of Amir I want use Am Khan on my email accounts, online presence, and that's what I want people to call me by and on everything legal I will of course use my full...

asked Dec 19 '12 at 10:55
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Ariel
138 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.46K Views
How to get long time clients

We are a startup web development venture based in India,we have some one time clients from e-commerce industry but they will not benefit us in the long run.So we are planning to showcase the work...

asked Dec 19 '12 at 15:05
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Manu Kuriakose
36 points

4 Votes
7 Answers
3.17K Views
Advertising for my ecommerce startup

We are an ecommerce startup into online services in India and are looking for ways to advertise ourselves. Is google adword or facebook ad a good choice? Also does getting big time into social...

asked Dec 19 '12 at 15:25
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Bhasky
24 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.74K Views
How to learn about marketing in a new market?

I make games on iOS, Android and Amazon. Although it is already bad on iOS and Android, on Amazon the results are so bad that if they were worse it would be negative. Although my company needs to...

asked Dec 20 '12 at 02:35
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Speeder
106 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.95K Views
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...

asked Dec 20 '12 at 03:08
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Clemens Kemper
16 points

7 Votes
2 Answers
2.66K Views
Need to pick a title as the first technical employee of a startup

I will be the first technical employee of an early-stage startup. I don't have a ton of experience (so something like CTO would look bad and misrepresent me) but I will be doing all the software...

asked Dec 20 '12 at 06:33
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Robamaton
143 points

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1 Answers
1.99K Views
Sell Shares in a retail startup

I have a 50% stake in a retail online start-up that has been in business more than a year. I got accepted to business school and start in August 2013. My partner claims that I will not be motivated...

asked Dec 20 '12 at 11:06
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Salesmanager
1 point

5 Votes
2 Answers
2.14K Views
VP wants to resign

My boyfriend and i started an export company 2 years ago. I own 50% of the company. He holds a position as a President/CEO. We do not have a lot of assets but we have quite a few of liabilities...

asked Dec 21 '12 at 01:26
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Cynthia M Karp
26 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
3.72K Views
getting reviews on a new website?

I am starting a price comparison website of a niche product category. when I go live I want reviews of the products and the vendors to exists. I see a lot of reviews on yelp and other review sites,...

asked Dec 21 '12 at 01:40
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Stanford Sequeira
42 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.51K Views
How does one acknowledge fault with customers?

I almost (ALMOST ) permanently overwrote the only config file (e.g. no backup) that contained an encryption key for user logins. This would have disabled my clients' ability to login to my site and...

asked Dec 21 '12 at 04:27
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Ray023
198 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.6K Views
When hiring a freelancer, should I lump together related tasks or spread them out?

I'm building a web app that will require API integration with numerous platforms like Flickr, Tumblr, etc. It's relatively straight forward stuff--I just need to allow users to import their various...

asked Dec 21 '12 at 07:24
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Richard
357 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
12K Views
Legal implications of a chargeback on NO-Refund policy

I wonder if publishing a NO-refund policy will prevent the chargeback? As a business, we'll show it where the customers can see it -- on the website and include in emails invoices and sales...

asked Dec 21 '12 at 19:04
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Nimbuz
174 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.92K Views
Using Verb as Prefix in company URL

I have came up with a term for the company I want to make. Please read it's company not a Product URL. The names that usually came in my mind...

asked Dec 22 '12 at 01:08
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Volatil3
108 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.19K Views
Are KickStarter and IndieGogo incompatible?

Is there anything stopping me from posting my project on both crowdfunding sites KickStarter and IndieGogo? My rationale for doing so would be that I would expose myself to more people. Are there...

asked Dec 22 '12 at 07:09
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Randomblue
154 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
4.28K Views
How to number the invoices?

I've always wondered how its done, is there a standard or just everyone does it randomly? I thought this would be good: xxxxx (5 digits for client ID) xxxxxx (6 digits for DDMMYY) xxxxx (5...

asked Dec 22 '12 at 18:52
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Nimbuz
174 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.72K Views
How to manage phone support to the US?

We're a two-member team operating from Asia but incorporated in Delaware (for various reasons), and we'll soon release our first webapp. Since the target audience of our app would be US and...

asked Dec 23 '12 at 05:04
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Nimbuz
174 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.96K Views
Do people consider gamification a feature, business concept, or strategy?

I took a course on gamification it cleared a lot of thing up but I'm still confuse. A gamified app or website has to be build from ground up through the lens of a game designer. So, I think is a...

asked Dec 23 '12 at 13:33
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Zapoo
303 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.99K Views
Making payments though Check

Although we have other options (ACH, Wire, PayPal) but we also want to make payouts to our customers securely, but we're not sure what the ramifications will be. I mean, what if: The check...

asked Dec 24 '12 at 20:05
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Nimbuz
174 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.59K Views
Looking for first customers; is it a good idea to offer our services completely for free?

We are going to creating a start up that offers services to biotechs; our deliverable is to discover bioactive compounds in a given biological context (such as pharma). We want to follow some of...

asked Dec 24 '12 at 20:42
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Flow
114 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.44K Views
Is .in (dot-in) a viable domain extension?

I've been pulling my hair out trying to come up with a domain name for my upcoming social bookmarking web app I've spent hours on thesaurus.com trying to find an unusual name that hasn't already...

asked Dec 24 '12 at 23:44
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Richard
357 points