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2 Votes
2 Answers
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Freelance work whilst in Full Time employment and Taxes

I am a Software Developer and I live and work for a company in the UK and pay PAYE taxes and NI Contributions through my wages for this jobs salary. I am looking to start working on a couple of...

asked Jan 19 '12 at 00:16
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Penfold
111 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
4.15K Views
How to accept payments from companies in India?

Our business accepts payments via credit cards (Google Checkout + PayPal) and also via PayPal directly. We've had several requests from companies in India, stating that they cannot pay with a...

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:33
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Romkyns
118 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.86K Views
Does affiliate marketing work for vertical market apps

I'm considering setting up affiliate marketing (probably with someone like ShareASale) for my vertical market app. (It's installed Windows S/W for churches and charities to track their donors and...

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:35
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Dan Cooperstock
11 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.85K Views
Got an idea and a great business model, but how to satisfy developers based on future profit sharing?

I've developed an idea for a mobile application. Based on research, I believe this application has a great worldwide potential and could be commonly used basically in and kind of business. I've...

asked Jan 25 '12 at 09:11
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Matej Zlodej
273 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.69K Views
How to create a well structured term sheet?

I been asked by a potential investor to create a term sheet. What should such document include and focus on expect how much I'm asking for and estimated costs of running the start-up? Is there...

asked Jan 19 '12 at 04:56
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Peter K.
194 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.19K Views
Patenting a Marketing Idea

Okay so i Know this question has been asked before but i feel like this is a little different. Can you patent a medium of marketing/advertising. For instance, billboards on the highway. Obviously...

asked Jan 19 '12 at 14:54
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Alex Betz
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.63K Views
Product reached alpha stage but potential customer left

Initially a potential customer asked us whether we can design product X with features ABC. Now, we have built an alpha-stage product. We are ready for a demo of product X with feature ABC, but the...

asked Jan 19 '12 at 23:41
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Kamal
8 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.98K Views
How to sell advertising-space on my website?

I have an idea for a website which I think will generate traffic. I want to put the material itself on the website but minimize taking care of the advertising which is how it's supposed to generate...

asked Jan 20 '12 at 01:49
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Startup1
90 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.34K Views
Is marketing the most important thing?

I was reading about the creation of mingle2.com, and what struck me as curious is that at that time (in 2007) the online dating market was well on its way to being saturated (aside from niche areas...

asked Jan 20 '12 at 02:17
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Jason C
41 points

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2 Answers
2.75K Views
How do you find enterprise clients, leads for your enterprise software or prospect work with you in developing one

First the business question, how do you find enterprise clients? Do a PPC on Adword? Cold call? How do you introduce yourself to companies you are looking to build an enterprise application for...

asked Jan 20 '12 at 07:58
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.94K Views
VC not needed? What am I missing from these costs?

My roommate and I are partners and only employees in a startup focused on a single web application (for now). We discussed VC, but based on the costs we thought of it seemed unnecessary. Here are...

asked Jan 20 '12 at 12:14
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Mirov
384 points

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0 Answers
2.57K Views
Ads cost for an iPad magazine

I'm working on the business plan of a daily iPad magazine project which revenues should mostly come from advertising. I've spent some serious time around (but still maybe not enough) trying to...

asked Jan 20 '12 at 17:54
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Gillesguillemin
3 points

1 Votes
5 Answers
2.6K Views
Transfer of intellectual property due to use of a business equipment (Australian Law)

Hi my name is Aden and this is my first post. I am in a somewhat unusual intellectual property issue and, though I have done a lot of searching, cannot find a direct answer to one of my...

asked Jan 20 '12 at 21:12
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Adenjones
6 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.82K Views
Can I outsource myself?

If I plan to do a purely internet based startup, could I outsource myself to the cheapest place on Earth, and manage my startup from there? This way, my cost of living would be minimal, while my...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 04:09
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Siamii
195 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.8K Views
Dropshipping - is it a profitable business model?

I'm a web developer and could build a store quite easily and cheaply. Is a good site enough to make dropshipping profitable? I have concerns that the large companies would always beat me on price...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 04:12
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Tom Squires
1,047 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.38K Views
Possible drama in a starting startup

I know this is TL;DR material but I'm just trying to sort this out and feel I might need an outsiders view. I was approached to become the CTO and co-founder of a startup. The founder pitched me...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 05:57
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Graham
108 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.34K Views
Wrong assumption about AngelList?

I want to figure out if what I've noticed about AngelList is correct or not. So, I have a startup, for which profile is created and populated. It's bootstrapped, and doesn't have any investors yet....

asked Jan 21 '12 at 08:15
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Dmitry Grinberg
44 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.4K Views
Online Meeting Software for a Startup

There are 5 other members in the startup and they work in different locations. We are looking for online meeting software suitable for a small distributed workforce. It has to support at least...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 09:00
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Ryan Rho
53 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.33K Views
Marketing to a Dispersed Niche?

This may be similar to a previously asked question ( What is standard marketing practice for a niche SAAS product? ) but I'm hoping that by providing a bit more detail, others will have additional...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 10:59
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Shawn
6 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
2.95K Views
Do websites with pictures of people on the first page make the company look more "human"

Do websites with pictures of people on the first page make the company look more "human", therefore contributing to the success of the product or service the web site tries to promote? Short...

asked Jan 21 '12 at 11:27
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Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points