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1 Votes
2 Answers
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How does silicon valley facilitate marketing?

Are there any specific channels in Silicon Valley such that being located there would make it more conducive to market a web based product?

asked Apr 11 '11 at 05:00
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Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.06K Views
partnership percentages

I am a Product designer with 25 years in the field. I also have an extensive array of skill sets as well as facility. Computerized Milling, Engineering and Development software as well as Rapid...

asked Apr 11 '11 at 04:51
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Dug
16 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.54K Views
Role of fictitious names as they relate to products & domains for a business entity

I own an LLC-based out of California in the bay area. While I own the basic domain for my company, I intend to launch my entity's first project using a different domain/name. That is, it's still...

asked Apr 11 '11 at 04:05
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Stranded Panda
8 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
3.88K Views
Good idea to use friends as beta testers?

I have developed a software product that I plan to sell, and I'm having a hard time finding beta testers (perhaps because the product is for use by members of one profession that is not...

asked Apr 11 '11 at 03:30
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User6492
1,747 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.61K Views
Identifying failing and bad start-up companies (for sofware developers)

I recently caught up with a former colleague, a mid-level software developer. For the last year, he has been at a failing (badly), self-funded, single-owner software startup. According to him, the...

asked Apr 11 '11 at 00:49
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Mqv
52 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.56K Views
Getting a place to live while starting a company

How do most startup founders manage to get landlords to allow them to rent property while they are in the process of starting a company, and stable revenue has not struck in yet?

asked Apr 10 '11 at 22:55
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Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

9 Votes
9 Answers
4.27K Views
How would you differenciate yourself if you were to compete with online accounting software?

E-conomic is online accounting software, which enables you to write invoices to customers using web forms, track inventory etc. I am considering to start a company, which would compete with this...

asked Apr 10 '11 at 18:37
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David
1,567 points

5 Votes
3 Answers
2K Views
What is the one tip you'd give to a new startup leader?

Lots of people give lots of advice to startup leaders. What's the one single best piece of advice you'd give to a leader of a start up? Business plan is written, LLC is formed, initial funding...

asked Apr 10 '11 at 10:02
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Wsmm
136 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.35K Views
Startup costs info

Does anyone have an excel spreadsheet of their startup costs? I want to make sure I have not left anything off or forgotten about anything. Some background info: I have a website and iphone app,...

asked Apr 10 '11 at 03:23
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Pmillio
57 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
4.08K Views
What is the Minimum Level of Quality (MLQ) expected for your Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

This question got me thinking about quality and the expectations of quality for your Minimum Viable Product (MVP). This may seem like a basic question but I wanted to understand the expectations...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 23:06
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Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.84K Views
Hiring Specialized Sales Reps

Say you had a tech product that could be applicable to a various verticals like Healthcare, Financial, Education, Insurance, Manufacturing, etc... and you decided to ramp up your sales. Would you...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 20:53
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Chain
313 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.96K Views
What will a product acquisition be taxed as?

I'm an independent developer who has been working for the past year or so on product X. I don't have a company created that is associated with the product, as we have yet to officially launch (no...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 10:49
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Themeerkat
6 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.33K Views
startup credit card issues

So here's the issue, I need to accept credit cards on my site, but I don't want to go through a merchant service, I want to go through visa/ amex/etc directly (it's a long story..). Now, to even...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 08:04
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Aslyesnow
214 points

6 Votes
5 Answers
2.6K Views
Steps for a software startup?

I hope i will not get downvote,because my question is a very basic question,But still it can be made as wiki in this site and will be useful for other fellow members, My dream is to start a...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 03:18
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User9279
131 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.46K Views
How do you prove a computer-generated work was independently generated by you?

This question is related to one of my earlier posts about the ability to copyright sudokus. I have written a program that generates sudokus and I want to make a website with these sudokus. It seems...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 01:19
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Jbranchaud
168 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.2K Views
Should a Minimum Viable Product be standards validated?

Assuming a minimum viable product's UI and functionality have been tested, should one bother to validate to standards like W3C and such?

asked Apr 8 '11 at 23:00
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Raj Kumar
11 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.57K Views
SaaS Startup (received Financial Grant) - Pre-Money Valuation !

We are a young B2B SaaS Startup operating in the Social CRM space. First time Entrepreneurs, but with plenty of experience in our respective areas of work. We've received financial grant of 50,000...

asked Apr 8 '11 at 17:03
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Dhana
16 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
6.26K Views
Copyright/IP of sudokus

I have recently learned how to do constraint processing and I figured out how to generate sudoku puzzles. I thought it would be interesting/fun to create an interactive website for these puzzles. I...

asked Apr 8 '11 at 12:39
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Jbranchaud
168 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
4.56K Views
Question on Partnership + Revenue Sharing

I founded a business about a year ago, and recently decided to take it in a new direction. Same name and premise, yet slightly different business model. I founded the company as a sole...

asked Apr 8 '11 at 06:17
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Christopher Stuart
16 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
4.1K Views
Ratio of Reviews to Downloads in the iPhone App Store

Anyone have any market data that would indicate the ratio of reviews to downloads in the iPhone App Store? Does the ratio of reviews to downloads change significantly if an app is free or paid?

asked Apr 8 '11 at 05:28
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Kirk
227 points