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3 Votes
3 Answers
2.6K Views
Startup Events where new applications can be demo'd

I know there are bunch of conferences where you can demo your application to a wider audience. e.g Techcrunch, demo.com, launch.com etc Is there any site that maintains a calendar of all these...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 09:50
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Nilesh
420 points

11 Votes
4 Answers
3.15K Views
Running an aggressive promotion against a competing product

We want to run a promotion on our website. In the promotion, if someone can provide us proof of purchase of a competitor's software license, we will give them a free software license of our...

asked Dec 2 '11 at 04:01
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James
58 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
4.06K Views
What is the default liability without a contract or clause?

Was just curious about this. With Intellectual Property, if there is no contract and you are a contractor, all the work you create is owned by the creator by default. How does liability work...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 09:51
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Roger
52 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.89K Views
how much ownership or equity percentage should be given to co-founder?

For a cofounder who has separate full-time job, has no other investment to my startup except some time or effort on few projects/items that are needed. W/o no salary, how much of the...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 10:25
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Tom
197 points

-1 Votes
4 Answers
2.2K Views
Is this the wrong way to go about creating a startup

I'm tech side; he's business side. We're about 3-4 months in, and he works full time (closer to 50 hours a week) at another job. I'm a full-time student. I asked my business partner when he was...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 10:49
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Yo Kitty
2 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
1.45K Views
Best single resource for understanding Business Analysis

I would like to get up to speed on Business Analysis, and just downloaded, "A Guide to Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide)" and I'm wondering if this is the best single source for the...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 12:13
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Blunders .
899 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
4.67K Views
should I quit an MNC job and work in a startup

I am working in an MNC as a software engineer. Most of my work involves supporting an old crappy vb6 application and making some changes to it whenever some change request comes in. I dont get much...

asked Dec 8 '11 at 13:11
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Andy Mortin
141 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.52K Views
Sweating the Small stuff and Creating an MVP

http://www.fastcompany.com/1798504/to-create-something-exceptional-do-sweat-the-small-stuff In this article, Box's CEO states that perfection is everything in a startup. Does this contradict the...

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asked Dec 8 '11 at 13:53
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Allen
8 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.84K Views
What is the best way to price my service?

Please help me decide and refine the pricing for my new SAAS application. I already have an installable application and about launch a service on the cloud with monthly subscriptions. I have put...

asked Dec 2 '11 at 09:26
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Nilesh
420 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
1.97K Views
How to businesses start with facebook fans?

How do new businesses that are in their startup stages immediedtly have thousands of facebook fans? Do they hire a PR firm to get this going? Thanks

asked Dec 2 '11 at 13:37
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Sk24iam
344 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.44K Views
How do I protect myself contractually while providing software consulting services?

My partner and I are software developers. We have formed an LLC and are starting to take consulting gigs. We have spent most of our careers at larger companies and have never been involved with...

asked Dec 2 '11 at 15:15
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Frank
113 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.21K Views
Register options for a new social media application

We're making a different approached and kinda niche web and mobile project and planning to release our private beta release at the end of January. But I'm confused about our user register...

asked Dec 2 '11 at 18:34
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Tylerdurden
131 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.71K Views
How to convert a pet project into a startup company / product?

I have been in software industry since Aug-2005. In beginning of 2009 I got a nasty memory leak related defect to solve from my employer. To help myself with such kind of errors in future, I...

asked Dec 2 '11 at 23:29
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Iammilind
182 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.52K Views
Where does the rights to the software lies when I've used them in the company?

I've developed an authoring tool for games and also a player that plays them on Android. One year ago I founded a company with friends and we've published some really cool games by using the engine...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 00:15
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George Breed
6 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.12K Views
Is this really a good method of going about this...?

We're a 2 man startup. Im tech side, hes (business) side. I'm a full-time student, put in a good 20-30 hours per week (still!) while he says hes putting in around 10.. but its really closer to...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 02:02
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Meow
137 points

15 Votes
5 Answers
4.56K Views
Is it considered stealing to create a startup around someone else's idea?

A business partner and I have been "working" through email together on this idea HE had. I've put in 25 hours a week for the past 3-4 months developing it, and he hasn't done much of anything on...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 03:21
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Meow
137 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.47K Views
How important is to establish a relationship with a lawyer and an accountant in early stages of a company

The older I get and the more I get into entrepreneurship, I find myself having to talk more and more with different type of lawyers and accountants. Does it make sense to establish a relationship...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 05:28
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Ricardo
4,815 points

6 Votes
1 Answers
2.75K Views
Automated recurring billing systems Paypal vs others

We have today paypal integration, which was very simple, one time purchase. Now we want to into recurring payment model and charge users on monthly or yearly basis. We would also allow users to...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 07:50
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Jewelthief
151 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.34K Views
Main reasons why people opt for Self hosted vs 3rd party payment processing?

We have been using PayPal and FastSpring hosted payment processing for a long time now without any issues. Just wondering, why do small businesses opt for self hosted payment processing given that...

asked Dec 3 '11 at 16:05
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Ankur Jain
566 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.11K Views
Will naming my website like this be a case of copyright infrigment?

I want to create a website for a particular industry. There is a term that is used quite widely in the industry - for the sake of argument, lets say the expression is "great scott ". The term is...

asked Dec 4 '11 at 00:17
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Morpheous
23 points