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2 Votes
2 Answers
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How to handle "sponsor" ads + paid ad networks? Check my idea

What is the best way to handle the invoicing for "sponsor" ads? Do you just set a CPM price point and just track impressions and send out an invoice for each month? It seems like it works the same...

asked Apr 15 '10 at 02:38
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Don Zacharias
132 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.35K Views
Twitter vs Company Blog

I read many of the useful answers to questions on this site like: Should I use my personal blog as my company blog? To blog or not to blog? Joel Spolsky says no to...

asked Apr 15 '10 at 01:44
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Marco Demaio
175 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.39K Views
A lot of good content but low traffic. Why?

I get around 100K page views per month. I have over 700 articles, videos, etc, but I am not sure why I only get 100K views. Any ideas?

asked Apr 15 '10 at 00:53
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Azamsharp
101 points

0 Votes
6 Answers
2.39K Views
How to get an idea for starting up a web2.0 application business

how to get an idea? idea?

asked Apr 14 '10 at 15:02
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Robinshe
116 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.08K Views
Framework for Freemium model in ASP.NET

I have a website that I would like to add registration and plans (ex: premium membership, free membership) and charge the customers on a monthly subscription basis. The existing website is written...

asked Apr 14 '10 at 09:11
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User2306
232 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.62K Views
Letting potential new customers (and competitors) try your web application for free or not?

Let's say a company developed some easy to use web applications: a CMS an eCommerce, etc. Do you think it should place a working DEMO on their website for these applications or NOT? The question...

asked Apr 14 '10 at 07:13
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Marco Demaio
175 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.11K Views
Do you think jQuery will ever become a startup: making money with software libraries

Do you think they are making money out of jQuery javascript library? It seems it gets a lot of efforts in doing something like jQuery, what's the catch? More generally speaking, if someone decide...

asked Apr 14 '10 at 06:52
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Marco Demaio
175 points

6 Votes
6 Answers
3.42K Views
Changing my name for business

I need your opinion on this: I'm from Europe but live in US for years. My name is a very difficult to pronounce here in US . Something like Timoleon Karaxtzidakis. I'm starting an online business...

asked Apr 14 '10 at 00:45
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Tim Kara
98 points

6 Votes
2 Answers
2.63K Views
What happens if a startup fails in California?

What happens if a startup fails in California and has VC funding? I read in a previous question that companies incorporated in New York State, employee payroll liabilities of the business extend...

asked Apr 13 '10 at 15:03
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Vnchopra
418 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.91K Views
Accept Credit Card payments in the US - Europe based company

We're a European based startup planning to sell domain names and digital goods into a niche market and will focus primarily on the US market. The only current option for accepting credit card...

asked Apr 13 '10 at 08:13
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Roland
33 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
4.34K Views
Bridge Loan from Relative with Verbal Agreement Only

To buy a capital investment and build inventory, a family member wrote a $3,000 personal check to my company. We verbally agreed on terms of 1 year at 10% interest with monthly payments. My...

asked Apr 13 '10 at 06:45
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Clint
695 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
3.78K Views
How have you best leveraged your "Board of Advisors" to help launch your start up?

Many of us have friends and people with whom we have worked in prior roles who have become advisors to our start up efforts - in both formal and informal fashions. What have you found has worked...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 21:55
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Warren E. Hart
2,181 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
2.46K Views
Setting up an online casino

We are looking to setup an online casino here in the Philippines. Im asking this question to supplement our knowledge of putting up an online casino. If you have any ideas on how to go about these...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 19:49
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Startup Struggler
77 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.33K Views
Engagement vs. virality in web app

A web app of mine is the early stage of development. It has less than 100 users in total. On a daily basis there are new users coming in but relatively less returning users. My question is about...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 13:49
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G Rex
683 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.87K Views
Online advertisement revenue sharing

I would like to know some details about online advertisement revenue sharing. I am planning a website in one particular vertical i.e. fashion jewelry. I am planning to attract user with revenue...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 09:08
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Beginner
26 points

10 Votes
7 Answers
3.64K Views
I've got a great algorithm, now what?

I have an algorithm for doing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) in a way that no one has ever done before. I've built rudimentary prototype software and I've tested my algorithm against the...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 08:08
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Amichai
241 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.43K Views
How to find a voice over freelancer?

I need to make a website promotion video about "How to use the website". We need someone to voice-over the entire 3-4 min video explaining the function of the website. How can I find such a person?

asked Apr 12 '10 at 04:55
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User2351
56 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.47K Views
A list of well executed, balanced and succesful Freemium model based products

What products do you know of, products that have a Freemium model implemented well and successfully - meaning that there is significant count of paying customers in opposition to the count of...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 02:48
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Woo Yek
66 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
3.24K Views
Once BizSpark ends and I'm not making much money with my startup, is there a low cost solution to still get the software?

Once the BizSpark program ends for me is there a low cost solution for getting access to tools like Visual Studio? I've seen before people talk about $300 or $400 annual subscriptions but I wasn't...

asked Apr 12 '10 at 02:15
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Paul Mendoza
121 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.38K Views
Do the number of founders matter for the Startup Visa?

Under the current state of the Startup Visa, does the number of founders matter for the Startup Visa? Is the minimum investment still 250k$ if there are two foreign founders?

asked Apr 11 '10 at 08:51
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J. Pablo Fernández
412 points