Questions

I currently provide an online service where I sell "credits" in blocks. I sell them in blocks for $10, $25, $50, and $100. At present the unit price per block is the same (e.g. 30 cents per credit,...

Pricing

asked Oct 12 '11 at 12:12

Mick
6 points

I am developing a web application. As part of my marketing attempts, I am trying to send messages to different companies that might have interest in my product. Unfortunately I only have an email...

Email Email Marketing

asked Oct 6 '11 at 18:41

Vondip
584 points

I have found a good keyword phrase to target, however, there is no global or local search for it. How do I make a user start typing my keyword phrase, which is almost at zero according to the...

Strategy Recommendations Google Keywords

asked Oct 6 '11 at 20:47

Web2jeet
96 points

I am working for a start up company in California. I am currently the only backend developer building a social network for this company. Before there was a team of 2 backend, 2 frontend and looking...

Salary

asked Oct 12 '11 at 16:53

Wojons Tech
101 points

I am a new entrepreneur and I am approved for a $60,000 goverment grant. I am starting an online electronics shop in Indiana, and I am trying to figure out (along with many other things) what the...

Getting Started Business Structure

asked Oct 12 '11 at 11:37

Brandon B.
1 point

I have a person from Belgium with exceptional skills and work ethics who i want and trust to work for me. This person can and is willing to help with my company by investing and doing the...

Recruiting Legal

asked Oct 6 '11 at 22:57

Darlene Nichols
21 points

I am working on the business model for a web start-up idea. The premise of the idea involves feedback generation for a brand/customer service, crowd-sourcing and social networking among...

Marketing Website

asked Oct 12 '11 at 22:46

Anshul
11 points

I'm creating (again) a Web service which I believe have defined quite well (at least in my and my partner's head). On previous failed projects, we have avoided creating a name for our service and...

Marketing

asked Oct 13 '11 at 01:22

Code Gijoe
118 points

The scenario: we are a startup software company that will be selling our applications through Apple's network (iTunes and Mac App Store). One co-founder is located in Toronto, Ontario. The other...

Software LLC California Bank Delaware

asked Oct 7 '11 at 08:24

Chris
11 points

If you are spending money on measurable advertising (ie. CPC) and you know that the return on investment is worthwhile (ie. the revenue generated by converted users is greater than the amount spent...

Advertising

asked Oct 7 '11 at 16:00

Joel Friedlaender
5,007 points

We need to build a device that will : 1) read electricity usage in the fuse box and sent it to transmitter in home and then to internet portal. ( similar devices: Alertme.com, onzo.com,...

Prototype

asked Oct 7 '11 at 20:20

Andriy
11 points

Component vendors like Syncfusion and Infragistics often make source code available to their customers (at an additional fee). Some benefits of this would appear to be: Enable customers to make...

Pricing License Legal

asked Oct 13 '11 at 07:09

Paul Stovell
204 points

I have a small consulting business - write software for other people since I have yet to find that one product to develop for myself. I generally have just one client at a time, which does not...

Marketing

asked Oct 8 '11 at 02:44

Craig
103 points

I have been writing for a long time and my work has been published across many websites. But one thing that remained common is that I was never compensated by any of these websites anytime. Now, do...

Copyright

asked Oct 8 '11 at 03:33

Prashant Shrivastava
26 points

I'm interested in understanding the state of what I'll call "desktop micro ISVs" in the U.S. in 2011. By this I mean one-person computer software companies, creating desktop computer software, and...

Software Business Micro Startup

asked Oct 13 '11 at 12:48

Chelonian
146 points

When starting a small software business what would be ideal and why? I mean in the context of technologies 1- Stick with only one technology ( ex: only Java ) 2- Go for several technologies (...

Getting Started Software Decision Small Business

asked Oct 13 '11 at 13:40

D Shan
68 points

I'm co-founding a start-up that is developing an e-commerce app. We're trying to decide what features to build in that shoppers would expect to see in order to feel comfortable submitting credit...

Ecommerce Credit Cards Trust Security

asked Oct 8 '11 at 05:15

Frank
16 points

We are in the process of auditing a company with a view to buying them out. One of the key parts of this decision is the software they've written and modified over a long period of time. We always...

Selling Business

asked Oct 8 '11 at 05:39

Avg Joe007
26 points

I sell a software which I registered with some download sites. They generate a lot of traffic in downloading and distributing the demo but don't generate much visitors or sales in relation to this....

Sales Advertising

asked Oct 13 '11 at 16:18

Amenti
167 points

I have ideas about iPhone apps but I am not sure if I code those ideas myself or hire someone to do it for me. I am not an expert programmer but I can learn. The only issue I have with learning is...

Getting Started

asked Oct 8 '11 at 06:16

Annon
6 points