Questions

I know that it is very difficult to gauge a candidate's attitude / work ethics from the start. What are the most important things you look for a candidate that will be fit for a startup software...

Getting Started Hiring Employees Ethics

asked Jul 27 '11 at 14:29

Joset
161 points

There are a few software titles (all games) that have been officially retired and are no longer supported. I have designed a business model for recovering these end of lifed titles, but am having...

Communication

asked Jul 27 '11 at 09:06

Patrickgamer
234 points

Hi I'm planning a SEO campaign but stuck on one problem. The following example is for illustration only Let's say I sell shoes in continental US, and I want to target the following key...

Marketing SEO

asked Jul 27 '11 at 04:28

Nick
173 points

I want to open a small company (potentially just Freelance) in germany and am unclear about some of the laws. What i need to know about are billing and tax laws, like how much am i required to pay...

Legal Micro Startup Germany

asked Jul 27 '11 at 04:22

Xyious
133 points

You have a business idea, how do you decide whether it's worth pursuing? i.e, say you plan to provide a SaaS service to users (which you think would be very useful for people), how do you know that...

Products Ideas

asked Jul 27 '11 at 04:09

Atul Goyal
496 points

My company is beginning to do research to identify the biggest pain points that our potential customers have, as well as what the most appealing aspects of our software are. We are creating a...

Market Research

asked Jul 27 '11 at 03:18

Tom Harrigan
373 points

Have been running a business for a couple of years now but been managing most of the areas of the business myself - web development and marketing - while I have staff who take care of customer...

Strategy Planning Project Management Growth Business Development

asked Jul 27 '11 at 01:00

Sam
43 points

What factors should I take into account and what assumptions should I make when projecting user-base growth? Also, does anyone know where I can find growth rates for companies like: linkedin,...

Business Plan Project Planning Forecasting

asked Jul 26 '11 at 23:19

Danj0
1 point

I'm working on a part-time unpaid startup now and everyone seems to be full of energy at the start. However as we go along, everyone seems to start losing grip and considering it as one of their...

Motivation

asked Jul 26 '11 at 12:24

Joset
161 points

This is a related question to another post I made here: Partnership agreement advice -- I have the idea & ops, he has the marketing investment and industry exp. But here's a critical issue that...

Co-Founder Equity Partnerships

asked Jul 26 '11 at 02:19

Springster
23 points

I recently started an llc with a partner..50/50. We both work on client, the money goes into the business account, and the expenses come out of the business account. We have set it up so that what...

Partnership Expenses

asked Jul 26 '11 at 01:24

Laurie
1 point

Recently we are starting our business and need to create our website. Finally we decide to purchase virtual private surver provided by Bluehost, because it's way better than ones provided by asian...

Tax

asked Jul 25 '11 at 23:39

?? ?
11 points

I am looking for help in writing the business plan for a retail warehouse store in line with Costco or Uncle Sam's club. Will appreciate any help please. Sriram

Business Model Business

asked Jul 25 '11 at 21:52

Sriram
6 points

For the last 5 years I was in a PhD program and I'm currently in the writing phase of my thesis. In addition I work on my startup, for the last 4-5 months. However, due to limited time, the startup...

Day Job Time Management Fulltime

asked Jul 25 '11 at 21:22

Dyn Zack
216 points

It's something new. There is this reality tv show coming up, for candidates to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges, then get funded. The whole process will be aired in national TV several months...

Funding Pitch

asked Jul 25 '11 at 20:34

Victor
593 points

I'm starting an online store with a partner. Because there will be lot of students and other people working directly under me, I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed. I have no practical or...

Getting Started Resources Books

asked Jul 25 '11 at 14:09

Nikhil
145 points

What are some common ways that record labels advertise music?

Advertising Music

asked Jul 25 '11 at 09:02

Edward Black
16 points

I couple months ago I created a launch page for my SAAS product using an Aweber form to collect emails during beta testing because I like their features. This worked fine before my application was...

Beta

asked Jul 25 '11 at 05:45

Mr Lucky
13 points

I am part of a 3 member start-up. When we started(6 month) ago we split the equity equally between us and signed a vesting agreement with a 1 year cliff. We have been having some internal...

Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Jul 25 '11 at 05:26

User12204
111 points

I successfully pitched a player in an industry about a business idea that offers a novel approach to creating leads in his industry. He presently runs a company that I'll call a "provider of...

Co-Founder Founder Partnerships

asked Jul 25 '11 at 05:09

Springster
23 points