Questions

I am in the process of planning a venture related to a social web application targeted towards a very specific user group. I need your help to do cost analysis of hosting my web application (on...

Software Website Hosting

asked Apr 1 '11 at 00:01

Aklin81
125 points

What are some good Google Adwords people have found that really work for getting qualified leads and finding good, cheap keywods? Or any other tips? Any great articles about it? Also, for a...

Adwords Advertising

asked Mar 31 '11 at 22:59

Genadinik
1,821 points

I want to search the SERP position of my website keywords in google.us. The problem is that when I type google.us it redirects me to google.com. So how to find the position of the keywords in...

SEO

asked Mar 31 '11 at 13:53

Integrated S
64 points

What services have people used to assist them in writing their business plan? What costs have been associated with these services? Was it a face to face meeting or strictly online/ over the phone...

Business Plan

asked Mar 31 '11 at 11:13

User6528
149 points

As part of our LegalZoom LLC package, we opted for a free DUNs number, because it was free. I got a call from D&B today stating that it was ~$290 for us to have a credit file with them, and...

B2B

asked Mar 31 '11 at 09:17

Justin
20 points

Possible Duplicate: How to promote my business using social networking Hi All, I am going to roll up my sleeves and learn internet marketing to make my startup succeed. Need help with links to...

Marketing Social Media SEO Internet

asked Mar 31 '11 at 07:50

Seattle Techie
6 points

I have been itching to do a startup since a long time but this visa (H1-B) is getting forever to sort out (6+ years already) One idea to work around the H1B issue is as follows - I transfer my...

Ideas Visa Legal

asked Mar 31 '11 at 07:46

User9070
21 points

My network of people around me is almost nil. I am currently developing a software application. My partner and I are looking to find funding to hire a couple developers to finish our product and...

Investing Angel Angellist

asked Mar 31 '11 at 06:32

Aaron
124 points

Anyone have any good resources for creating pro forma statements? I can't seem to get my balance sheet to tie out between equities and liabilities (and it's been a decade since I've taken...

Financial

asked Mar 31 '11 at 05:50

Nick
1,171 points

suppose a web 2.0 startup has completed its product and is trying to launch it...what are some of the most effective ways to promote the product that is specific to a web 2.0 model (ie. users come...

Marketing Web 2.0 Web Promotion

asked Mar 31 '11 at 05:45

Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

I currently run a poker startup which sells datamined statistics. I've been trying to accept payments from a merchant called moneybookers as they are very popular in the poker community. They don't...

Payments

asked Mar 31 '11 at 04:47

Nextgenneo
327 points

I'm considering applying my site, currently early in development, to YCombinator. Do I risk having my idea stolen by going through with the application process? They're asking very specific...

Ideas Incubators Application Intellectual Property

asked Mar 31 '11 at 03:40

Edit This
88 points

One of our advisors recently suggested we consider using "trigger events" for our second round of capital. Along the lines of "I'll commit $50K now and if you get to 25K registered users by 6/30,...

Funding Investing Venture Capital Capital

asked Mar 31 '11 at 03:32

Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

I am in the nascent stages of developing a service that will allows some users to request a certain task and others to perform those tasks. Money in from the user requesting, company takes a small...

Payments Saas Micro Payment

asked Mar 31 '11 at 03:24

Joshucar
91 points

Google occasionally sends me free coupons for $100 on AdWords for the various sites I run. I just blew $100 on advertising on my startup's website. I set the campaign at an aggressive $2 bid and...

Marketing Adwords Advertising Google

asked Mar 31 '11 at 02:12

Kirk
227 points

I was checking shutterstock.com and it has these 3 kinds out there - 1.) Vectors 2.) Illustrations 3.) Photos My initial idea was to just buy the photos and give it to the designer, so he can...

Logo Web Design

asked Mar 31 '11 at 01:48

Planet Unknown
105 points

We train people on various software through pre-recorded videos and have been contemplating offering a money back guarantee - just to reinforce that we are confident and stand behind our product....

Marketing

asked Mar 30 '11 at 23:13

Ankur Jain
566 points

I have an idea in global commerce area and I am trying to develop it to a software product. I shared my thoughts with several experts and got their positive feedback. Currently, I am working on a...

Business Plan Selling Business Exit Strategy

asked Mar 30 '11 at 17:22

Aviad
281 points

I have asked a few fledgling tech startups about what they wish they didn't have to spend as much time on. The answer is almost invariably 'not coding' and 'context shifts' as exemplified by...

Marketing Development Social Media Social Network

asked Mar 30 '11 at 15:46

Unomi
111 points

What is the different between a entrepreneur and a social entrepreneur? Are all social entrepreneur also entrepreneur? Are social entrepreneurs not real entrepreneurs? How much "mission" does...

Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneur

asked Mar 30 '11 at 07:02

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points