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Free service or paid service?

Why are there free services and paid services? How are paid services different? For example, some job search sites require $$$, and others are free. How would you decide whether to charge for a...

asked Aug 24 '11 at 21:09
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Ted Wong
171 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.99K Views
Affiliate Marketing Sales Statistics

How do i go about forecasting sales for a new affiliate marketing / e-commerce website? Are there any relevant statistics for this industry available for free?

asked Aug 24 '11 at 22:06
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Yoav.Aviram
108 points

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1 Answers
2.4K Views
What to include in our funding requirements?

We're a small group of IT students and recently we came up with an idea that we're going to pitch with business plan in an event hoping to get feedback and funding from investors. (Ok, I read that...

asked Aug 24 '11 at 23:37
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Atul Goyal
496 points

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2 Answers
2.89K Views
How do you handle lead developers who seem independently entrepreneurial?

In a startup, how do you deal with the main programmers, who are good in communication/designing and seem independently entrepreneurial? How do you get to work for you and not compete with the...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 00:06
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Parmanand
9 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
2.87K Views
Best Way To Market Online Company

I own a company that performs computer repair and help etc online via remote support. There is no physical location for a customer to come in and drop their computer off. With that being said,...

asked Aug 18 '11 at 08:13
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James
133 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.1K Views
Dilemma with pricing of a b2c site

I have a MVP for a B2C website live and am in the process of deciding the pricing and plans for the fully functional site. On doing some research on the competitors, it appears that they are...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 01:17
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User3462
345 points

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2 Answers
2.34K Views
What can I do to improve my "Brand" and website?

I recently created 2 websites about missed opportunities to build some buzz about a book that is currently being published. I would appreciate any advice, comments or suggestions about the 2...

asked Aug 18 '11 at 08:31
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Keith
35 points

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2 Answers
2.83K Views
How to reduce risks when developing Iphone/Android game?

We are considering investing in the development of a game, which will run on either IPhone or Android (both later). The game is very innovative with and has some genuinely new features, which means...

asked Aug 18 '11 at 08:33
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David
1,567 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.85K Views
Should I let my (large, established) competitors snoop around our service?

we built an idea management system at the Taipei Startup Weekend (a few days ago) and were delighted to finish second. This morning we've found that a competitor, one who's clients include FedEx,...

asked Aug 18 '11 at 11:00
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Dmurtagh
157 points

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1 Answers
1.99K Views
What are some examples of strategies used to prevent "feature-itis" in the early stages of a product?

Are their examples I can give to those that work with me to let them know, more features is not what we want at this point.

asked Aug 18 '11 at 12:20
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Bertrood
314 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.06K Views
How to tactfully respond to friends and relatives who say get a real job?

My friends and family who none of which own a company keep telling me I should get a job. From my perspective creating a job is a job. I explain that I am developing a software company and it...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 04:53
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Waterfallrain
18 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.26K Views
How to summarize shares of angels repeating investments?

Provided I raise a first investment from angel on X valuation, then raise another one from same angel on X+Y valuation, what would be the total amount of percentage the angel will have of the...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 06:55
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Sy Ber
109 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.99K Views
Interviewing sales people: what do you do to check their claims without asking for past W2s?

One of the favorite parts of my job is to recruit people for my company. From experience I have come to realize that no matter how busy you are, outsourcing recruiting and hiring is very...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 07:01
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Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.28K Views
How to structure pre-paid professional support for an Open Source product?

I'm offering professional support for an open source product, with the blessings of the team behind it. What is a good way to structure support to make this good for my clients AND worth my...

asked Aug 18 '11 at 14:29
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Steve Mc Leod
118 points

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1 Answers
2.11K Views
Revenues generated through the hits

I have a website based idea, now i want to know how do the websites generate revenues, i now one way is the advertising, but then i heard it from someone who said that it depends on the number of...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 13:07
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Kraken
133 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.03K Views
Sales tools when selling one-to-one

As for many startups, my primary sales channel is via personal network. I am therefore looking for any new or non-traditional equipment or tools to use when the chance for selling suddenly arises....

asked Aug 25 '11 at 18:05
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David
1,567 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2K Views
What factors to consider when building twitter profile scoring system?

I am considering building a startup that provides a user with twitter profile score i.e. how good is someone twitter profile before someone follow them. I have basic consideration about what...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 20:32
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Safran Ali
272 points

0 Votes
6 Answers
2.82K Views
How to promote a screencasting software?

We create screencasting software that user use to create software demos or tutorial. I know there is CamStudio which is free, but: CamStudio's codec is too worse: our codec produce file just 1/3...

asked Aug 18 '11 at 22:39
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Dave Kushan
21 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.03K Views
Does a nice office at a good business address increase valuations?

If 2 business are generating the same revenue / profits, would you value a business more (in terms of numbers) because they are located at a good business address? (psychology is in play here)

asked Aug 25 '11 at 21:12
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Prashant
11 points

1 Votes
5 Answers
4.54K Views
How to promote a cooking software?

I have a hard time getting visitors to my site where I sell a cooking software for Windows. I'm still improving it by SEO (especially the english version is far from perfect) but suppose that will...

asked Aug 25 '11 at 21:25
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Amenti
167 points