Questions

Hello there is an old saying that says "you should better be first in your village rather second( or thirth or fourth) in your town". My question is something that a lot of people think (maybe...

Getting Started Planning

asked Sep 10 '11 at 03:46

Nikolai
125 points

Why do distributors or wholesalers hide their prices and ask for quotation request from the enquirer/potential buyers? I have seen in many B2B internet websites. Please let me know. Thanks :)

Strategy B2B Website Business

asked Sep 10 '11 at 04:07

Web2jeet
96 points

So I am about to hire a backend developer, and I've basically made a bunch of notes as to functionality, and broken them out page by page. Is there an 'industry standard' way of writing specs, like...

Development

asked Sep 10 '11 at 09:34

Jdh
182 points

So i have an idea for website. Now since i am not good at developing a website, i hire people for doing it. Any other thing included to be developed, i hire people for that too.. For initial...

Website Business Plan

asked Sep 10 '11 at 17:32

Kraken
133 points

We gave a free product trial for 2 months with our first potential client. It is a unique product, there's a great learning process and we have had an amazing response from both students and...

Sales Strategy Entrepreneurs Business

asked Sep 10 '11 at 22:39

Kumar K
11 points

Lets pretend I'm starting an on line company which sells email accounts; I have some (probably laughable) questions because I'm new to this: Do I have to register as a business with Companies...

Incorporation UK Company Accounting

asked Sep 10 '11 at 23:45

Jwbensley
113 points

So wondering how you guys deal with the huge irrational emotional swings involved with startups. I try to: Re-focus Organize my work-space List the current things on the priorty list and get to...

Stress

asked Sep 11 '11 at 00:39

Nextgenneo
327 points

For a startup that currently has no funding and wants to put a business team in place, how much equity would you give someone who would be coming on board as the CEO to take over the business side...

Compensation

asked Sep 11 '11 at 02:41

Ricky
16 points

Given a business case with even a modest 20-30 variables/dimensions on which one would base the case, how does anyone going over it decide whether it is 'worth it'? I mean if looking at a business...

Ideas Pitch Business Model Business Plan

asked Sep 11 '11 at 03:31

Ph D
422 points

I'm curious how many startup founders out there aren't technical, in the least bit, aside from knowing the very basic processes of putting a site together and launching it. Do some founders just...

Website

asked Sep 11 '11 at 17:01

Jdh
182 points

As everyone knows that in the beginning days of startups everyone tries to lay low on the cash flow so my question here is that is it a good idea to have ads on the startups(websites)? And if the...

Getting Started Startup Costs Advertising Cost Benefit

asked Sep 11 '11 at 20:22

Safran Ali
272 points

Investors want to see the finished project (+ maybe private beta results). I came a long way, but I have the feeling that I cant run the last couple of miles without being surpassed by...

Hiring Equity Recommendations Employees

asked Sep 12 '11 at 00:23

Equity
6 points

I and one other business partner are launching a niche ecommerce site in November. We have nearly everything set except for one or two lingering questions. One of those questions is customer...

Customer Support Customer Service Support

asked Sep 12 '11 at 02:55

User889115
13 points

I am interested in finding information about a competitor and I am curious if anyone knows of any good resources for this type of thing. Information I'd like to know: How much money they made...

Competition

asked Sep 12 '11 at 05:05

Abe Miessler
264 points

I am designing the landing page for a B2B site and want to demonstrate the steps involved in using the product with images. For example, if the sequence of events is 1) User emails us something 2)...

Web Design

asked Sep 12 '11 at 07:42

User3462
345 points

Is it possible to estimate the cost of acquiring 1 million users for an app similar to tweetdeck, but with different, unique features? Thank you in advance. Awni H.

Marketing Social Media Twitter Twitter Apps Mobile Apps

asked Sep 6 '11 at 00:02

Awni Hussein
1 point

I was discussing doing some work for shares in a startup when the owner mentioned something interesting. Basically I would be given X shares for my work and with the current number of stock that...

Equity Stock Options Stocks

asked Sep 6 '11 at 00:13

Abe Miessler
264 points

I was reading up on some stuff which may help me setup a start up. Basically I came across "affiliate tracking", read it, but was still not quite sure what exactly does it do. What is the purpose...

Marketing Affiliate Business Business Process

asked Sep 12 '11 at 08:51

Pacerier
317 points

I know there are other products out there similar to the one my partner and I are working on. We are a new start up and want to be sure that we don't get into any trouble in the future by stepping...

Legal Patent Business

asked Sep 6 '11 at 00:31

Mike Serpe
6 points

Similar to this question: Amount of vesting equity for #3-#4 employee? But it seems to discuss what equity paid developers should expect. If I am a developer that is unpaid, what would be a...

Equity Stock Options

asked Sep 6 '11 at 00:53

Abe Miessler
264 points