Questions

Startups are full of uncertainty, which typically gets (a little) less as the business grows. Lots and lots of questions about almost everything that the founder doesn't (yet) know the answer to....

Strategy

asked Jun 8 '10 at 20:03

Susan Jones
4,128 points

All, I am wondering whether there are tendency for someone to build a startup using the technology their former employer use. So do you use the technology your former employer use or some other...

Technology

asked May 21 '10 at 20:15

Jpartogi
1,342 points

Is it bad practice? any SEO, usability or word-of-mouth penalty?

Website Domain

asked May 30 '10 at 09:25

Eric
352 points

I would like to find bloggers who speak to my target market, and who might mention my business and therefore drive name recognition and search engine optimization for my website. Any suggestions on...

Marketing Blog SEO Bloggers

asked May 30 '10 at 12:47

Smart1 Cpa
171 points

I would like to get the following information related to outsourced project. What are the best practices to follow for the payment plan/structure when you are working with outsourced development...

Contract Development Outsourcing Payments

asked Jun 9 '10 at 03:12

User2202
164 points

We have entertainment website. Users geo is 50% USA/Canada, 30% Europe, 10% Asia, 10% Other. How do you think which signup form will work best? Regular signup / OpenId / FacebookConnect+Twitter?...

Website Registration

asked May 22 '10 at 01:02

Kirzilla
106 points

Instead of a monthly subscription, anyone can use the site but advance functions require credits/micropayments. For example, Basecamp - if you add more people its $2 per month per person. if you...

Business Model Freemium

asked May 31 '10 at 10:11

Eric
352 points

It seems there are thousands of web hosting companies out there and the market seems saturated. Do you think it's a good idea to start one? I am not talking about becoming an affiliate of another...

Ideas

asked May 22 '10 at 02:20

Tony Henrich
85 points

I am thinking in web hosting as a new startup. Is there a niche market in this segment which is not properly served in your opinion? What do you think?

Web Services Hosting Niche

asked May 22 '10 at 02:22

Tony Henrich
85 points

Faebook has a sign up form on the front page itself? has any body done A/B test on something like this vs. another page loaded for the sign up form?

Website Design Conversion

asked May 31 '10 at 18:44

Eric
352 points

I see some people making money from selling ebooks and they doing pretty good. When I look at the titles, I know I can easily get the same information by doing some research & reading using...

Marketing Sales Books

asked May 22 '10 at 02:28

Tony Henrich
85 points

I have a US Limited Liability Company (a partnership) which does business in the US. We are a design and web development firm, providing web application design and development as well as web...

LLC Foreign Subsidiary

asked Jun 1 '10 at 02:50

Bennylope
103 points

I recently launched a niche content site. The niche is actually fairly popular, but I am not sure how to attract visitors or promote the site. I feel that my site offers value to people in this...

Niche Promotion Content

asked Jun 1 '10 at 15:21

Joseph Turian
895 points

All, I've just started up a consulting firm. There's a potential client I met with a couple weeks ago that felt like a pretty good fit. We met with them, and they explained their current product...

Consulting

asked Jun 2 '10 at 00:31

Xkenneth
140 points

I saw the new Facebook "Like" button on many site and noticed that some of them did not work properly. Today I decided to give it a whirl and alas, can't seem to get it to work on my site. Continue...

Facebook

asked Jun 2 '10 at 01:11

Usabilitest
1,698 points

I need to employ the services of a collection agency in the US. Most out there sound very sketchy. Does anyone have a good experience dealing with a particular firm? What are the typical fees and...

Payments

asked Jun 2 '10 at 03:54

Oleg Barshay
2,091 points

I have a high tech software start up B2B ...I know in my industry that competitors market through blogs, webinars, seo, associations, broadcast emails etc... I am targeting the Canadian Small to...

Getting Started Marketing Sales Strategy

asked Jun 2 '10 at 07:26

Stacey
484 points

I have a high tech startup company that sells a B2B Software solution. It is not a web driven business, but more a consulting/solution sale. I am targeting small-to-mid-sized businesses from $50m...

Marketing B2B Leads

asked Jun 2 '10 at 07:41

Stacey
484 points

We have started an online lending library for Children's books in India. As with any lending library we send books to our members home. As with lent any items they can get damaged, lost in...

India Risk Insurance

asked May 23 '10 at 23:50

Hariraj
161 points

In "The Equity Equation" essay http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html Paul Graham says... "If your valuation grows 3x a year, the total cost in stock of a new hire's salary and overhead is 1.5...

Equity

asked Jun 2 '10 at 21:38

Xavi
21 points