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3 Votes
2 Answers
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Evergreen dilemma : Product Company vs Service Company

From the title itself some of you might have guesses the question. Yes it is an ever green dilemma of entrepreneurs especially in our field. Of course I am not an exception here. I run an IT...

asked May 5 '11 at 17:01
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Abhi
31 points

7 Votes
10 Answers
17K Views
Any experience with StartSSL class 2 certs?

I am interested in buying a cert to sign my binaries as well as web server cert. https://www.startssl.com/?app=2 seems to provide it at decent price, but I am not sure if this is a reliable...

asked May 5 '11 at 13:22
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Jewelthief
151 points

0 Votes
4 Answers
3.23K Views
How to find and target an audience with video games?

People always say before start a business your product has to solve a problem that people have. It seems to me that video games are for entertainment purposes and doesn't this seem a little too...

asked May 5 '11 at 09:53
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Chris Bui
104 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.83K Views
Register domain in your name?

Do you generally register your website domain name under your first and last name or under your business name? What is the best way to do this?

asked May 5 '11 at 09:36
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Sk24iam
344 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.26K Views
Is there any issue if my service APIs are very similar to my competitors

We have a web service and offer APIs for customers to integrate and create other customizations. Since following ReSTful design, we found our design eventually are so much alike our competitors. If...

asked May 5 '11 at 08:06
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Steve
16 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
5.5K Views
Show competitors prices on e-commerce site, legal issues?

I am starting an ecommerce site selling electronics in the UK. I belive I can compete with price against others in this field, and was considering have a 'price compare' table on the product pages...

asked May 5 '11 at 06:10
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James
123 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.65K Views
Formulas for valuing an LLC for employee ownership plans

We're planning on offering some key early employees equity in our startup, an LLC, in the form of ownership shares. The benefits include: - proportional sharing in distribution of profits -...

asked May 5 '11 at 05:46
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Karl R
113 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.36K Views
using website stats as metrics

I've been running a small open-source software project for number of years, and a couple years ago I started saving website statistics. Here is a sample: April 2011 -- 26426 page views April 2010...

asked May 5 '11 at 04:23
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Kekito
1,936 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.7K Views
Wait to develop mobile apps?

I'm in the middle of developing a site that focuses on restaurant reviews. My dilemma is whether or not to develop a mobile app and release it at the same time as the site launch. The site itself...

asked May 5 '11 at 03:54
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Sam
509 points

7 Votes
11 Answers
4.56K Views
Should I trust software development companies from Asia?

There are lots of sites around the internet that offer cheap labour from an offshore location. What do you think about using this type of site to speed up your local business? Is it a good idea?...

asked May 5 '11 at 02:46
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Sfrj
205 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
3.32K Views
Why would someone write captchas all day?

A while ago i was surfing around the internet and i found this site: captchatrader.com. I don't understand why would someone pay for people to solve captchas. What is the reason? What do they get...

asked May 5 '11 at 02:25
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Sfrj
205 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.14K Views

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.95K Views
Is formal business education important for startups?

I see a startup in my future, either the business or the tech side. I am a Computer Science major, what I want to know is if it is worth minoring in Entrepreneurship (or some other business minor)...

asked May 5 '11 at 01:01
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Yoel
116 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.52K Views
LLP Shareholders Agreement Does it Exist? - UK

I have been asked to work with a small startup who say they will offer me a 15% share of their LLP for my expertise. However as far as I am aware an LLP does not have a shareholders agreement and...

asked May 4 '11 at 18:14
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John
6 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.84K Views
Copyright or trademark infringement on web site name

I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name. Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name? If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain...

asked May 4 '11 at 13:08
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Xiaohouzi79
1,257 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.66K Views
Startup giving away product early or hold out?

So we are a SaaS model new recruitng tool and weve been trying to acquire our first couple of major deals. I read alot of books on starting up and have advised start ups my whole career. At first...

asked May 4 '11 at 07:19
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Rich Goldstein
21 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.25K Views
In attracting investors, does the city/location of the startup play a role?

In attracting investors, does the city/location of the startup play a role? Is it better to start the company in Souther California or in Bellevue, WA ?

asked May 4 '11 at 06:05
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Sakthy
45 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.3K Views
Can VC be the customer?

I am working hard with lots of start-up clients on their business models. One of the critical issues that we keep coming back to is "who is the customer." In my model the customer is the person...

asked May 4 '11 at 04:12
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Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

6 Votes
2 Answers
6.55K Views
What's the difference between a founder and a co-founder?

I was wondering what the difference between a founder and a co-founder was. I am the founder of a company and I have worked on the project by myself then brought on board a partner to work on the...

asked May 4 '11 at 04:08
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Andy
81 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
3.11K Views
Burned out. Should we sell our SaaS business or find second round investment?

Hey my name is Chris and my wife and I started a web application in Brazil over 3 years ago. As most of the individuals in this community understand the difficulties of starting a business(These...

asked May 4 '11 at 03:55
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Chris
3 points