Questions

I am curious what tools people are using out there to generate and manage their sales quotes. I would like to better understand the market for our online quoting system. Where do most of your...

Marketing Sales Inbound Marketing Leads Quote

asked May 30 '11 at 11:26

Mike
252 points

As suggested by Nielsen in another thread, here I am asking directly: What merchant accounts/payment gateways are there available for Mexico-based businesses BESIDES paypal website payments...

Payments

asked May 30 '11 at 13:13

Sotkra
141 points

I have already registered a company name but still in the business plan phase. Now after reading some books and answers to a lot of questions on this forum, I realise that maybe I do need a partner...

Business Name

asked May 30 '11 at 14:11

I Scotts
152 points

I am currently looking for a co-founder. The current candidate and I are still students, and we are not experienced in business at all. However, I know he loves sales and marketing, and he usually...

Co-Founder

asked May 30 '11 at 15:11

I Scotts
152 points

We are in the process of creating a desktop research tool, which will provide snappy access to a wide range of information. Conceptually, this tool is similar to Babylon. How would you go about...

Sales Software Distribution Marketing Channel

asked May 30 '11 at 21:25

David
1,567 points

I am in the process to send a service agreement to my clients. I am stating that Intellectual Property related to all promotional material created while in the service agreement by my company will...

Legal Consulting Intellectual Property

asked May 31 '11 at 06:02

Geo
268 points

Due to the new "Wage and Hour Law " in New York State, employers are required to have all new employees fill out a form at hire time and ALSO once a year. New York defers to federal regulation for...

Payroll New York

asked Jun 1 '11 at 06:19

Michael Pryor
2,250 points

I'm currently working from home, but finding this too solitary, and also need a change of environment in general so I'm considering moving cities. I think this is a great time to branch out of my...

UK Office Space Shares

asked Jun 1 '11 at 07:27

Ocharles
126 points

As a growing start up, we need to plan for new people in every deparment (some of these are just 1 person, but future departments). So Sales has its plan to double sales this year; meanwhile other...

Hiring Planning Scale

asked Jun 1 '11 at 07:51

Paroon Chadha
61 points

everyone I am developing phone apps and would like to introduce them on AppWorld, and later on, sell them on another platforms too. Since I'm a new developer, I need your help. How do you guys...

Sales Software Software Licensing

asked Jun 1 '11 at 10:24

Sid Jenkins
16 points

Days based (7/14/30 days trial) or usage based (15/30 logins/transactions etc. trial). Has somebody compiled any empirical data to see which strategy is better? Appreciate your thoughts on this.

Launch Trial Product Launch

asked Jun 1 '11 at 16:16

Ali
179 points

I'm starting a game studio which targets the younger generation (children and teens). My questions are: does the name of the studio matter? if yes, how should I name it? and what are the things...

Naming

asked Jun 1 '11 at 17:23

James Bolton
4 points

I run a software company and that means in theory any software-project is something we could do... in practice not quite but still the range is very wide. However simply advertising online as a...

Marketing Website

asked Jun 1 '11 at 21:18

John
173 points

I have some ideas for a social network and really want to start a company. But I don't know how to program. Should I learn or just find a technical partner? I know founders of tech giants like...

Getting Started Co-Founder Social Network

asked Jun 1 '11 at 21:40

Yc Wang
19 points

Scenario: A one-man, self-funding software developer with a software-licensing business model. Startup is self funding with no revenue anticipated for at least 1.5 years. My query relates mainly...

UK Tax Intellectual Property

asked May 26 '11 at 08:29

Paperjam
394 points

I am part of an LLC along with two other partners. One of the partners wants to provide services to a company as a source of additional revenue. I am ok with that but since the compensation for the...

LLC Equity

asked May 26 '11 at 10:19

Kan
46 points

We are going to start creating an iPhone app prototype with Keynotopia.com. The app will be an add-on to our website which is currently in dev. Once the app prototype is complete, what are the...

Iphone Apps Business Process Prototype

asked Jun 2 '11 at 03:35

Sam
509 points

In the development of a solid business plan -- whether written for a formal purpose or as an internal document to focus the activities of the leadership -- there is the identification of the...

Business Plan Exit Strategy

asked Jun 2 '11 at 04:22

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

This may be slightly different based on your industry, but I'm interested in your expertise on what your proven and effective methods for bootstrapping... where to save money, what steps to skip,...

Bootstrapped

asked Jun 2 '11 at 05:49

Sam
509 points

In a given sector (makers of instruments used in medical procedures in my case), how do you do a press release? And who to? Do you make it only to 'the press' i.e. trade magazines, or to companies...

Marketing Press Release

asked Jun 2 '11 at 08:18

John
173 points