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2 Votes
4 Answers
3.77K Views
Best online places to find UX/UI designers?

A local start up team here in Taiwan is looking for mobile application UX & UI specialists... but here on the ground while there are great designers not many have mobile UX experience. If...

asked Oct 13 '11 at 19:02
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Long Winter
271 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.65K Views
What's the Best Way to Attract New Users?

We've launched a beta version of our construction management software and have demoed it to a a few people within the industry. Everyone's initial reaction is "this is really cool", but they don't...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 08:02
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Anthony Cirinelli
11 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.58K Views
Should we refund the deposit?

For a new website, he paid a deposit of $210 (30%). He looked through our porfolio, and got about 1/4 way through before saying "Awesome. Let's start!". We for him 2 design images and he didn't...

asked Oct 13 '11 at 23:33
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Mirov
384 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
2.01K Views
How to split up backend development?

My design & front end development is finished, and it is time to do things like add shopping cart, registration, and connect to database. I have read that it is safest to give the programmer...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 09:59
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Jdh
182 points

7 Votes
3 Answers
16K Views
What is better, apply early to accelerator programs, as a single founder, or wait until I have a team?

I am in a conundrum. Accelerator programs such as YCombinator and TechStars advise entrepreneurs to apply as early as possible for additional consideration. However they stress out that they are...

asked Oct 14 '11 at 04:03
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Rjgonzo
157 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.13K Views
Domain name and trademark

I've recently registered a domain name, but was contacted by a big-name toy company recently, saying my domain name infringed on their trademark. The domain name does contain a toy's name (within...

asked Oct 14 '11 at 04:43
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Locuz
11 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.38K Views
How does equity get distributed?

I understand the whole process of how equity should be divided, but what is the actual technical process of distributing equity? Is it a contract? How does someone sell their equity? If I want to...

asked Oct 14 '11 at 10:42
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Nick Anderegg
106 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.2K Views
Why would you want to avoid "participating preferred stock"?

There's a really nice info graph on techcrunch explaining dilution of stock. http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/understanding-how-dilution-affects-you-at-a-startup/ After reading it I wonder if...

asked Oct 14 '11 at 11:53
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Peter K.
194 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.91K Views
Co-Founders in multiple countries

I am working on an idea With friends across the continent, and we would like to go into development together and build the market in both the countries at the same time.Currently and in the...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 15:56
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Shree Mandadi
599 points

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1 Answers
1.82K Views
To launch a website business, what do I need for funding?

I just want to have my own website where I sell products that I manufacture using CAD software. I'm trying to look three ahead because that's supposedly how long it takes for a business to start...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 16:55
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Wolfpack'08
99 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.3K Views
How to get products on the market quickly and cheap?

I have designed several products that involve electronics. I do all the design, electronics, and building myself except for a few things. There is a market for these products although competition...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 17:03
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Abstract Dissonance
106 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.22K Views
Charging different rates for different services?

As a freelancer I am putting together a strong online portfolio/website to offer my services. I am putting the usual things in (blog/about/portfolio etc.) but I was thinking of creating a few...

asked Oct 14 '11 at 05:32
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Timmy O'mahony
118 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.85K Views
Can prior art invalidate existing patents?

Let's imagine a patent has been issued by the USPTO in 2008. However, in 2010, someone discovers the invention has already been mentioned in a book in 2005. For the sake of the argument, let's...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 21:39
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J Verstry
152 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.3K Views
how to describe and market web applications creation service to Internet newbies

I am a web applications programmer and having created web applications for education, health and private investigations industries and seeing the value in doing this, I feel I am ready to start my...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 22:15
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Angus
5 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.01K Views
Where to start?

So this is my situation: I've got an idea and I don't have much programming skills - I'm 16 and about to start uni for the first time in a couple of months and I'm in for Software Engineering....

asked Oct 14 '11 at 17:18
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Tushar747
11 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.15K Views
83b Election: is it important?

I'm reading through Do More Faster and there is a chapter in there that talks about an 83b election and how it is ESSENTIAL that you do it when you create your startup. It seems to save you a ton...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 00:57
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Edgar Miranda
230 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.44K Views
IT statistics for Apple, android, etc - how widely used are they

what resources do you use for statistics on things like: how many people have iphones, how many ipads, android , etc and split by countries if possible. Do you know any site to offer such statistics?

asked Oct 9 '11 at 02:29
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Ryan
147 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
9.04K Views
What is the difference between a Business Partner and Co-Founder?

Maybe it's just semantics, but I am putting the word out that my biz will benefit from either. We have pushed a product off the shelf and are starting to acquire customers, yet the effort has...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 02:31
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Richard H.
175 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.57K Views
Pricing according to the competitors

I am currently developing a software and planning to sell it as a downloadable product. There are already competitors on the market out there and their pricing is too low. What I think is that the...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 04:05
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Matte
128 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.03K Views
Pricing strategy for digital media applications

I am developing desktop application for digital media. But i am still not sure how to set price for the application. Actually our product is integrated solution which integrates different features...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 10:14
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Vohid Abdullaev
6 points