Questions

I just launched a Stack Exchange site dedicated to language (grammar, etymology, translation, etc.). I have not really advertised it so far (apart from a post on HN ). Can you come up with some...

Marketing

asked Jan 21 '10 at 21:57

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

I'm beginning a startup at my school. Right now its just me doing all the work, but i am gathering a team that will ideally be my co-founders. I wont be incorporating any time soon, but i will be...

Co-Founder Equity Founders Intellectual Property

asked Jan 27 '10 at 10:29

Eric Amzalag
818 points

One reason I can understand is that they don't want competitors to find out the features of their product hence releasing their own product before they get a chance to release it themselves. I...

Marketing Launch Strategy

asked Jan 27 '10 at 10:30

Syed
445 points

When I first co-founded my BtoB startup it was blissful. My eyes would sparkle each time I passed out a business card; every SVN commit caused my heart to flutter. Now it is two years later and...

Motivation Burnout Inspiration

asked Feb 2 '10 at 05:58

Fractal Guy
254 points

I would like to know how to market products that are very flexible and are not attached to a particular business niche. For example, Spreasheet software: You can do almost anything with it......

Marketing Software

asked Jan 22 '10 at 04:47

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

I just got my kindle and already bought several books. I hear from most people who bought it that they do in fact buy a lot of books once they get it. It's a simple as buying music in the iTunes...

Marketing Ebook Books

asked Jan 27 '10 at 19:52

Thom Pete
1,296 points

What are the most important meta skills an entrepreneur should either have or develop to become more successful? When I refer to meta skills, I am referring to skills that can help a person...

Entrepreneurs Success Learning Skill

asked Jan 22 '10 at 05:54

Barak Reeves
8 points

We have a platform Skill-Guru for teachers and experts to create test. The Skill-Guru blog section has topics which are mostly technical and some new news or test announcement . Now we have...

Blog Inbound Marketing Hosting

asked Jan 22 '10 at 06:33

Skillguru
344 points

I'm working on a startup that is providing web-based application. We have over 600 paying customers, which is 5% market share in that particular niche. It takes 2 persons to drive this business,...

Growth Exit Strategy

asked Jan 27 '10 at 21:08

Tambet
215 points

For a desktop business application, what should the upgrade policy be? Should upgrades be free? 50% discount? What if they just bought the old version last month?

Sales Software Release

asked Feb 2 '10 at 11:10

Steve Hanov
596 points

Why do you want to build a start-up company?

Motivation

asked Jan 27 '10 at 23:37

Steven
1 point

I think I understand stock dilution (and I know in quite some cases it's not bad to get diluted) but I was wondering (it's mostly curiosity but I still think it's an interesting question for...

Equity Legal

asked Jan 22 '10 at 08:10

Tristan St.
180 points

I have couple of questions regarding SEO for URLs Does hyphen vs. underscrore in the urls affect SEO?e.g. www.mysite.com/my-first-post vs. www.mysite.com/my_first_post Does capital letter vs....

SEO

asked Feb 2 '10 at 14:11

User2202
164 points

I was thinking of including the word "business" in a slogan for a new service but I was wrestling whether or not this is really necessary. I say business because that's the target market I'd like...

Marketing Business Branding

asked Feb 2 '10 at 17:47

Matt
460 points

What is involved in starting a bank? I am aware that rules might differ from country to country. But let's say I wanted to start an online bank in the US. What is needed?

Getting Started Finance Bank

asked Jan 28 '10 at 03:35

Thom Pete
1,296 points

I have created a novel website. Now it comes to the promotion/marketing stage. However,I don't dare spend money promoting/marketing my website because I am not sure whether it can succeed or fail....

Marketing Website

asked Feb 2 '10 at 23:06

Steven
1 point

I co-founded a BtoB technology startup about 2 years ago with one partner. In the first 1.5 years we Quit our corporate jobs and worked (mostly) full time Completed the majority of technical...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Jan 28 '10 at 07:40

Fractal Guy
254 points

I have a friend who is contemplating shutting his start-up down. Because he has more liabilities on the books than assets he would have to file for some form of bankruptcy (I think). My question is...

Failure Bankrupcy

asked Jan 28 '10 at 09:57

Tommy Maddox
156 points

I am getting lots of contacts (Law/Accounting/etc). And trying to find a good tool to keep all the phones/emails/notes together. Ideally, not just text, but something smarter. So it can show me...

Recommendations Tools Business Organization

asked Jan 22 '10 at 23:08

Murkin
184 points

I am working on a B2smallB business plan and looking for data on the total number of U.S. businesses. In particular, I am looking for projections on the total number of U.S. firms for the next five...

Business Plan Market Analysis

asked Jan 28 '10 at 11:11

Miguel Buckenmeyer
482 points