Questions

I need your suggestion on below scenario. I am planning to venture into one internet startup. Its a niche domain. I have worked in the domain and understand the domain well. I have studied the...

Partnerships

asked May 18 '10 at 17:29

Beginner
26 points

I understand enterprise software to large companies is a long sales cycle. What is the first step in finding some short term revenue while we wait for the long term sales to come to fruitation?

Sales Software

asked May 18 '10 at 06:31

Stacey
484 points

I am trying to use LinkedIn to contact people that work for potential partner companies to resell my software. Can you offer any advice on what to say to gain information from them? Would it be...

Sales Partnerships

asked May 18 '10 at 04:47

Stacey
484 points

I set up a company with 1 share. The company is now attracting investment for which we will offer, in total, 20% ownership of the company. These would be B Ordinary Shares - with the only...

Investment Investors

asked May 18 '10 at 01:33

Stealth
76 points

I am looking for an online service where it utilizes crowd sourcing or humans for keyword suggestions. Meaning if I want to create a CPC ad for some product or service, I want to get ideas from...

Adwords Crowdsourcing

asked May 17 '10 at 08:28

Tony Henrich
85 points

There are a good amount of services that help you incorporate your startup for S Corp, C Corp or LLC, like Incorporate.com and Agents & Corporations. They help you put together the documents...

Incorporation Legal

asked May 17 '10 at 01:43

Mark Bao
604 points

We are about to launch a website offering products. My "gut" feeling is that a good proportion of our customers will be based in the US. We are currently based in the UK, though that is likely to...

Pricing Payments Saas Accounting

asked May 16 '10 at 17:40

Morpheous
236 points

We are working on a site which will basically be an event directory/ aggregator for tech and business events, conferences, workshops, etc. Focused on tech events. We don't have the money to...

Marketing Branding Conferences Naming Events

asked May 16 '10 at 12:08

Jessica
11 points

Let's hear your most effective SEM tip.

Marketing Advertising

asked May 16 '10 at 07:35

Mark Bao
604 points

Using an external service for delivering your emails can take a lot of load off your shoulders if deliverability is a must. Services like Sendgrid and Postmark have pre-configured, whitelisted...

Development Recommendations Email Deliverability Web App

asked May 16 '10 at 05:47

Mark Bao
604 points

Although Internet is huge and there are millions of users - this fact doesn't mean all of them would suddenly find your site and begin to purchase your product or service. It's an overcrowded...

Marketing Traffic Target Market

asked May 15 '10 at 19:27

Kirill Blazhko
393 points

From Wikipedia - "Freebie marketing, also known as the razor and blades business model, is the concept of either giving away a salable item for nothing or charging an extremely low price to...

Pricing Sales

asked May 15 '10 at 16:49

Benjamin Wootton
1,667 points

I am creating a service that help users connect with local vendors in a certain niche. Each vendor currently has a URL in the form: http://example.com/vendor/<id>/<vendor-name-slug> ...

Google SEO

asked May 15 '10 at 04:32

Michael
158 points

This may be a silly question, and as you can see from the other question I recently asked, I'm trying to uncover the mystery about various types of insurance here in the UK, and the US as well....

Software Insurance

asked May 14 '10 at 18:43

Nbeecroft
515 points

If one wanted to create a new web development tool (free or otherwise), what would it have to be able to do that would differentiate it enough from all the others to attract people's attention? In...

Web Dev

asked May 14 '10 at 17:36

Boost
106 points

I've been talking to a VC backed startup for about a month or so. Last week the CEO invited me to their corporate headquarters to meet the team. Seems like a good sign that they are flying me out,...

Interviews

asked May 14 '10 at 12:22

Csumme
146 points

Has anyone hired a commercial cleaner in the past? If so, how did you choose the right cleaning company? What was important for you when looking for a commercial cleaner? Also, what where the...

Hiring

asked May 14 '10 at 02:46

Jed Regan
266 points

After doing a bit of research into sponsoring foreign workers from a UK based company, I came across something interesting; according to the UK Border Association, a small business must have...

Incorporation Insurance UK Micro Startup

asked May 13 '10 at 19:50

Nbeecroft
515 points

I am interested to register an LLC in Wyoming, but I currently do not have a US address. Is this possible? Do I also need a registered agent to register my LLC in Wyoming? Based on your experience,...

LLC

asked May 13 '10 at 07:58

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I am a start up and need to sell myself to a company have any advice?

Sales

asked May 13 '10 at 05:18

Stacey
484 points