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This is marketing question but don't know where to ask it. My possible client is relying in traditional manual accounting system. I want to convince him to use acomputerised accounting system. As...
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Our SSL certificate with Thawte is about to expire and I was wondering if this is still the best route. Any recommendations?
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I was looking into joining BizSpark since it seems there is a ton of great benefits. My buddy and I want to create a startup using .Net technology, so how can this not be a win-win? We are going to...
I am currently doing a SaaS startup. Basically, I have a Java application in which the user does the work. The work is saved on server, and jobs are run on the server. I was originally thinking...
644 points
My startup has employees who are in different places at different times. What is the best way to manage and to centralise files, emails, communications, ...? Would the web be the best place to start?
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I've been in startup, development mode for past 2 years almost. The first prototype did not work as planned and I recently have started rewriting. I am fully committed, I dedicate all my time into...
644 points
It would appear that there is a huge market out there for small mobile applications. Obviously this is both good and bad. There is a lot of potential, as well as lots of noise and competition. What...
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Does a company, starting a business, need to have a real more-than-one-man team to be called a startup? Maybe this question is more about words than startups, but, nevertheless, I think the answer...
352 points
For small startups of 3 or less owners: How much money do you spend on accountants per year? What is a reasonable amount? do you recommend "doing it yourself"? does it matter the quality of the...
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I recently formed a c-corp and am looking for outside investment very soon. I'm paying out of pocket for startup expenses (office lease, office equipment, software licenses, etc). I will spend...
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I was recently playing around with the Website Grader at websitegrader.com and read this: Google and other search engines may penalize websites with domains that are set to expire soon. The reason...
When starting a business that runs online, takes recurring payments and doesn't ship physical products, how important is it to have an accountant that has experience with ecommerce and online...
108 points
I recently attended a trade show where I spoke with about 20 solid leads. I want to make sure I take the right steps after the show to increase my chances of closing the sale. I sell B2B software...
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I am wondering that if I want to publish a website or selling a software product, is it mandatory to register a company? Since website and software can easily sold cross countries boundaries, is...
130 points
I would like to use the word wiki in my domain name, such as fastbikiwiki.com Is this legal or because of wikipedia, it would be a copyright issue using wiki in my domain name ?
The most desirable generic top-level domain ".com" seems becoming less and less affordable for startups which cannot receive sufficient funding at early stages. The price of a decent ".com" name is...
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I am working on the service which allows blog owners to distribute their content in a printer form by regular mail. Every blog reader will be able to subscribe to his favorite blogs and receive it...
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My original idea was to create a company that built software to sell. This is what I have been doing so far and it has been working well. However, I have an opportunity to sell some pre-packaged...
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I have an idea for a business and would like some feedback. The other day I was thinking about software development teams and how they function, the things they do right and the things they do...
1,190 points
Suppose that your product is going into beta, with potential for 1,000s of beta testers. But being a small company, you would like to try to get a little money now to ease development costs for...
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