Questions

What is the average budget for an IT Department in an eCommerce Startup? Asssume they are nearly 2 years old and have solid revenues coming in I'd like to know in terms of % of course. Also how...

IT Budget

asked Jun 22 '11 at 00:13

Cogito Ergo Sum
106 points

I want to start a property portal but I dont have huge ad budget to get traffic for listing then how do I get my first listing on the portal? If people come on my property portal through ads or...

Business Model Business Plan Business

asked Jun 22 '11 at 00:56

Yuvraj
57 points

One bad client is all that's needed to destroy the reputation (and possibly livelihoods) of any growing consultancy or service business. It is easy for clients to spread lies, file complaints...

Legal Ethics Reputation Client

asked Jun 22 '11 at 02:05

Mqv
52 points

I am looking for a simple website solution for my pre-launch (and pre-funding) start-up to do the following: Introduce the business without totally giving the concept away. Have a web address as...

Marketing Advisors Equity Website Investors

asked Jun 15 '11 at 00:16

C. Scott
85 points

I have a small startup and what I want to push right now means my potential clients are big corps. If I identify the president/CEO/senior VP of the department I'm interested in, they could be...

Marketing Networking

asked Jun 22 '11 at 06:46

John
173 points

I came up with an idea for a startup, and after trying to start other ventures with non-paid partners I knew the only way to get this done right was to hire a developer straight up to code the...

Bootstrapped Co-Founder Equity Legal Partnerships

asked Jun 15 '11 at 01:19

Patrick
6 points

I'm developing a web application. It's months away from completion but I would like to build a landing page to show to potential customers to explain things and gauge their interest--basically...

Marketing Ab Testing Web Services Web App

asked Jun 22 '11 at 07:56

Chris W.
116 points

I am asking this question on behalf of a friend, who until recently was bootstrapping a startup (a social web app) with her husband. He was the developer and she supported the business in other...

Co-Founder

asked Jun 15 '11 at 06:07

Greg
171 points

I am in some what a unique situation. I work for a friend owned software services company which has only 1 share holder - Founder & CEO. I joined them to execute on a product idea that the...

Co-Founder Equity Seed Funding CEO

asked Jun 22 '11 at 09:22

Bsk
6 points

We're looking for a link building company, but are weary of anything we find in Google. So far I've looked at: backlinkbuild.com (most promising so far for their blog network) submitedge.com (for...

Marketing Inbound Marketing SEO

asked Jun 15 '11 at 07:50

Mike
252 points

I want to create an app for the Ipad which uses "videoconferencing" technology, very similar to what skype does. How do I know if that is patented? What happens if it IS patent protected and I...

Application Legal Patent Apps Voip

asked Jun 15 '11 at 08:45

Jonestech
41 points

When you're working on a startup it sometimes feels like there are hundreds of things to do. What techniques have you tried to organizing your todo items/ideas/tasks that worked? What did you try...

Organization

asked Jun 22 '11 at 11:09

Alex Cook
641 points

Possible Duplicate: Is it worth using a press release distribution service? From either an SEO standpoint, or an exposure/PR standpoint, are press release distribution sites such as PRWeb or...

Marketing SEO Press Release

asked Jun 15 '11 at 09:12

Mike
252 points

I am currently working for a start-up and our first product has been in development for several months. We have reached a fork in the road and I would like to ask the OnStartups community for some...

Focus Strategy Development Product Management Market Research

asked Jun 22 '11 at 13:55

Travis Truett
127 points

I ask because I am planning a Start up where I intend to charge users to use my website. They can buy credit and gamble with each other. I understand players will not be exchanging money; so its...

Legal Business Model Business

asked Jun 22 '11 at 14:42

Ritwik
6 points

If you can raise at a post-money valuation of $5MM and some company offered to acquired you, how much should you be asking for? I know it depends on a lot of things, but generally is it higher or...

Acquisition Valuation

asked Jun 16 '11 at 03:53

Rihulo
33 points

I launched my website which sells healthy snack subscriptions about two months ago. We provide healthy snack alternatives to white collars. That arent available other than our site We sell...

Marketing Subscriptions Business Model Ab Testing Customer Retention

asked Jun 16 '11 at 05:54

Hakkasan
21 points

What specific tactics do you use to test a feature set that's planned for an upgrade of a current product? Focus group Existing user survey Interviews What else? Tx!

Marketing Products Product Management

asked Jun 23 '11 at 00:10

Chris
4,214 points

I am looking to start a business, however I have no capitol of my own, no prospects of friends or colleagues to help with financing and no idea how to find investors. My plan is to focus on my...

Business Plan

asked Jun 10 '11 at 00:26

Sonny Ordell
197 points

I an a technical guy, plans to goes full time for a startup to build a social network site, with a friend who is a business guy. Initially, he will work for part-time until our startup is enough to...

Equity Distribution Stock Options

asked Jun 10 '11 at 01:42

Jack
26 points