Questions

I've heard many anecdotes telling of pitches that convince investors at parties, in elevators, while having coffee, etc... It occurs to me that all of these pitches assume that both parties speak...

Pitch

asked Nov 30 '10 at 13:51

Blueberryfields
426 points

I have just launched my first startup regarding A/B test creation and monitoring service for anyone who want to increase their website conversion rate through A/B tests. Is there a way I can find...

Advertising Tools Ab Testing

asked Nov 25 '10 at 18:15

Phlai
98 points

My team is soon to release a new website. Essentially, the site is a collaborative game that relies on the community to be sustained. What are some techniques/ideas for gathering the initial...

Marketing Ideas Community

asked Dec 1 '10 at 01:24

Stephen Watkins
126 points

My problem is that we're planning on using Windows Azure hosting, but we're from Jamaica. Windows Azure does not yet allow hosting in Jamaica. Is it okay for a company to falsify an address to get...

Legal Hosting

asked Dec 1 '10 at 01:26

Shawn Mclean
220 points

My service is a cloud-application monitoring service. My clients expect my service to monitor their enterprise software or websites and adjust computing power provided to them. What is SLA/support...

Customer Support Support SLA

asked Dec 1 '10 at 01:34

Igorek
886 points

I just started selling my software and I wanted to know what is your average percentage of paid subscribers for each week during/after a 30 day trial period. Example: For 100 users who have paid...

Software Trial

asked Nov 25 '10 at 19:40

Tom
23 points

This is basically a ripoff of this question, but for windows only. I am building a public website that will handle user data. This website is built on an Authentication system that I would like to...

Hosting

asked Dec 1 '10 at 01:38

Shawn Mclean
220 points

Is there a widely recognised 'best place of business' for global social-media style internet businesses, and what are the considerations? Considerations I'm thinking about are taxation, regulation,...

Legal Tax Corporate Structure

asked Nov 25 '10 at 19:48

Trish
186 points

All varying acronyms of incorporation aside, what exceptions (i.e. particular states) are there to the assumption that from state to state, if I need to register my company (for whatever particular...

LLC Incorporation Tax Registration

asked Dec 1 '10 at 02:03

Mfg
246 points

I am coming across a lot of material (blogs, books and videos) about lean startup. The overall approach is nothing new but the availability of a lot more details, case studies and statistics are...

Lean Business Process

asked Dec 1 '10 at 02:45

Birender Saini
271 points

I'm in the middle of building a useful (as I think) SaaS for small e-commerce stores. Before I got too deep into that, I'd like to find out if they are really interested. In other words, I want to...

Customers B2B Market Research

asked Dec 1 '10 at 07:17

Salmon
970 points

I am not a designer and with my limited design skills, I put together a website that doesn't look anything close to a professional site. I'd like to redesign my site to look more like other Web 2.0...

Design

asked Nov 26 '10 at 02:36

Nick H
120 points

I can't seem to get a straight answer when I call the USPTO

Intellectual Property Trademark

asked Dec 1 '10 at 09:59

Startupgirl
26 points

What are the pros and cons of using FatFreeCRM? It appears to be a lightweight, open-source CRM package. What important features in other CRM packages is it lacking? How difficult is it to...

Sales Software Recommendations CRM Productivity

asked Nov 20 '10 at 05:27

Joseph Turian
895 points

So here's the dilemna. I have a software product that is a value add to ERP system for mid to large organizations. I found a reseller and we sold to a large customer our product customer as an add...

Mentor Partnerships

asked Nov 20 '10 at 06:16

Stacey
484 points

I'm in the process of creating a startup. Right now it's just a series of apps in the iTunes app store but there's a ton more I want to do with it. The apps were made available for sale almost 3...

Legal Tax

asked Dec 1 '10 at 10:09

Jan
143 points

I am pretty bad with gifts and in the past years I was awarding monetary bonuses to folks who work with us. I am not particularly keen on the idea of bonuses mostly due to the fact that we can't...

Management Employees Gifts

asked Nov 26 '10 at 06:29

Alex
262 points

I'm a software developer, and I am starting a SaaS company. Even though the project is not too complicated I do need the help of a fellow programmer that is more experience in the web programming...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Nov 26 '10 at 06:50

Francisco Noriega
113 points

I read that it is common/possible for investors to ask for anti-dilution clauses. Is there a way a co-founder can protect himself against dilution? Of course, dilution will eventually happen...

Finance

asked Nov 20 '10 at 08:14

Filippo Diotalevi
2,573 points

Would I have to patent my computer systems (such as desktops and laptops) in order to produce them and sell them to markets? Similar to Dell and HP would operate.

Venture Capital Legal Intellectual Property Trademark

asked Dec 1 '10 at 14:43

User5732
6 points