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12 Votes
2 Answers
5K Views
What happens when a UK company infringes a US patent?

I'm a one man startup with a high price, low volume, niche software product that I'm considering selling in the US. However, I'm concerned that it may infringe a US patent without me knowing...

asked Mar 14 '11 at 18:14
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Steven F
66 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.31K Views
Starting a website and wondering if I can use companies logos or product images (in a praising manner)?

I am seeking to start a promotional website for a specific business platform and have descriptions of companies and their products on it. These descriptions include what type of products they have,...

asked May 21 '13 at 08:40
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Ava
11 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
3.33K Views
What type of contract is required when offering a service?

So I started a small business offering a service that is provided through-out the month and is billed monthly. This service could be stopped at any point, but I want to make sure the following are...

asked May 25 '11 at 10:40
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Geo
268 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
3.29K Views
Can I run an IT services company online, without having a physical presence?

I am located in India. I currently have a full time job and due to financial constraints, I need to continue this. I intend to start a firm that will provide Web Development Services. I need to run...

asked Apr 11 '12 at 16:56
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Gentrobot
122 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.87K Views
Best way to find PayPal developers

We are from Russia. We have an idea for startup. We have money (we are investors). We dont have a developing team and dont want to create it. We need to hire a team with strong knowlegde of...

asked Sep 4 '12 at 19:44
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Vlad Minaev
103 points

14 Votes
10 Answers
9.85K Views
Is it really that hard for "solo" entrepreneurs to succeed?

I've seen and heard in many websites, magazines and talking to people the same thing over and over again... A lot of people seem to agree that "solo" entrepreneurs don't have a chance to succeed....

asked Oct 10 '09 at 11:28
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Ricardo
4,815 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
10.9K Views
New IT company outsourcing Web Design to India?

So, I'm based in the UK and would like to start offering web-design services to my clients. I myself am not a designer (I just don't have the eye for it) though I know there are many talented...

asked Apr 20 '11 at 21:27
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Kj Bweb
13 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.49K Views
How are you able to cope with working 60 to 80+ hours a week on your startup?

What are some ways to cope with working long hours 7 days a week on your startup? I have been working day and night for the last 3 months and it has taken a hefty toll on my health and well being.I...

asked Jul 17 '14 at 13:56
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Sheldon Echols
11 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
4.49K Views
Will consumers expect a SSL secured site as a default standard, even if your site doesn't do financial transactions?

More and more startups seem to be using SSL sites as the default (even for their logged out states). Is this a trend to provide better privacy for consumers that has become the norm?SSL definitely...

asked May 5 '14 at 13:21
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Karen Russ
7 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.71K Views
SaaS: Billing and Subscription Management

What are some cost effective solutions that can provide secure billing/membership management for a SaaS with varying subscription options ? I am looking for something like aMember, but I think it's...

asked Dec 1 '10 at 07:16
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points

26 Votes
10 Answers
36.6K Views
What is the real price of an Amazon EC2 machine?

Every time I have new idea I usually have a to build a small website as a prototype to pitch it. Every time I wonder what hoster to use and it seems that every time I change hoster for various...

asked Feb 23 '11 at 04:39
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Antony P.
714 points

1 Votes
5 Answers
5.03K Views
What's the best way to integrate video without using bandwidth on my website?

I have a Social Networking site for a niche market I need members to be able to view and upload content My members content is copyrighted therefore in no way can the content be available to the...

asked Apr 27 '11 at 11:41
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Jodi W Von Oettingen
19 points

12 Votes
9 Answers
21.3K Views
What's the opposite of "Lean?"

All I hear about nowadays is the Lean Movement. I like it, but what is it rebelling against? The status quo, I know, but what's the name of non-lean thought? For example, the opposite of "Agile"...

asked Jun 6 '10 at 10:23
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Jason
16,231 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.61K Views
Which is a larger opportunity: mobile games or SaaS software?

I'm trying to figure out which idea to work on and have a list of several social games (some mobile) that I can build and a few ideas for B2B Saas software products.Which would you say is the...

asked Apr 12 '14 at 20:25
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Janet Caldwell
1 point

0 Votes
3 Answers
5.61K Views
Web startup - possible legal issues with crawling content from other sites

We are building a website which will aggregate listings from various other websites. I would build my website to add extra search filters and other useful tools around this content that the other...

asked Mar 15 '13 at 17:05
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Arahant
116 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
4.02K Views
Low cost alternatives to Facebook ads?

Google AdWords is too expensive for our niche and Facebook ads don't convert well. What other options are available to performance marketers that has some decent scale?

asked Feb 28 '14 at 04:15
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Belinda Harris
60 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
3.84K Views

4 Votes
4 Answers
4.23K Views
How to find a technical co-founder without compromising our company's plans?

We are a team of 2 and we hit an idea about a social media startup some time back. Everything said and done we know that we don't have a tech cofounder. while we look for one we don't want to...

asked Jun 30 '11 at 05:26
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Vishal
73 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.64K Views
What if my startup concept is not new?

After having worked on my startup concept for few weeks I realised that some form of the same product as we are planning is already in the market. We do believe that we can do it better and bring...

asked Jun 30 '11 at 05:32
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Vishal
73 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.16K Views
What are the immediate steps I should take when starting to bootstrap a new startup with a friend?

I just read through some of the other questions found on here regarding early steps to take when starting a new biz with a partner, but couldn't quite find what I was looking for. I've decided to...

asked Aug 17 '11 at 10:57
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Beachrunnerjoe
319 points