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How to price license fee for per-seat usage of Java desktop application?

Here's the model I am thinking of right now: Total cost to buyer = (number of seats ) X (partial 3rd party license cost + app development cost + 1 year support & updates). Number of Seats...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 07:56
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

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1 Answers
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Full Version Trials or Limited Versions or Both?

Here's a dillema I am having for a desktop java application. Do you offer a full version with a 30 day trial? My concern is that people setting back their time inside virtualizations or somehow...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 08:06
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

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How much traffic should a site have before selling ad space makes sense?

I am just about to launch my site. I am launching it completely ad free. I am doing this for a few reasons. First, the site looks cleaner. Second, people may be more inclined to use the site if...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 08:19
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User5765
106 points

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3 Answers
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What kind of business can a non-profit not do?

I'm thinking of starting a non-profit organization, but I don't know much about non-profit vs. for-profit and whether it makes sense for me to go after a for-profit company. My sole purpose is not...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 08:11
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Mark13426
131 points

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Advice on software startups

Well, I have an idea, which I think it is very cool, and also have potential to package as a service. But it is only the idea, I need a product or service to make a living or earning cash flow,...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 11:50
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Ted Wong
171 points

7 Votes
3 Answers
5.08K Views
How do you get customer's company logo on your site?

I see sites that launch recently and they already have around 10 customer companies logos on their page under Customers. Some of these are logos of fortune 500 companies. How do you pull off...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 12:07
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.84K Views
Should I be weary of naming my business something that may already be registered in the US?

We're based in Canada and are in the process of naming our new business for registration in Canada. We're going to be developing mobile apps. However, we've run into some issues. The name we...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 13:09
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Anon1227
8 points

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2 Answers
4.53K Views
Splitting up revenue among development team members on Apple's app store

A friend and I have started developing an app to put on Apple's app store. Development is going fine, but thinking ahead, we're trying to come up with an easy way to share any revenue coming from...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 12:17
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Itai Ferber
123 points

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3 Answers
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Minimum wage laws and startups?

As a technical person, you see this a lot: "I've got this great idea to be the next $BIG_SITE. I need you to build a site for me - it should only take 3 months or so. Meanwhile, you can crash on...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 10:12
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Ryan Wilcox
183 points

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2 Answers
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Would I be able to sell this website I built?

I've been building a site for 2 years now, and am about to launch it, but the problem is I have lost all interest in doing anything with it. It is a social networking/review site in a very small...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 11:08
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Jdh
182 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.39K Views
Price, cost, profit, on-demand software by enterprise to "us"

we are 2 developers that have been working for a consultancy doing a mobile app for about a year, now we are ending our contracts. The enterprise that has contracted our actual/anterior...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 14:33
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Tyoc213
41 points

5 Votes
5 Answers
3.19K Views
One man company, good idea to be honest or not?

So currently I am the sole author of my software product. Should I reveal that this is a one man army? Such as creating facebook pages, linked-in which shows that this is a one personell...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 15:06
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

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2 Answers
2.16K Views
seeding content for a web 2.0 site

so you've built a great web 2.0 system....the system works great....but you need to seed it with content so that it reaches that critical mass....the question is how do you do it? so...what are...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 16:48
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Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

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3 Answers
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Should I take on a marketing partner to sell my product ideas

I am having good success with freelance sites over the last three years. I want to take the next step now: create my own products and services, with the goal of generating stable cash flow, so I...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 23:32
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Arshdeep
99 points

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5 Answers
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Is it practical to start a small business while still employed

I have a business idea and would like to start up my own company (providing solutions to theme parks). I could write the software in my own time however im worried starting a business whilst still...

asked Nov 22 '11 at 23:52
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Tom Squires
1,047 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.26K Views
Dates on invoices

This question is in the context of selling products internationally. How should I date invoices and invoice payment dates? Assuming we have an online shop based in Sydney, Australia. Should we...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 20:07
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F21
142 points

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Hiring a subcontractor

I'm currently a one man band in the UK with a few clients. I have a friend who is looking into working in an area which would be beneficial to my business, and which I would potentially have to set...

asked Nov 23 '11 at 01:23
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Neil
125 points

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3 Answers
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Does Very Early stage start-ups hire H1Bs

I was reading through this blog post http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/72696/DON-T-start-a-company-yet.aspx and i totally agree and that is what I am trying to do. Even though I want to start...

asked Nov 23 '11 at 01:58
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User995487
28 points

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Taking the next step: Analysis of competition turns up demoralizing results, proceed on?

First of all thank you to everybody for my previous questions on this site, you inspire me to think about problems differently. My father and I had a great idea for a web based startup, we have...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 23:40
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Maple Shaft
323 points

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How to determine competitor's pricing model when impersonating a customer is challenging

This question accompanies my recent previous question, Are there any methods you can think of to determine a comptetitors pricing model under these stipulations: The pricing sheet is not publicly...

asked Nov 16 '11 at 01:58
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Maple Shaft
323 points