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So, like most of the people starting out with own business, I picked a boiler plate contract and made minor modifications and used for a client project. You might already be familiar with this...
8 points
We have just started a company which produces polypropylene pipes and fitings for water supply and heating. Thus we are searching for a reliable raw material supplier (i.e. polypropylene...
So I want to open my brand new dictionary site (for example, of course there is wiktionary), where words should be added by users. Should I fill my database a little before going public, even if it...
There are a number of people asking somewhat similar questions on here, and typically the answer is a combination of: "You need to register as an out of state LLC" "There is no reason to not...
11 points
Currently, with all the power the Internet provides, it's relatively easy to start online business. There are no obvious restrictions on the process. A business from almost any location can sell...
So you want to do marketing for your company. You've created a marketing plan and want to implement it. How do you determine which applications/vendors to use? For example, for email marketing and...
4,214 points
I'd like to put up a support forum/feedback/message-board feature on my site to support the upcoming preview of our application as well as perhaps host future discussions on related topics. I'm...
886 points
I'm developing a startup website like groupon.com for daily deals. I'm located in Nigeria and I have my system developed already. I started marketing it myself, but this business model seems to be...
There are lots of contradictory opinions on signing (or not signing) an NDA. The position on this mostly depends on the point of view: is it an employee's point of view or an employer's one. In...
EDIT: SHORT VERSION - From a user's point of view what's better: One big site (Wikipedia) or multiple smaller sites (Spanishpedia and Techpedia) LONG VERSION : I'm starting a site where people...
111 points
I would like to give away $25 Amazon gift vouchers as a strategy to get people to use my bootstrapped startup. What's the best way to give the vouchers away? I would like to give them to the first...
241 points
This is a pretty trivial question but I'd be interested in your opinions. Would you include post-nominal letters and/or other qualifications on your business cards? Do you think it's overly...
657 points
I co-founded a consulting company in Vancouver 4 years ago with 2 partners. One of us is working full-time with the company and getting a modest salary. Me and my other partner are doing couple of...
388 points
Is it a viable idea to start a business without office space and relying on the possibility for employees to work from home? What should be considered as main factors a distributed team to be...
I understand the process of looking for a technical co-founder may involve interviewing several people, some of which won't be a good fit, or won't have the right credentials or life situation,...
81 points
Being an entrepreneur is a difficult task. What books helped you get motivated and keep going? For me it was: Founders At Work
333 points
Microsoft BizSpark proposal for startups is undoubtedly great. Software provided by this program is huge help for a company working with Microsoft development stack. It is for sure. But I'd like...
I'm a generalist trying to do more specialized freelancing and finding it very difficult. I have a few ideas for niche markets to target but I can't tell which one would be the most viable. I'm...
125 points
My startup idea involves a web application that has the following requirements: will need to charge my customers securely using someone else's service must scale easily must be cheap to...
Not sure if this is the right site for freelancers, but becoming a freelancer is kinda a one-man start-up. Anyway, my question would be, where to start. I only have a technical education and I...
164 points
