Questions
What are the proper ways to ask Top Notch bloggers to write about your Start Up? What kind of "Bribes" (if any) are exceptable? Are there certain bounderies that need to be respected when trying...
61 points
As a software consultant, one must be able to accurately estimate the amount of time needed for a software project, because the clients demand it anyway. But we all know how complex software...
871 points
We're looking to hire our first employee and we want to make sure the employement and stock vesting stuff is all in order - we're in the UK so is it safe to assume that anything we read regarding...
"We invest in people as well as business opportunities" is probably one of the more frequently used phrases by investors. Besides getting to know your potential investors personally, the...
11 points
I am currently finding myself in a situation where my startup is just getting off the ground and we have the perfect company name. Unfortunately, the domain we want is taken. Furthermore, while...
70 points
It seems to me that encouraging innovation is extremely important for startups, but how do you reward it? If one employee contributes 10 good ideas that never get across the line, and another...
We are in the process of compiling a list of the most effective/innovative ways of streamlining office expenses. Can you offer some suggestions?
26 points
I envision to create a sales team that can make sales while keeping customer satisfaction as the top priority. I want to develop a team that is good at sales but is not pushy. Are there any...
185 points
I am nearly ready to launch, however I need to determine a pricing for monthly payments by the clients. How do you price it? Each time a user uses the product it costs us money through hardware...
227 points
Blogs are an essential way to dissipate information about you and your products. But posting interesting posts as well as relevant to your domain is not easy. How do you entrepreneurs plan for...
264 points
How do you know if your product is a "Must have" or a "Nice to have"?
333 points
We have an online application. Lots of people are using it but of course not everyone. My goal is understanding the recently inactive people and what I can do to make them more active. What I'm...
I'm interested to build a startup company and I am interested that there are many VCs located in USA. Would it be possible to get funding from American VCs if you are from another country? I don't...
1,342 points
I intend to eventually run a contest as a promo. Specifically, I'd like to do a random drawing of a pool of registered users that meet certain criteria. What legal and tax related concerns do I...
631 points
I've been researching for over a year now as an aspiring entrepreneur, but I am still fuzzy on how equity gets distributed at every stage of company growth. Is a set amount of "shares" created...
My company is approximately 1-2 weeks away from launching a major upgrade to our site. The new upgrade contains many valuable features for entrepreneurs and small businesses, however the new...
211 points
I've long wondered why social marketers are so focused on Facebook fan pages. In much the same way that the AOL Keyword was the flavor of the week years ago; it strikes me as the medium of choice...
I've long been of the opinion that the core assets of a software company (e.g. source code and any system that touches it, continuous integration environments, internal wikis containing...
123 points
How much value is there in complimenting work done & praise? Vs monetary rewards? Vs awarding more autonomy, promotion? From my experience, when an employee expects a compliment but does not...
482 points
I know I can place ads on Google with Adwords, target ads to individuals' interests on Facebook, use an ad network that distributes my ad broadly, or even buy ads on specific individual...
688 points
