Questions

I'm considering hiring a software developer in Germany. He's a student so he's unlikely to have any type of corporate structure set up. I've had numerous conversations with him online, and we get...

Contract Legal Tax

asked Oct 29 '09 at 08:32

Danpickett
263 points

I'm looking to approach some local companies that my startup has synergy with about making a strategic investment in my company? Any ideas on how to approach these prospects? Thanks...:)

Resources

asked Oct 26 '09 at 15:04

Drew Little
41 points

(Note: I maintain a complete "firewall" between company and personal money, and the only way money goes through is with salary, loans, investments, or dividends.) When I took the plunge a few...

Motivation Salary Personal

asked Oct 29 '09 at 09:09

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

We're a software startup and our app (desktop app) is basically a virtual folder manager where the virtual folders are also tags: you "place" files/folders into several virtual folders and you find...

Marketing Software

asked Oct 29 '09 at 09:55

Andrea D'intino
21 points

I need your advice. Our startup plan is to give support to high quality open source softwares like xen, postgresql,drupal, hadoop, nagios etc. What do you think how must be the process from...

Ideas

asked Nov 7 '09 at 05:06

User1362
18 points

I have mobile app and social media site ideas but not sure how to get them started seeing that I don't have any computer science background. I have contacted some local consulting firms but they...

Software Application

asked Oct 26 '09 at 16:00

Growthand Vision
76 points

I'm looking for advice on how to sell ads on my website, which is password-protected. I have studied AdSense/BuySellAds/etc., but none of them will work acceptably for my site (password-protected...

Sales Advertising

asked Oct 29 '09 at 13:57

Web Tech Guy
35 points

There are lots and lots of startups that succeeded. They prove that the idea behind them was good just as much as the implementation and marketing and all that stuff were good. Then sometimes a...

Ideas Market

asked Oct 26 '09 at 16:56

Kender
166 points

I'm sure many of you have been in this situation before, where you want to quit your day job to focus more on the startup you have built. Currently I'm having a hard way to tell my employer that I...

Employees Ethics

asked Oct 26 '09 at 18:54

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I need to do some web based demos to customers of our product and are looking for a good product to use. I've used gotomeeting before but I think that it feels a little to non-serious. What are...

Software Tools

asked Oct 29 '09 at 16:29

Riri
118 points

I'm thinking about starting to build and publish small desktop games and puzzles. My background is 10 years of server c++/java programming. No GUI experience, and no gaming experience. I just love...

Ideas

asked Oct 29 '09 at 17:13

Meir
238 points

The business concept in broad terms was to help customer find the cheapest or other best offer from comparable offers by automatically going to those websites, filling out complex forms and then...

Web Business Plan

asked Oct 26 '09 at 22:17

Konrads
111 points

My co-founder and I will soon launch a micro ISV. Our current agreement states that we split ownership 50-50. However, since we reached the ownership agreement the amount of work we have put into...

Co-Founder Contract Partner

asked Oct 29 '09 at 21:29

Steve French
621 points

What would you say is the most important advice you would you give to someone just beginning a Start-Up?

Getting Started

asked Nov 4 '09 at 02:43

Alistair Collins
181 points

What is the cheapest anyone has been able to get a Start-Up from idea to full-time employment?

Cost Low Cost

asked Nov 4 '09 at 03:05

Alistair Collins
181 points

Looking to launch as a non-profit and I am looking for Recommended blogs. Recommended books. Recommended People/organizations to follow on twitter. (can someone with reputation, please create a...

Resources

asked Oct 29 '09 at 22:34

Mathaix
510 points

I have a web based product which has some unique characteristics. The whole concept is not 100% unique but the way this idea has shaped up I think is unique. I want to apply for patent of this...

Patent

asked Oct 27 '09 at 01:55

Skillguru
344 points

I have decided to take off an extended period of time and take one of my ideas to market. I have been an independent and very successful developer for over a decade. Bigger than that though I am an...

Software Ideas

asked Nov 4 '09 at 05:33

Mkw
189 points

Why is it hard for companies to learn and replicate the features of a company rather than acquiring it. All the source code including the technologies and framework used are visible to anyone. For...

Technology

asked Nov 4 '09 at 08:16

Syed
445 points

We're building an online community which will have a very active forum with large user base. Please share your experiences and tips on building a large forum community. What're the initial...

Community

asked Nov 4 '09 at 08:50

Boolean
388 points