Questions

Is there any example of succeeding at both starting and sustaining a successful business and a successful relationship simultaneously? Or, is it worth trying it?

Work Life

asked Mar 1 '11 at 19:49

Graviton
871 points

Which tax havens would you recommend for this and why? When should we register - early on or once we are earning a certain amount?

Ecommerce Tax

asked Feb 24 '11 at 21:48

Nikolay Piryankov
683 points

I'm curious about people's perspectives on providing a free/cheap job in return for exposure/contacts in the early stages. Does it all boil down to how much influence your potential customer has?...

Marketing Networking

asked Mar 1 '11 at 21:39

Adrian Gray
133 points

How would you force-rank (1 being highest to 8 being lowest), in terms of value to your startup, the following 8 services provided by an investor: Warm introductions to potential customers Warm...

Funding Venture Capital Investors Seed Funding Value Add

asked Feb 24 '11 at 21:58

Zippy
871 points

I'm the co-founder of a startup in India and I'm considering applying to seed-funding programs in USA like ycombinator. My problem is how do I get a non-immigrant visa to the US? I am currently...

Visa USA

asked Mar 1 '11 at 22:14

Jax
111 points

I love software and plan to startup a business out of it. However I am told that over 90% of new startups fail before their 5th birthday. I don't intend to fail but I wonder what it takes to...

Software Ideas

asked Feb 24 '11 at 23:24

Dr Deo
123 points

What do you do when you don't receive any inquiries from potential clients for consecutive days?

Marketing Sales Inbound Marketing Business

asked Mar 1 '11 at 23:49

Steven
1 point

I have made a website http://www.humanisms.co.uk, it is similar in concept to other very popular websites that are user-content orientated, ie. FML, TFLN, Sickipedia, TrueLad...etc. Now, all its...

Monetization Advertising Website

asked Mar 2 '11 at 01:40

Benhowdle89
133 points

We are a startup building an e-learning tool for the medical education market, and we had a few meetings with colleges. One potential client is taking a long time to decide whether to use our...

Sales Conversion

asked Feb 25 '11 at 03:35

Karan
54 points

An associate and I are considering putting together a startup. We will likely (hopefully) have competent counsel draw up the incoporation paperwork. Since this will likely be the firm that my...

Founder Agreements

asked Feb 25 '11 at 03:40

Ev Conrad
561 points

I run a small website www.anybumper.com and I ventured off into CPC advertising a few months ago. It's working out OK, the CPA is just a little less than the net profit of the products i'm selling,...

Adwords Advertising

asked Mar 2 '11 at 04:27

Polyhedron
145 points

I've heard from many successful entrepreneurs that only your job as a startup founder is to constantly be creating systems; However, There's a huge trade-off though between trying new experiments...

Hiring Scale

asked Mar 2 '11 at 04:32

Andy Cook
2,309 points

What is the motivation for small companies to release version 1.0 that has the most important features that define the application? Couldn't a bigger company just replicate these features over the...

Intellectual Property Web App

asked Mar 2 '11 at 05:15

Leadgy
222 points

When it comes to enterprise software, would you say there is a difference between a hosted solution and an SaaS solution? Or are they the same thing? If there are differences and you offered a...

Enterprise Saas

asked Feb 20 '11 at 09:29

Big Tuna
349 points

I'm curious as to what the everyone thinks the "best" landing page services are for a cash-strapped startup. I'd like your thoughts if you've extensively used (not just poked around with a free...

Software

asked Feb 15 '11 at 03:39

Andy Cook
2,309 points

I'm in the middle of starting a Tech Incubator Center like TechStars and Founders Institute here in Africa. I am a web developer and IT Business Analyst. Please i need your input on these...

Cost

asked Feb 20 '11 at 10:17

Stanley
59 points

I am a developer with some great ideas and hopefully will be able to execute on those ideas well. I admit though that i am totally lost when it comes to starting a business, papers to be filed, tax...

Business

asked Feb 9 '11 at 12:21

Binary X
208 points

Is the Sign In with LinkedIn option worth it? Can we do it ourselves or do we need a developer? Thanks in advance. Its a jobsite that will get its initial users from LinkedIn Groups that I run/am...

Website

asked Feb 9 '11 at 14:42

Sun Guy
6 points

My friend had a fantastic idea for an iPhone game. I am currently working on it, as he lacks the technical expertise at the moment to work on such a large project. Here's my problem: what is an...

Legal

asked Feb 20 '11 at 12:35

Brobd
53 points

If you had an online product that filled a significant nitch, would you let members use your site for free instead of following through on a paid model? Inline with this question, assume that this...

Subscriptions Website Free Service

asked Feb 15 '11 at 05:50

John
161 points