Questions

At what times do you suggest doing press releases for startups Before a product launch ? After a product launch ? After the customer base has reached a specific number ? When you have new...

Marketing

asked Oct 14 '09 at 21:48

Anup
547 points

I'm in the process of building a subscription-based content service. Users pay a monthly fee for one of a number of levels of service, and in return get regular emails and website access...

Payments Subscriptions Web

asked Oct 14 '09 at 22:17

Epall
50 points

We found product pricing to be the hardest part of launching our product. What resources or guides (online or offline) have you found useful in thinking about pricing your product? I'm interested...

Pricing Software Products

asked Oct 14 '09 at 22:24

D Thrasher
894 points

I am IT guy. But I have a friend who is interested in doing business with me in manufacturing industry. Friend has enough experience / knowledge in that field. So far I haven't got success in IT...

Getting Started Decision Career

asked Oct 14 '09 at 22:56

Web Thinker
430 points

I am a full-time web developer and in my spare time I work on a couple different projects. One of them being an ad driven website targeted at college students. iSearchNotes.com is the site and...

Marketing Web

asked Oct 14 '09 at 23:44

Cory Mathews
326 points

Are there any applications out there that provide an API for accessing US property listing (MLS) information? Zillow has property information for most of the country but very little listing...

Software Web API

asked Oct 14 '09 at 00:06

Kmullings
26 points

(Apologies for the long post. I'm really keen to get sound and balanced advise. The only way to do that is to provide you with a good overview of the situation.. :) ..) I would like to say upfront...

Software Ecommerce Technology

asked Oct 14 '09 at 00:21

G Maximus
23 points

I've been doing some freelance software development in Ruby on Rails for a while and I'm currently thinking of hiring people to grow my business (I'm based in Shanghai) but going from a one person...

Getting Started

asked Oct 12 '09 at 21:08

Gommm
265 points

I know this sounds like a silly question, but... do startups use temp agencies? We're attending a trade show next week and I'm concerned that our staff won't be able to handle the critical...

Hiring

asked Oct 15 '09 at 00:34

Jake Bf
106 points

Based on the success of my previous question and the fantastic answers from the startup community, here is the next question. I think the top 10 VC blogs will include Rick Segal, Feld Thoughts,...

Venture Capital

asked Oct 12 '09 at 22:09

Anup
547 points

Many suggest to work on your prototype part-time and quit after getting some users. I found that it is hard to build a quality product on a part-time basis because of distractions. I have tried a...

Bootstrapped Success Day Job Part Time

asked Oct 12 '09 at 23:07

Web Thinker
430 points

This is a very subjective question. Anyway, what do you think are the factors that make a certain city or area a good geographical location for business. I'm sure there are way to many...

Getting Started Subjective Location

asked Oct 12 '09 at 23:27

Slavo
316 points

Currently I have very little book-keeping processes - it all gets put into a spreadsheet at the end of the year, and I take it to my accountant who files my taxes and generates a couple of...

Finance

asked Oct 15 '09 at 02:39

Giablo
45 points

Co-founder is someone we really trust. But still there is a possibility for dispute. Is it better to put everything in writing and sign it before starting startup? Is it worth to pay legal fee...

Contract Legal Founders Agreement

asked Oct 12 '09 at 23:47

Web Thinker
430 points

I have a few ideas for a new startup and I am looking for some ideas on how to Market Research some of the ideas first before I spend more time on a specific one. Any tips, sites, open source...

Marketing

asked Oct 15 '09 at 03:05

Brake
106 points

I am looking for feedback from people who outsource their product fulfillment on the pros and cons of their service providers! I think the information will be helpful to the community. What should...

Products Ecommerce Outsourcing Entrepreneurs

asked Oct 13 '09 at 00:01

Brian Schoenbaechler
38 points

We have a few questions here about the conferences worth attending but I'm trying to nail down some conventional wisdom about budgets allocated to conferences. All things considered from merely...

Marketing

asked Oct 15 '09 at 04:29

Paul O'brien
521 points

I have a relatively new software startup that is pre-launch. I'm starting to get into a lot of issues/areas/whatever that are outside my realm of expertise. I've been thinking about trying to setup...

Board

asked Oct 14 '09 at 03:12

Mike Davis
118 points

We are almost at the end of a very successful beta phase. Now I want to show my gratitude to best beta testers who helped us. (many of them are potential clients as well ). What do you think would...

Marketing

asked Oct 15 '09 at 06:04

The Dictator
2,305 points

How many of you have a co-founder in another country that you've never met in person? Is this plausible for a startup? An example of this is DHH from 37signals but I don't know any other so I...

Co-Founder

asked Oct 13 '09 at 00:42

Tiago
333 points