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4 Votes
2 Answers
2.69K Views
Any examples of web business's spawned from a business person's idea and put into action by a technical cofounder?

While many people talk about the new paradigm of outsourcing technical skills to India or China, there is much derision among technical blogs and people about business people getting into the job...

asked Dec 12 '09 at 09:28
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Seth
21 points

6 Votes
4 Answers
2.76K Views
How do you monitor Internet perceptions of your company?

I'd like to know how the world perceives our company and products. (One reasonable response to this question is: "Don't pay any attention, just do good things." However, let's suppose I want to...

asked Dec 12 '09 at 10:06
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Dan
303 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.18K Views
How do I promote my app if I have no contact at all?

How do you get people to know about your new app with no contact and how do you get content traction at the initial stage of a web app? I'd like to believe in 'users will come along if your app is...

asked Dec 7 '09 at 10:24
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Chhuang
21 points

3 Votes
9 Answers
4.13K Views
Looking for a wordpress template for a website?

I am looking for a WordPress template to use specifically for purposes of building a website for a consulting firm. Not a blog. Most of the templates I find are designed for blogs. Do you guys know...

asked Dec 17 '09 at 13:10
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Arman Arami
399 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
7.76K Views
What's a good swag-to-attendee ratio at conferences?

As we start going to conferences in 2010, I'm curious what the right amount of swag per attendee should be. Obviously, not everyone wants stuff and I think there's some panache to having the cool,...

asked Dec 12 '09 at 12:15
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

6 Votes
3 Answers
9.41K Views
Is it legal in US or Canada to accept donations?

Is it legal (US/Canada) to accept donations if you're not a government registered non-profit organization? I've seen it on a couple of sites and was wondering what are the laws surrounding those...

asked Dec 12 '09 at 13:34
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Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

5 Votes
8 Answers
2.79K Views
Making partnerships successful

Who can offer some insight into what makes a successful partner? It seams easy to get into the right conversation but difficult to get the right activities initiated.

asked Dec 8 '09 at 02:03
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Comhunicate
26 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.32K Views
Finding people with the entrepreneurial virus

I'm a software engineer with lots of experience in web app. development and would like to meet smart people that share my passion about startups and innovation. The problem is that although I do...

asked Dec 17 '09 at 22:25
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Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
3.29K Views
(market resource question) What is the most used pc music player?

How can I know which pc desktop music player is the most common in the desktop pc world ? or even where i can find such data ? which is the most used by desktop users ? I would like to develop...

asked Dec 17 '09 at 22:26
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Meir
238 points

7 Votes
6 Answers
3.94K Views
Launch on a tiny budget

I have a product I'm developing on my own, with no other investors or partners. Via another project I'm developing, I have an IP Waiver and NDA that I can use for the project, I'm using my personal...

asked Dec 8 '09 at 03:08
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Elie
4,692 points

8 Votes
6 Answers
3.92K Views
What's the most interesting Twitter strategy that you've seen a startup use?

It seems like most startups on Twitter use one of two strategies: 1) Broadcast links & information about the company. 2) Broadcast links & information about the industry related to the...

asked Dec 12 '09 at 16:50
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Aaron Q
101 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.13K Views
Pointers to pick up challenging startup work

Can you please provide me pointers to websites where i can pick up some real challenging work and contribute? Regards, Siddharth

asked Dec 12 '09 at 18:50
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Siddharth
88 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.34K Views
System/Advice for LT Goals Yet Allow for Unplanned Opportunities

With the new year approaching, I am working on my 2010 goals and priorities. In the past I used Franklin Planners and Outlook. I also have a Blackberry. I continuously look for ways to help me stay...

asked Dec 8 '09 at 05:03
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Starr Ed
948 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.46K Views
Free Trial for January Only

We just launched our site 6-8 weeks ago. We use the freemium model to offer two services: gigs & jobs. One service is free with a premium upgrade available while the other service is always a...

asked Dec 8 '09 at 06:03
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Doug M
26 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.64K Views
How to convert Beta Users to Sales

We've just finished a quite successful beta, most of the beta users were happy. Now we are ready to release the product and this is an enterprise product so we are not directly going to sell to...

asked Dec 8 '09 at 08:05
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The Dictator
2,305 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
4.23K Views
How can I prepare an invoice from the command line?

Making invoices in Openoffice, and saving as a PDF file is annoying and taking too long. Is there any command-line software for Linux that can generate a high quality PDF invoice?

asked Dec 18 '09 at 10:58
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Steve Hanov
596 points

5 Votes
6 Answers
5.96K Views
How to identify the problems to solve in an industry you know nothing about

I'm not sure how to word this but I'll do my best. I'm in the software business. I know this industry very well and am able to identify problems within this industry. However, there's a ton of...

asked Dec 8 '09 at 12:20
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Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
24.1K Views
How can you keep money in an LLC account when it isn't taxed directly?

I know LLCs can be pass-through tax entities, so you don't pay tax at the LLC level but only on the income of each member. Is the money only taxed when used to pay members? Can you keep money in...

asked Dec 8 '09 at 12:39
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George Jenson
108 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.27K Views
How to ensure success before launching?

Dharmesh Shah made mention about talking people to people who are interested in your domain about your product before releasing your idea. he talks about it in this video over at mixergy. Excellent...

asked Dec 13 '09 at 06:55
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Espinet
221 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.54K Views
Should I go to a web design company to build a Facebook app?

I'm currently designing a streaming music application for Facebook that will be built in Flash. In Photoshop, I've designed it to be exactly how I want it to look and have every feature I can think...

asked Dec 13 '09 at 08:18
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Travis
26 points