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2 Votes
1 Answers
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How big is the cake of handmade crafts market?

Like the etsy. I noticed that it has been profitable for years. many users sell handmade carfts on it. I'm living in China now and I want to build a ecommerce website to sell some chinese handmade...

asked May 3 '11 at 23:38
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Robinshe
116 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.63K Views
Security-as-a-Service API business model

We're a small startup company in the web security space. In a nutshell, we have developed a unique approach to scan and detect web threats. After much consideration, we have decided to welcome the...

asked May 3 '11 at 22:32
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Marek.B
9 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.93K Views
In evaluating a co-founder offer, how do you value the benefits of failure?

I'm a tech guy looking to join a company as a co-founder. Quite often companies are in various stages. For example for 2 different business offers, pre-seed/pre-series A: Lets say founder A,...

asked May 3 '11 at 18:01
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Daniel
157 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
3.28K Views
equity distribution and office space as investment

While crawling the questions being asked here, I saw that the question of the office space seems to be very important for many founders. As an investor (in the most global sense), I think that...

asked May 3 '11 at 13:39
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Sylvain Peyronnet
371 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
7.89K Views
Is it legal to show an album on a Youtube Video?

Im currently working on a channel on Yt which does album reviews and I've gone from just speaking to do it in person on webcam and I am hoping at some point to go for a Yt partnership as I've...

asked May 3 '11 at 11:12
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Keepinitcore
8 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
6.8K Views
Websites for helping choose a company name?

I found this very cool site that I thought I'd share with the community (I'm not affiliated with them)! http://www.panabee.com/ It helps you word play and create fun domain names... but it hasn't...

asked May 3 '11 at 09:18
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Agile Scout
113 points

9 Votes
3 Answers
4.87K Views
How to get seed funding for non-profit?

I have a concept for a non-profit organization which would solve huge problems (think "climate change" for example) with money raised by aggregating very small payments from businesses for...

asked May 3 '11 at 07:02
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Beedlebum
46 points

5 Votes
1 Answers
3.19K Views
Term sheet for family member?

When getting funding from family and friends, are term sheets necessary? The family member I've approached is more interested in becoming an investor, rather than owning convertible debt. Every...

asked May 3 '11 at 00:05
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Shaun
71 points

7 Votes
2 Answers
3.68K Views
How generic a product name can be?

Let's say I created a software that automates the creation of Joomla CMS templates (this is just an example, I'm not into that). I manage to buy the domain name joomlatemplate.com. Great. But what...

asked May 2 '11 at 22:59
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User9982
206 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.49K Views
How can I market a travel booking startup?

I am launching a travel startup for flight, bus, hotel, car and bicycle bookings. I am focusing on the consumer market. A key marketing point is that a small amount of each flight ticket is donated...

asked May 2 '11 at 15:08
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User10158
11 points

42 Votes
15 Answers
14K Views
How much does physical appearance matter for becoming a successful entrepreneur?

I am in my late 20s with physical height of 4 feet 10 inches (147.3 cm) only and interested to start my business. I look fine but I don't look like "The man" or "The CEO". Most successful...

asked May 2 '11 at 08:05
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M G
216 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.54K Views
How to Start an Advertising Agency

I want to start a Advertising agency. I already have many of the requirements like a video and image editor (my friend), highly skilled software and electronic engineers (my brother), and an...

asked May 2 '11 at 04:13
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Satya Narayana Padhy
6 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.73K Views
What resources you've used to design/outfit your open layout office? Where did you look for ideas?

I am looking at possibly moving my company to another office space. We will do open layout again, since it works for our culture (even CEO does not get a private office). My budget does not really...

asked May 2 '11 at 04:09
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Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.34K Views
online marketing compared

i'm with a startup looking to intensify online marketing. we want to sell a physical product over the web and are trying to figure out how to invest our time and money in online marketing. we've...

asked May 2 '11 at 01:50
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B20000
126 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.97K Views
How to go ROWE (result only work environment)?

Even though we are a startup and heavily leaning on result-only work environment model, I noticed it's really hard to do this correctly, we still do have core hours and so many similar stuff and so...

asked May 1 '11 at 16:29
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The Dictator
2,305 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
3.66K Views
Can you transfer ownership of code written by subcontractor in the US?

Suppose subcontractor A makes software for company B. Both are in the US. Company B would like to retain the rights to any code created for the project and all data will reside on databases...

asked May 1 '11 at 15:50
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Antonio
131 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.14K Views
Pricing. Do you think USD120/Day is a reasonable rate for an English-Chinese translator in Mainland China?

When you need a translator to accompany you to factories, what rate do you think is reasonable for an English-Chinese translator in Mainland China?

asked May 1 '11 at 14:13
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Steven
1 point

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.77K Views
How do you start your cold call pitch? What has worked for you?

How do you start your cold call pitch? What has worked for you? Do you go straight into the product asking if they're interested? Or Do you get personal and ask them how they're doing. Let me...

asked May 1 '11 at 10:27
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Andy
81 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.42K Views
Valuation for SaaS product

My company has an online software as a service product that is subscription based (yearly) and when first launched, 3-years ago, has been more than doubling in revenue each year (in 2009, $2K, and...

asked May 1 '11 at 09:55
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Phil
1 point

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.07K Views
How to handle tiny income streams?

As a site owner, I often get emails from random people about doing blog posts, asking for promotions, etc. This amounts to a tiny income stream, often at random timing and rate. The transactions...

asked May 1 '11 at 07:09
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Genadinik
1,821 points