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How do you get your Startup featured on national television news?

I am wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get your startup featured on TV? I have had some success getting written about on some blogs, but nothing that non startup / tech people would see.

asked Oct 22 '11 at 01:08
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B Sherratt
11 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
2.21K Views
How important is business insurance?

Me and my brother have a limited company, with 1 angel investor. We sell software we have written ourselves, mainly to individuals but we will be looking at educational institutions soon. Our...

asked Oct 15 '11 at 01:20
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Tom
480 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.88K Views
Is freemium still working?

We've heard from several formerly wildly successful software/webapp companies using the freemium business model that it is no longer working well. Does anyone have any validation to this? And if...

asked Oct 15 '11 at 05:10
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Sydney Stavrou
21 points

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2 Answers
2.39K Views
Do you need a license to operate a bus/minibus in California?

I would like to provide a minibus service: a customer makes an order through a web page and a minibus picks this customer up to ride him anywhere he wants. The payment is done by a credit card on...

asked Oct 15 '11 at 20:57
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User13862
4 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.25K Views
Operating a UK limited company from California

Hi anyone that can help! I have a UK limited company which is web based. I am thinking of spending anything upto 12 months in CA and wondered if its legal for me to carry on running my UK business...

asked Oct 22 '11 at 02:40
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Rob Phillips
16 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
2.31K Views
Where can I find professional business plan makers online

Where can I find best business plan makers online.

asked Oct 10 '11 at 03:55
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Himanshu Prasad
51 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.63K Views
Smaller Project for Free Open Source as Leverage

Is it smart to release a small project as free and open-source to display my abilities as a programmer. I don't mean that in a "Hey, look at me, I'm awesome!" way. I mean it in a "This is the...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 06:02
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Jberger
118 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.27K Views
Can I quit as co-founder of my company and then recreate the company without my co-founder?

As my product has evolved my co-founder's skill set has become irrelevant. Furthermore, I've come to believe his efforts at this point are hurting our potential more so than helping it. We are...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 07:40
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Seeking Advice
16 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.72K Views
Should I have a girlfriend while bootstrapping a startup?

Possible Duplicate: How to start a business and not destroy your marriage? I began to seriously work on a startup idea during the summer after reading a bunch of blogs and watching startup...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 11:56
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Siamii
195 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.22K Views
Considering time to market, what is best for software product documentation: videos or manuals?

I'm in the process of publishing my product which is ready for beta testing. It has some level of complexity, therefore guidance is required. But I don't want to spend (yet) a couple of months...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 14:48
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Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
10.8K Views
How to determine the worth of stock option?

Say I was given an incentive stock option for X number of shares at an exercise price of Y per share. The shares vest over 4 years. How do you determine the worth of this stock option? A) What is...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 14:58
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Jo Jo
148 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
4.22K Views
Should I give away 10% equity to a super advisor?

I'm a sole founder of a rather ambitious company which I have worked tirelessly to build. The company will require some heavy lifting from well connected political persons to help the company to...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 15:41
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Bastian Suz
6 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.28K Views
How are investment funding valued when invested in a company before it goes public?

Is there are particular method for banks or individuals when their capital is invested in the company before going public. To make it more clear how was Facebook Inc. and Goldman Sachs deal valued...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 21:11
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Himanshu Prasad
51 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
1.78K Views
Who owns this product?

What steps should I take to protect myself (and the company) as the sole developer of the product? My business partner will be handling the business side of things. It was his idea, originally,...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 02:53
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Bill
11 points

7 Votes
4 Answers
3.57K Views
Free Trials - Open registration Vs. Credit Card required

Does anyone have personal experience, good articles, or case studies that document the pros and cons of offering a free trial with no obligation (i.e. you don't collect credit card information at...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 04:25
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Jeff
154 points

6 Votes
2 Answers
2.43K Views
My site seems to be getting traction but still users dont post in it I am still doing it after 4.5 months online

My portal is starting to show some traction. We've been online 4.5 months after 1 year of developing it. We already have close to 50k twitter followers, 1,000 visitors a day between PPC + Organic,...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 05:46
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Daniel Michan
66 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
1.69K Views
Similiar startup appeared before mine

Possible Duplicate: Finding out another start-up has the same idea Is there any reason to scrap a start-up, when you find out there is more competition then originally thought? My partners and I...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 05:58
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Guy
16 points

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2 Answers
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Whats next step? Am starting a Dropshipping company in India. I'll start with say 200 to 1000 shirts

I believe this will work here in India since there are more and more people willing to earn extra sitting right at their home. This gives a scope for future in dropshipping business. As am being in...

asked Oct 5 '11 at 20:07
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Karthic
1 point

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.85K Views
What was the one thing that most contributed to your startup success?

This is for people that have succeeded with a startup, what is your best tip for a startup if you could only give one? Please limit your answer to one tip only.

asked Oct 5 '11 at 21:38
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Joel Friedlaender
5,007 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
3.43K Views
Improving Google page rank for a local business?

I'm working with a local business that has a storefront and an online catalog selling wine, and they're wondering how they can best improve their search engine results. If you search for their...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 09:00
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Alex
1,156 points