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5 Answers
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What was the last book you read?

Possible Duplicate: What books do you recommend? Being an entrepreneur, we may need to learn from books. What was the last book you read? To me, it was "Founders at work".

asked Dec 20 '10 at 00:30
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Steven
1 point

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.3K Views
What is the critical mass of transactions needed for an asset to be on an exchange?

I have several startup ideas in this field, and I am very uncertain about one critical factor, hence this question. I want to make an exchange where one can buy or sell intangiable assets. I know...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 03:30
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David
1,567 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.55K Views
Advice for a young startup

I'm a first-time entrepreneur and I've come across a few problems and solved them. I'm dealing with a certain couple of problems now that I'm not sure how to solve. Before I ask my questions, let...

asked Dec 28 '10 at 08:23
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Jason Swett
555 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.82K Views
Good ways to make a promotional video?

I'm a couple of months away from releasing my gradebook app for teachers, and will need a good promotional video. I'm bootstrapped and don't have much cash. Any suggestions? I can make a decent...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 05:22
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Riley
193 points

3 Votes
7 Answers
3K Views
Should I charge for my service or not?

I have a product in beta (which is a minimum viable product) and am working on the release version. I had my early adopters take a survey and although a majority of them had great things to say...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 06:44
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Nick H
120 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.53K Views
Need advice on invoicing client

I'm doing some part-time work building a web app. I believe in the project, and the work is pretty fun, so I'm billing hourly, with 50% of my hourly fee due when the work is finished, and another...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 09:12
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W. Matthew Wilson
104 points

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2 Answers
2.24K Views
Taxing Unpaid Member of LLC Pro Rata Share of Profits

I recently started an LLC with a business partner and quickly realized it was a mistake and we are in the process of having his name removed from the company. As no work was performed by this...

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asked Dec 28 '10 at 15:34
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Senfo
152 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.47K Views
Why are customers charitable?

Why are customers charitable? Is there research on the primary motivations for customers buying or participating in a charitable product, company, or non-profit? What behavioral psychology research...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 12:39
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Emile
204 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
1.62K Views
Sealed bidding funding

I want to invite different investors/angels to invest a US version of my company which is up and running in Europe. In trying to get the best deal I am thinking of a 'sealed bidding' auction for a...

asked Dec 28 '10 at 19:59
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Brianable
11 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
2.63K Views
I need a solution for getting about 1K business cards into CRM

My CEO is a very public figure. She is at multiple events every night and rarely comes back with less than a huge stack of cards. I need to make sure the follow-up system is there, so I need all...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 13:53
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Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
4.27K Views
If you can't come up with a business model for your idea for a website, can you just slap ads on it and call it a day?

I apologize in advance to smart, experienced tech entrepreneurs if the question is absurd, I'm just trying to get where you are and you have to start somewhere. I have an idea for a website that...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 17:15
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Beachrunnerjoe
319 points

7 Votes
4 Answers
2.48K Views
Affordable health insurance while founding a startup

I recently left my job to work on starting up a small software company. While I was employed, I paid about $70 a month for health insurance. I'm on COBRA now, which costs $560/month. Do I have...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 01:20
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Bill
198 points

12 Votes
3 Answers
2.92K Views
How to find customers (or early adopters)

I read a blog post that said before you start developing your product, you should find at least 10 people who are willing to pay for the product. This seems like good sense to me and I plan to...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 01:42
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Jason Swett
555 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.89K Views
How to motivate team members?

I have recently formed an e-learning company. Things are doing fine however I feel I need to learn how to motivate others in my company and surroundings. When I try to do that people feel I am...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 04:00
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Raja
16 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.58K Views
Where can I propose an open source project and collaborate on software requirements before starting to code?

I'm searching for a website to start a new open source project--I want to start the developing of a "Sport Training Log". I have some software development skills, but not everything I need (I...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 21:24
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Boos
111 points

4 Votes
6 Answers
3.42K Views
Real time visitor tracking

I've just started my journey and am wondering what tools do you use for the real-time tracking of visitor activity on the site? I know there are tools like Mint and Google Analytics which give you...

asked Dec 20 '10 at 22:29
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Alg
21 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.3K Views
Do research firms benefit startups?

If a startup sells into IT departments, is it beneficial for that startup to enter into a relationship with IT research and advisory firms like Forrester, Gartner, etc.? Do these firms bring...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 06:36
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Matt
16 points

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3 Answers
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Establish a business or continue as a freelancer?

I have been working as a freelancer from 5 years (from first sem of my graduation) for various domains (mostly ERP's for textile industries and Graphics software for the same). Now I am about to...

asked Dec 21 '10 at 00:16
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Vinod Maurya
123 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.61K Views
Cloud based customer support service

If I was to build a free hosted customer support service, would anyone want to use it? i.e Community powered customer support platform (post public), with company help desk ticket support (post...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 11:14
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001
167 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.75K Views
What do you do when your software with minimum features is taking forever to develop?

This will be tough to explain but.... What do you do when you are developing a software that needs to deal with large amount of variations of semi structured data from the web ? I told myself it...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 14:31
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Kim Jong Woo
644 points