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what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing "product development" eg new social media website project?

Products Technology Development Social Media

asked Sep 8 '10 at 02:25

Francis Eager
38 points

What do you think of domains that have the word "get" before the actual product name, just like getclicky.com or the domains used by 37 Signals products (basecamphq.com, campfirenow.com)? Does it...

Marketing Branding Naming Domain

asked Sep 7 '10 at 21:00

Pedro Carvalho
11 points

I just incorporated a Delaware C Corp a few months ago and have no significant activity yet. I have 2 Advisors that I need to issue options to, and my question is how do I set the option exercise...

Advisors Stock Options

asked Sep 7 '10 at 08:47

Newyuppie
441 points

Beside my two startups I invest 99% of my time in, I have several side projects I started just for fun. Trying out new programming languages, those kind of things. One of these side projects is a...

Monetization Community

asked Sep 5 '10 at 05:38

Marckohlbrugge
121 points

Our team has been developing a product which we initially wanted to release in early November. Although we are nearing the final stages, private beta testing is continuing to reveal new and...

Launch Products Bloggers Product Launch

asked Sep 3 '10 at 12:58

Tanvir Chowdhury
165 points

I have an idea for a business and would like some feedback. The other day I was thinking about software development teams and how they function, the things they do right and the things they do...

Software Development Consulting

asked Sep 2 '10 at 12:12

Smart Company Software
1,190 points

My original idea was to create a company that built software to sell. This is what I have been doing so far and it has been working well. However, I have an opportunity to sell some pre-packaged...

Marketing

asked Sep 2 '10 at 04:26

Robert
80 points

Is anyone out there aware of an online resource that provides a template that lists the main components of an internet marketing plan?

Marketing Inbound Marketing

asked Sep 1 '10 at 18:47

Morpheous
236 points

I intend to build an online application for defining the meaning of words, synonyms, etc. in a certain language. This information will come from a combination of printed dictionaries. I'm almost...

Legal Copyright

asked Sep 1 '10 at 17:51

Dyn Zack
216 points

Hi I have small desktop music application that is downloaded few hundred times each month Its small utility that handles mp3 files, I wander what is the best model to get some kind of revenue out...

Affiliate Revenue

asked Sep 1 '10 at 16:58

Meir
238 points

I have an idea for an off shoot of an already successful business that would allow me to scale it quickly and greater than I can now. However, the idea requires the building of a web...

Application Website

asked Sep 1 '10 at 03:09

Jeff
154 points

My aspiration in life is to become a entrepreneur and because of my background (4 years as a software developer) I figure I would go best if I start out as a technical founder at a start up. I...

Software Technology Founders

asked Aug 30 '10 at 23:12

Dont Judge Those Who Try And Fail
8 points

Most of us know by now about all the great programs and resources various startup accelerators or incubators offer. My question is, does it always makes sense to apply to one of these programs? is...

Incubators

asked Aug 30 '10 at 02:44

Ricardo
4,815 points

I'm getting ready to start posting on my blog that I've neglected for a while. I'm interested in hearing what are the best practices in terms of the mechanics, not the content of the blog. I've...

Marketing Blog Social Network

asked Aug 28 '10 at 16:47

Dror
1,833 points

I have been recently approached by someone, who wants to be a reseller for my webapp, blogVault. One of the things he mentioned was that, he wanted to co-brand it, so that he can mark up and charge...

Affiliate Resellers

asked Aug 28 '10 at 16:44

User3348
175 points

My dad also loved the business plan I had. He has his own company (which is not even close to what I am doing). He registered it as a sole proprietorship. He is an engineer so thats his company. He...

Legal Tax Canada Business

asked Aug 28 '10 at 10:27

Bhargav Patel
784 points

I am looking for some feedback regarding this situation. We provide software in the form of SaaS. Now, we have been working with this 1 company for over 3 years. They have 1200 employees, of...

Sales Negotiation

asked Aug 28 '10 at 02:14

Danny
113 points

In your opinion or experience, is security the biggest concern when considering offsite cloud storage? I am curious if vendors like box.net offer their cloud solutions with the intention that...

Saas Data

asked Aug 27 '10 at 18:18

Joe
277 points

I'm organizing a small group to perform some twitter experiments, testing different methods and uses of twitter for marketing (and by marketing, I mean contributing to business goals, whether they...

Marketing Twitter Best Practices

asked Aug 27 '10 at 03:53

Jay Neely
6,050 points

This may be a vague question but i was always wondering this, of course i am not talking about spamming nor things like that but about genuine and reliable online job/work that can be done from...

Jobs International Internet

asked Aug 27 '10 at 00:52

Prix
133 points