Questions

Is it realistic for a start-up to have as a component of it's business (marketing) plan -- to go viral? Is that really something you plan to happen?

Marketing

asked Mar 30 '11 at 06:50

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

What is the different between a entrepreneur and a social entrepreneur? Are all social entrepreneur also entrepreneur? Are social entrepreneurs not real entrepreneurs? How much "mission" does...

Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneur

asked Mar 30 '11 at 07:02

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I am hoping to get suggestions to where it is possibly to get linked from and/or get your business listed for free? I know of diystartups.com which is decent. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Alex

Marketing Inbound Marketing

asked Mar 26 '11 at 05:54

Genadinik
1,821 points

I am a developer, and I've launched and failed once before some time back. I am still analyzing all the reasons our start up didn't take off (we were 4 developers). I wanted to learn from the...

Getting Started Planning Personality Business Plan

asked Mar 26 '11 at 10:26

Sanjeevakumar Hiremath
108 points

If I sub-contract, what forms, or agreements I need to make sure that my subcontractors don't compete with me in the near future. How do I make sure that my sub-contractor will not be hired...

Contract

asked Mar 26 '11 at 10:31

Geo
268 points

If one individual has been delivering services to other corporations. So far they have been paying the individual to his name "John Doe". The individual now is hiring sub-contractors, to do other...

Contract Consulting Independent Contractor

asked Mar 26 '11 at 11:01

Geo
268 points

I have asked a few fledgling tech startups about what they wish they didn't have to spend as much time on. The answer is almost invariably 'not coding' and 'context shifts' as exemplified by...

Marketing Development Social Media Social Network

asked Mar 30 '11 at 15:46

Unomi
111 points

I have an idea in global commerce area and I am trying to develop it to a software product. I shared my thoughts with several experts and got their positive feedback. Currently, I am working on a...

Business Plan Selling Business Exit Strategy

asked Mar 30 '11 at 17:22

Aviad
281 points

We train people on various software through pre-recorded videos and have been contemplating offering a money back guarantee - just to reinforce that we are confident and stand behind our product....

Marketing

asked Mar 30 '11 at 23:13

Ankur Jain
566 points

I am a Java Web Application Developer. I have an idea for a web application project that I am working on. I personally believe that this web app has potential to become a widely popular website,...

Software Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Website Web App

asked Mar 27 '11 at 04:25

Aklin81
125 points

I understand the marketing basics on keywords and the use of tools like Google Insight, Keyword traffic estimator, and others. My concern comes from a product that people usually don't search...

Marketing Advertising Website

asked Mar 23 '11 at 10:22

Geo
268 points

I would like to buy a small business. Are there any sites that collects businesses that are for sale? I am asking about this in a general way, because that produces answers, which are relevant for...

Apps Investment

asked Mar 27 '11 at 05:26

David
1,567 points

There is an increasing amount of data that can be easily gathered about each and every interaction you have with your clients as well as an increasing amount of publicly available information that...

Analytics Bigdata Analysis

asked Mar 27 '11 at 06:23

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

I was checking shutterstock.com and it has these 3 kinds out there - 1.) Vectors 2.) Illustrations 3.) Photos My initial idea was to just buy the photos and give it to the designer, so he can...

Logo Web Design

asked Mar 31 '11 at 01:48

Planet Unknown
105 points

Quora is becoming an increasingly powerful resource for startups. How are you using Quora and what do you suggest as best practices for Quora to help build and grow a start up while avoiding being...

Tools Growth

asked Mar 27 '11 at 07:19

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

Google occasionally sends me free coupons for $100 on AdWords for the various sites I run. I just blew $100 on advertising on my startup's website. I set the campaign at an aggressive $2 bid and...

Marketing Adwords Advertising Google

asked Mar 31 '11 at 02:12

Kirk
227 points

I'm a student and an iOS developer. I am trying to pay for advertising for my apps. Is this a situation where I'd want to raise venture capital? I develop my apps solo, sometimes my own ideas,...

Venture Capital

asked Mar 23 '11 at 13:16

Moshe
409 points

I have an early-stage site that I think is pretty good. I won't put the link here because I don't want to seem like spam. But the link is in my bio. While I have been able to get some attention to...

Marketing PR Promotion

asked Mar 27 '11 at 08:26

Genadinik
1,821 points

I am in the nascent stages of developing a service that will allows some users to request a certain task and others to perform those tasks. Money in from the user requesting, company takes a small...

Payments Saas Micro Payment

asked Mar 31 '11 at 03:24

Joshucar
91 points

One of our advisors recently suggested we consider using "trigger events" for our second round of capital. Along the lines of "I'll commit $50K now and if you get to 25K registered users by 6/30,...

Funding Investing Venture Capital Capital

asked Mar 31 '11 at 03:32

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points