Questions

I'm looking for new ways to market our product, a web based software targeted primarily at spas, hair & beauty salons (and could be used by dentists or other small appointment-based businesses)...

Marketing Software UK

asked Nov 26 '10 at 08:53

Martynas
18 points

We all agree that is nice to give a small gift of congratulations card to our best clients but... what is the best kind of gifts to give them? Something useful, something related to your contract,...

Gifts

asked Nov 26 '10 at 08:27

Fuzzyalej
184 points

I'm a software developer, and I am starting a SaaS company. Even though the project is not too complicated I do need the help of a fellow programmer that is more experience in the web programming...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Nov 26 '10 at 06:50

Francisco Noriega
113 points

I am pretty bad with gifts and in the past years I was awarding monetary bonuses to folks who work with us. I am not particularly keen on the idea of bonuses mostly due to the fact that we can't...

Management Employees Gifts

asked Nov 26 '10 at 06:29

Alex
262 points

I am not a designer and with my limited design skills, I put together a website that doesn't look anything close to a professional site. I'd like to redesign my site to look more like other Web 2.0...

Design

asked Nov 26 '10 at 02:36

Nick H
120 points

Is there a widely recognised 'best place of business' for global social-media style internet businesses, and what are the considerations? Considerations I'm thinking about are taxation, regulation,...

Legal Tax Corporate Structure

asked Nov 25 '10 at 19:48

Trish
186 points

I just started selling my software and I wanted to know what is your average percentage of paid subscribers for each week during/after a 30 day trial period. Example: For 100 users who have paid...

Software Trial

asked Nov 25 '10 at 19:40

Tom
23 points

I have just launched my first startup regarding A/B test creation and monitoring service for anyone who want to increase their website conversion rate through A/B tests. Is there a way I can find...

Advertising Tools Ab Testing

asked Nov 25 '10 at 18:15

Phlai
98 points

I want to start my own web app biz. It's a word memory system. Now I'm developing it in my own laptop. If I run it for others later. What service should I buy, a virtual host or a vps or...

Web App

asked Nov 25 '10 at 16:52

Hutushen222
11 points

We've all heard the sad story of ExpertsExchange.com, where an unintended misreading turned out to be quite unfortunate for them. What about if the company/product/domain name is fine, but if...

Naming

asked Nov 25 '10 at 16:27

Avi D
140 points

I need inspirational and pragmatic business books.

Ideas Books Business Opportunity

asked Nov 25 '10 at 15:19

Steven
1 point

Before taking on a project, there is always a question: "How many people will use this?" So how do I measure that "people", at least inaccurate.

Marketing Market Analysis Market Research

asked Nov 25 '10 at 14:19

Daniel Excinsky
148 points

I have a list of companies I want to approach, but I'm not sure what to say when I call them, or who I should be contacting within the company. Any ideas? I am in the software business.

Sales Partner Resellers

asked Nov 25 '10 at 07:30

Stacey
484 points

The scenario We just got our very first medium/large size client. They are opening a new company which operates around a web application that will be entirely developed and maintained by us. We...

Pricing Software Contract

asked Nov 25 '10 at 03:16

Marco
173 points

My business will provide an automated “tool” that can be used as part of the pre-sales/pre-purchase process. A by-product of using this tool is the creation of a network of buyers and sellers. (In...

Networking Ecommerce Social Media Social Network Selling

asked Nov 25 '10 at 01:56

Cesel
128 points

I have a startup and I have LOTS of risks; 1) Companies suing me because of internal politics 2) My software is running on a corporate server, which I have no control over and if this goes down I...

Risk Insurance

asked Nov 25 '10 at 00:05

David
1,567 points

We are seeking to bring in someone at a founder level that is connected in the Silicon valley investment circles. Is there anywhere in particular we could advert to see if anyone fits our group?...

Funding Co-Founder Venture Capital Investors

asked Nov 24 '10 at 12:11

Xs Direct
275 points

For my new startup, I've tried contacting numerous blogs, newspapers, news channels, and other media channels to help feature my startup. I've written kind, catchy, short, and to the point emails...

Social Media

asked Nov 24 '10 at 11:37

Mlocke97
48 points

I've been asked by a client to create a White-label service similar to an existing product I have. The service will have the client's logo on it. The customers they bring to the service wouldn't be...

Software Business Model Revenue

asked Nov 24 '10 at 07:00

Soitgoes
23 points

I will be submitting a press release to PR Web for a new startup in order for it to gain some exposure. I've heard that having a press release be available on a Monday is one of the key times to...

Release Press Release

asked Nov 24 '10 at 03:14

Mlocke97
48 points