Questions

Let's face it. As startups, we can't really offer top-dollar salaries to our employees. But we can offer some fun benefits that the big companies can't/won't. Here are a few that we have that seem...

Employees Benefits

asked Oct 15 '09 at 12:20

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

I was interviewed by a lady from Zynga and she told me that Zynga doesn't allow developers to have side projects. Is this true for companies in general, or just a minority that Zynga is a part of?...

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Jan 26 '11 at 16:35

John
716 points

I built a small web app based on the freemium model. Free accounts are free forever, paid accounts have 3 tiers: 5, 15 and 25 bucks a month. I'm the only person behind the app, 100% self funded....

Advertising Micro Startup

asked Nov 18 '10 at 01:33

Deb
314 points

I am setting up my new startup company. I noticed some company named XXXX technology Inc. and some other named themselves XXXXX technologies Inc. . I would like to name my startup MyCoolName...

Getting Started Naming

asked Oct 21 '10 at 05:15

Xlione
118 points

What I'd like to achieve is that all the support emails, live chat messages, Facebook comments and messages, and Twitter messages can be handled from one simple and clean interface. The key factor...

Customer Support Help Desk Multi Channel Client Service

asked Aug 3 '17 at 15:59

Brian Wayne
1 point

We're have a tough time finding any good designers to hire for our startup. Most of the good designers are usually more interested in working at VC funded startups in the valley or more established...

Hiring Design UX Contractor Designers

asked Jun 10 '15 at 09:55

Keenan Bachelder
20 points

I'm getting a phone for my new business and I'm debating to either get a 888 number or a local one. My main concern is high phone bills on a 888 number, when I will get support and other...

Phone

asked May 2 '10 at 00:30

Stefanos Tses
981 points

My company has 3 full-time people including one salesmen who makes a fair number of phone calls. Currently we all use our cell phones and I am trying to figure out a good small office solution. The...

Products Recommendations Phone

asked Dec 16 '09 at 08:53

Jason Cianchette
511 points

Background: I am an Indian citizen residing in India. For the past 3 years I've worked with a US company to develop a software product at a very low price. Now the product is generating some...

India Equity USA Corporate Structure Ownership

asked Feb 2 '20 at 15:48

Raghu N
1 point

I am new to the game. How do I get investment? Will having an almost working mobile application help when it comes to investors taking me seriously. I am a developer by trade. 5% of the work is...

Venture Capital Startups

asked Dec 7 '14 at 15:21

User34199
46 points

I'm in the middle of developing a site that focuses on restaurant reviews. My dilemma is whether or not to develop a mobile app and release it at the same time as the site launch. The site itself...

Marketing Bootstrapped Apps Business Process

asked May 5 '11 at 03:54

Sam
509 points

First off: I also asked this question on pm.stackexchange.com, but was not really sure if it belongs there. I know it is rather technical and rather basic. If you know a place this would fit in...

Project Structure Transactions Offtopic

asked Oct 27 '19 at 00:37

j4kobko
1 point

Is there a way to get an easy business loan for a medical business?I work with a client who is in urgent need of financing. They essentially want to bridge gaps in working capital by taking out an...

Finance Loan Small Business

asked Aug 21 '18 at 20:11

Patricia Wright
663 points

A friend came to me asking to work with him around an idea he had. My role was software developer and he would create the business machinery around it. This did no went well at the beginning and we...

Intellectual Property Asset Asset Ownership Asset Ownership

asked Oct 15 '19 at 14:50

Manuel Sopena Ballesteros
1 point

I have a product that I created originally as a SaaS solution, but since I was in a market filled with better funded competitors, I decided to change direction and target software developers...

Selling Code Whitelabel

asked Oct 1 '13 at 21:51

Tomasmcguinness
114 points

What are the best sites or blogs to freely promote or prompt reviews for your new startup? (Except well-know sites like TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, and so on ... or other sites where you don't have...

Marketing

asked Aug 27 '10 at 00:11

Ekvador
189 points

Almost any education related website sees a spike when school is in and then traffic drops off (by over half in my case) when school it out. How do other startups deal with seasonal traffic, and...

Revenue Education Startups

asked May 2 '14 at 00:55

Lakisha Black
14 points

I am developing pilot project in the automation of natural language (comprehension, understanding, inference and generation; law/IT/healtcare are experimental fields for practical tests) and it has...

Pilot Project

asked Aug 18 '19 at 14:06

Alex Maier
1 point

At the moment I'm studying Informational System at my local College and now I'm sophomore. But I'm not really enjoying it because I found out that what I really care and what I really enjoy is...

Mobile Apps

asked Oct 28 '13 at 17:35

Deimantas B
8 points

I'm developing mobile apps for a time and I feel I'm spending nearly 50% of my time for backend development, choosing the technology, etc. Now I have a new idea for a mobile startup. I want to...

Saas Mobile Cloud Mobile Apps

asked Apr 21 '12 at 04:25

Newth
23 points