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9 Votes
9 Answers
8K Views
Should I pursue someone who stole my idea?

I consult to companies. I specialize in problem resolution, project management, research and occasionally, if there's a call for it, development. Recently, I was contacted by a development manager...

asked May 7 '11 at 07:39
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Traveling Tech Guy
155 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.29K Views
How to "market" my web software company?

I have been developing database-driven software since 1996. During the last year I decided to "sell" this software. I've a lot of source code for a lot of ... customer needs. Starting from help...

asked May 7 '11 at 07:33
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Stighy
111 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.55K Views
Where can I get a reliable writing service for EULA and licensing agreements?

I would like them to rewrite and create my own through the samples that I will copy from my competitor's website.

asked May 7 '11 at 04:24
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Andy Carlson
28 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.65K Views
Which target market should I choose for my business simulation game?

I'm working on a startup idea that teaches individuals about entrepreneurship through video game simulation, kind of like The Sims open for business but for startups. I keep going back and forth...

asked May 7 '11 at 04:05
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Pedro
11 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3K Views
Offshore developer rates and exchange rates

I am trying to budget our prototype development costs using offshore versus national (Spain in my case) developers. Does anyone know what it costs to hire quality, let's say Indian or other...

asked May 6 '11 at 23:51
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Miguel Buckenmeyer
482 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.67K Views
How can I deal with unexpected charges from a vendor?

So here's the situation... looking for advice: 2 years ago, I signed up as a reseller for a hosted service and sold it to a customer A couple months ago, service started having problems,...

asked May 6 '11 at 23:41
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Route Npingme
113 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.72K Views
Question about how much informaiton I should collect for my digital downloads store. Paypal is the only payment gateway!

Paypal is the only payment gateway! so, my current system only collects seller's PayPal email addressed and create buttons based on that email address. since its all digital downloads, there will...

asked May 6 '11 at 16:19
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Andy Carlson
28 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.39K Views
Hiring a developer - Agreements and other formalities

I run a software startup based out of India. To write a module of my application I am talking to a developer. To make things formal I wanted to sign an agreement. The agreement should talk about...

asked May 6 '11 at 14:44
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Johnny
106 points

6 Votes
4 Answers
5.22K Views
Has anyone tried any crowd-funded startup assistance?

I came across this site: http://www.startupaddict.com/, looks like it's fairly new; there are only a half-dozen startups on the site and none are even close to achieving their goals. I know...

asked May 6 '11 at 11:35
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Nick
1,171 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
3.06K Views
Reliability of .me TLD

I would like to start a website with the .me TLD and this domain name should be the brand name as well. But as all .yu domains have been deleted, I'm a bit cautious. Is it safe to register a .me...

asked May 6 '11 at 06:06
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Marco W.
108 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.49K Views
Business Mailing List Generation

We have been approached by a service offering to construct a mailing campaign. According to them they're able to find practically all relevant businesses in a given town, verify the addresses and...

asked May 6 '11 at 05:47
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Garet Claborn
324 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.5K Views
Angel investor group has funded a similar but not identical startup?

So I was thinking of finding a connection to an angel group, but as it turns out one of the funded companies in there portfolio is a similar (but not direct) competitor. The platform / idea is...

asked May 6 '11 at 03:43
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Nick
1,171 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.64K Views
looking for Accounting solution

I am looking for an accounting solution. I have an online store where I currently use PayPal, Shopify, and of course my own bank. I have not been able to find a good accounting solution yet. I am...

asked May 6 '11 at 03:07
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Hank
1 point

5 Votes
6 Answers
5.51K Views
How do I price website advertisements?

We want to start selling ad space on our niche website, however are unsure at what factors make up the ad price. We will start offering ad space once we are getting 3k-5k visitors per month. Based...

asked May 6 '11 at 02:54
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Sam
509 points

7 Votes
3 Answers
2.47K Views
Managing Technical debt in an early stage startup

Technical debt affects all companies, and in startups where there is pressure to get things out the door as quickly as possible, the pressure to build up technical debt is high. Is it an...

asked May 6 '11 at 02:18
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Jeremy French
148 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.69K Views
What is the best way to see data on all the websites referring traffic to a competitors site?

www.Compete.com www.Alexa.com Are there other valuable sources I am missing? I would like to avoid a 499/month subscription to see data about the sites referring traffic to a specific URL, however...

asked May 6 '11 at 01:29
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Dan
11 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.94K Views
Best FREE software/worksheet to prepare financial analysis for a business plan

I'm writing down a business plan and I'm looking for a FREE software or worksheet which helps and guides you in preparing the financial documents for the first, say, 5 years of operations (income...

asked May 5 '11 at 20:54
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Attilio
6 points

-1 Votes
1 Answers
1.82K Views
Seeking Cheap Ways To Host Videos

Possible Duplicate: What's the best way to integrate video without using bandwidth on my website? Ok...I've posted a similiar question like this but there's a twist. Who and/or what is the...

asked May 5 '11 at 18:47
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Jodi W Von Oettingen
19 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.57K Views
Value of anonymized user trend data

I was wondering how to find out how much the user data is worth for a database similar to Foursquare's? I'm not looking to sell personal user information or email addresses, but more along the...

asked May 5 '11 at 18:08
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Janan Rajeevikaran
76 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.73K Views
Equity Stake Decision

I wanted to get people's feedback on what you think is a fair equity split for my given scenario. I currently have a product where I originated the idea, fund the development/hosting/creation of...

asked May 5 '11 at 17:10
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John
161 points