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I live in DR, here the wage is very low, so I can get 10 employees at very low price (High school education/University student, good English, good typing skills, word/excel/etc knowledge, what...
16 points
I've heard that only algorithms that are "non-obvious" can be patented. What does this mean? Can someone give me examples of software that is patentable and software that is not?
Bad idea to get a lot of publicity for a free beta version though when I'm planning to start charging for it eventually? [EDITED TO ADD: Will it hurt future paid sales?] I have a software program...
I have a good job and a good salary that supports my family, but I find myself constantly dreaming of owning my own business. It's a sort of obsession that I can't stop. It's been going on for...
11 points
I'm based in Hong Kong. I've read through a lot of information about share vesting for co-founders and realized that is definitely the solution I want. I'm now trying to figure out how to actually...
We're a new startup and need a credit card to make some online purchases. We're looking into options and all of them seem to want at least two years of business history, positive cash flow, etc....
212 points
I am planning to get into creating software for a niche industry. I see that there are some providers already in that space and has room for more. Looking at the quality of products in the market,...
Has anyone done any ab testing between a splash page which includes links to other sections of the site vs. a splash screen with basically just a "sign up" link? My site (http://getcreditable.com),...
168 points
do you know how people earn through open source ventures? When free and open source projects help many in great ways, still I think that the people who get involved in it full time (not volunteers)...
178 points
anybody knows how to start a business from absolute zero financing. I have an idea ( software related). I am a programmer too (but not very proficient to call myself brilliant). And I want to start...
There are currently two providers of an IT-solution in a national market. These two charge roughly four times the price I would expect to see in a functioning market. This indicates that the two...
1,567 points
I have an account at Google apps and most of my email is done trough Gmail. Now I just manually respond to support email. I was wondering if there is an easy way using filters and auto responders...
Hi i have fired off quite a few emails to different potential partners i.e media partners and companies, but the success rate in terms of replies or dialogue is quite low, what should the next step...
57 points
If I am planning on starting an internet based LLC, which package should I purchase? Economy, Basic, or the Complete...
Guy Kawasaki in Art of the Start talks about having two decks, an investor pitch deck and also a sales deck. Have you found this to be useful? I'm about to go pitch to 2 - 3 potential customers as...
Amazon has been having a lot of issues on EC2 through this weekend and I am sure many other startups got burned by them. What are you guys doing about it? Do you consider Amazon equally reliable...
45 points
I have been offered a position as a technical co-founder (composed of 3 cofounders). We're in the midst of trying to figure how much % of funding we want. We have between 45-60% of our company...
229 points
The business founder on my team thinks we need 45-60% of investors since he doesn't have a full time job (and thus no income coming in) since he is a fresh graduate. Is this a realistic reasoning...
229 points
This is a question about methodology for newcomers in the business of lauching firms. I propose that we list all the things that must be done in order to present a good proposal for potential...
371 points
When I started my single person LLC earlier this year, I didn't expect to make a profit in my first year. As I understood it, I didn't need to file quarterly estimated taxes because I wasn't going...
