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3 Votes
2 Answers
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Should I provide newsletter archive online?

I'm starting a newsletter about Japan and I'm not sure whether it should have an online archive of past issues. If yes, only available to subscribers, or widely publicized all over the net? I...

asked Dec 21 '10 at 03:26
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Philip Seifi
132 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.82K Views
Where to start business. I am planning to move countries - can my business when started relocate easily?

I currently live in South Africa, but I am an Australian citizen. I am planning to relocate to the UK for 2 years and then Ireland indefinitely. I am building an online business to market a product...

asked Dec 29 '10 at 19:20
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User6226
11 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.42K Views
Finding Developers for a Web-Based Tech StartUp at age 15

I've done some beginning work on an idea for what I describe as a True Education Management System, one that focuses on both the community (and by community I mean all users of this WebApp, not...

asked Dec 21 '10 at 09:26
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Display Name
118 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.14K Views
Hotel booking data

Where do the many hotel booking websites get their hotel data? ie. # of free rooms within certain dates, price per night, etc. Is it possible to get the data somewhere and handle booking myself,...

asked Dec 21 '10 at 09:32
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Ben
118 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.35K Views
Building a twitter feed of links for my site's demographic

I'd like to build an RSS feed for my website's twitter. It would be a feed of links that interest my user demographic-- college students.. the links would be funny, informative, interesting, etc....

asked Dec 30 '10 at 11:32
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Babonk
143 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.58K Views
Suggestion for my eCommerce business. [Selling developed software]

I have developed few software products for micro to small businesses and a security product. I want to market these products but I can't spend much on paid online marketing. I am noticing that...

asked Dec 30 '10 at 18:44
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Rpk
208 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.94K Views
Which way to go - accountname.site.com or site.com/accountname?

I have recently been tasked with developing an online portal for the real estate agents. I am planning to make the code as generic as I can so that I can use it as a product for the other industry...

asked Dec 22 '10 at 01:57
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Ncakmak
180 points

16 Votes
1 Answers
4.47K Views
Are we about to be shafted by a Corporate Shark?

My husband went into business with a gentleman who seemed to be very clued up (he's an accountant). He has numerous other businesses and was able to open doors that we would never have had access...

asked Dec 31 '10 at 01:06
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Rodders
81 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
3.49K Views
What kind of Product Liability Insurance should a software startup have?

So where does one look for insurance to make sure that they are sufficiently covered and what type of agent and research should a founder do prior to looking at insurance for covering liability of...

asked Dec 22 '10 at 03:56
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John Bogrand
2,210 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.65K Views
How do you get initial exposure for a community-based crowd sourcing website?

For the past year I've been working on a recipe-sharing startup called Fridge to Food based on the idea of crowd sourcing recipes. We went to public beta a few months ago and I've been doing rounds...

asked Dec 22 '10 at 04:13
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Daniel Bingham
148 points

12 Votes
8 Answers
3.14K Views
What do you think about working only 4 days?

Our startup is getting bigger and I'm thinking about decreasing our weekdays to 4. I always wanted this for myself and now I thought I can give it a try in my own company. We are fairly small,...

asked Dec 31 '10 at 04:13
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The Dictator
2,305 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.83K Views
How to project sales in the development stage?

Happy New Year! I am beginning to write a business plan for a future startup based on an innovative software technology I developed. An actual product is still in development. I am using a...

asked Dec 31 '10 at 12:57
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Eternal Learner
168 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.26K Views
Verifying commodities in China before buying

I found some commodities in China, and I'm very interested in import them for reselling in my country. However I'd like to verify the commodity's status before make my first buy. Do you know a way...

asked Dec 22 '10 at 15:05
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Sd Reyes
156 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.22K Views
Any great book on how to talk to people, especially to a person who seems not to get along with you

I want to read some great books on how to talk to people, how to handle people's unfriendly comment non-defensively, how to turn a potential quarrel to a friendly and pleasant talk. I know there is...

asked Dec 22 '10 at 15:56
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Steven
1 point

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.13K Views
Seeking Wisdom from experienced business owners

Does anybody here understand the basics of online businesses (online billing- client relations management software, etc) and other aspects like hiring and working with outsourced help and Sales...

asked Dec 31 '10 at 17:49
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Sergio Alvarez
46 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.07K Views
What mutual non-disclosure agreement do you use?

What non-disclosure agreement do you use? Did you get it online? Would you be willing to share it for the world to use?

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asked Jan 1 '11 at 01:02
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Webnet
113 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.53K Views
What do you think of the book "The secret" by Rhonda Byrne?

Is it really helpful in reality? Why is it helpful? How is it helpful?

asked Dec 22 '10 at 22:35
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Steven
1 point

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.47K Views
How To Market A Service/Product That Has Never Been Available Before

I'm in the process of building an online service that is primarily focussed on businesses. I can't go in to too much detail about it, but it's a piece of software that would be used by people who...

asked Dec 23 '10 at 00:40
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Mickburkejnr
111 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
2.39K Views
"Go Live" event?

What would you recommend a B2B startup do for a go-live event? We've been in open beta for the last 2 months and January, if all goes well, is our planned "Live" month. What would be the things to...

asked Jan 1 '11 at 02:28
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Igorek
886 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.37K Views
What does IP mean in Digital medium

From my understanding of Paul Graham's Article http://paulgraham.com/msftpatent.html, IP doesn't have much affect on digital products/services. For example, youtube, tinyurl, groupon, kickstarter...

asked Jan 1 '11 at 04:23
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Manish Nair
8 points