Questions

I thought I'd ask your advice on something. I'm bringing in a negotiation coach to do a 60 min live presentation in Jan for the local audience of wedding pros. I've been the speaker at these types...

Events Sponsorship

asked Dec 3 '10 at 02:49

Dina Eisenberg
16 points

Over the past two years, I've developed a relatively successful WordPress plugin. It started out as a hobby project, but now I'd like to try and turn it into a business. About the plugin Checks...

Monetization Open Source Wordpress

asked Dec 3 '10 at 04:03

Janis Elsts
146 points

I have a software application targeting the education sector. I lack sales knowledge and would like to sell it through distributors. Can anyone recommend any distributors specializing in education...

Distribution Education

asked Dec 3 '10 at 04:08

User5765
106 points

Specifically •How did you find them? (craigslist-social networks-newspaper ads- etc) •How did your interview them? (Phone/Skype video chat etc) •How did you get passed the skepticism barrier?...

Hiring Team Expanding

asked Dec 3 '10 at 05:44

Sergio Alvarez
46 points

I am looking for more startup documentaries/movies. The ones I have seen: On Startups E-Dreams Startup dot com and its follow up ABC News UpClose Kaleil Tuzman The Social Network On PC industry...

Social Network Internet

asked Dec 9 '10 at 14:20

Ben
522 points

It is of course best to only bite off what you can chew. And many workaholics are accomplishing just as much as someone who puts in half the hours. But! If you find yourself in a long-term...

Time Management Personal

asked Dec 15 '10 at 11:37

Emile
204 points

How was it that Groupon was able to become a billion dollar company despite so many similar sites and seeming easiness of copying whatever is unique about their model? UPDATE : There seems to be...

Competition

asked Dec 3 '10 at 06:25

Babonk
143 points

After successfully building an online business as sole proprietor, I decided register my company as Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) company. Now we are two partners. How will we share the...

Funding Co-Founder

asked Dec 9 '10 at 17:16

User5879
9 points

It makes intuitive sense that customers who complete the trial* version of your software are more likely to purchase it, but it cannot be so easily deduced that the converse is true, i.e. that...

Trial

asked Dec 9 '10 at 17:29

Pate
306 points

I'm noticing a trend where VCs try to stay away from vertical markets. Is it true or is it my skewed experienced? How does one go about finding potential investors for a vertical market business?

Venture Capital Business Vertical

asked Dec 15 '10 at 12:22

Usabilitest
1,698 points

I'm a Russian guy, living in Siberia. I have a great team and a prototype of a kick-ass project. I'm going to LeWeb 2010 (Paris), which is the biggest European web conference. There are going to be...

Venture Capital Angel Investors Conferences

asked Dec 3 '10 at 06:31

User5770
26 points

hi we are forming a startup to implement a concept .. I got in touch with some funders they are asking about the funding model ... can anyone tell what a funding model should contain or what that...

Funding

asked Dec 9 '10 at 17:51

Prasonscala
108 points

I currently run a startup that sells an iPhone app through the App Store. I love that the App Store takes care of the work of charging users, collection of sales tax, basic reporting, etc. and just...

Payments Subscriptions Web App

asked Dec 15 '10 at 12:35

Bill
198 points

We are considering running a competition to promote the use of our website. We run a directory style site full of acting talent. We want to promote to advertising agencies and encourage them to...

Marketing Promotion

asked Dec 9 '10 at 21:51

James Kennedy
76 points

I want to establish a partnership with a company abroad that offers online services through their portal in few countries worldwide. I would like to leverage their online platform to provide...

Venture Website Partnerships

asked Dec 3 '10 at 08:26

Mmiesi
33 points

A friend of mine recommended 3 years worth of savings in order to start bootstrapping for my self-funded startup. Does this seem reasonable? I had previously been working towards a goal of 1 year's...

Bootstrapped Funding

asked Dec 15 '10 at 13:50

David In Dakota
153 points

My company has developed a .DLL, meaning a software component, which needs to be a part of software to have value. This software component can be useful in a range of applications in everything...

Software Business Model Business Services

asked Dec 3 '10 at 09:14

David
1,567 points

Say you have a productline which is ony being offered in one vertical and with some success. Now when you want to exapnd and want to diversify into another unrelated vertical - 1) What gotchas...

Marketing Vertical

asked Dec 15 '10 at 15:24

Paroon Chadha
61 points

I have a site which is currently in Beta that I plan to start heavily marketing in January. I wanted to get people's approaches on how they marketed their websites and their ROI (return on their...

Marketing Traffic

asked Dec 15 '10 at 17:19

John
161 points

The network effect is the thing that makes certain products or services useless until everybody is on board. But once everybody is on board then said product or service becomes very useful. Case...

Networking Social Media Facebook Social Network Linkedin

asked Dec 10 '10 at 03:34

John Berryman
388 points