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For domain names, how important is .com these days? Do you believe that a memorable name is more important? Sure, people tend to look down at some top level domains ( .biz comes to mind), but what...
9,952 points
I help book topic sessions for the annual Software Industry Conference which will be held this year in Dallas, TX. The conference targets both beginner and experienced Micro ISVs, and internet...
12,510 points
Do you reward your users when they contribute to the product (for example - with detailed bug reports)? I'm wondering if we should give them a couple of weeks of free service, or maybe a discount...
1,146 points
I am feeling the effect of seeing DISQUS on certain blogs in that it makes me more likely to comment. Is this true for others here? Does any blog/site owner have data on increased comment counts...
352 points
For crowd sourcing basically there are two main contenders, crowdspring and 99designs. I know they are both good and we can't go wrong with either one, but I am sure we can find out which one is...
1,342 points
I'm considering the option of employing a developer from oDesk to work on my web startup. My rough plan would be: Write a detailed specification. Produce the design (in terms of class diagrams,...
195 points
I have a forum page where users interact and discuss different topics. Lets say one user submits a link to a sales item hosted by an online retailer (ex. macy's sweater on sale on macys.com). How...
86 points
Hello all Does any one here know or working in the software libraries market? Developing network stacks, helpers, convertors, components and such?
I'm Tom, one of the co-founders of oQuizo.com - a multiplayer trivia game. We opened the business two weeks ago in open beta. What we find difficult is to how to position our site. It seems our...
66 points
We all know there are a lot of factors that go into the success of a startup. There are seed factors, like whether the founder has the drive and relevant experience to push the company to succeed....
300 points
We are in the process of getting a new project. It is our first project building a corporate website for a chip company. This is the first time we are going to meet a CEO. We are a small group of...
141 points
I am looking for a hosted Quizzes and Polls platform that has following features Create customized Quizzes and Polls Be able to embed these Quizzes and Polls on my site The platform should...
Right now I am about to embark on a social media campaign for a client. I'm pretty well versed in how to leverage social media (Twitter, Digg, StumbledUpon, etc) to gain traffic and awareness. I...
85 points
My [business] partner and I are constantly arguing about how we should do certain things for the SaaS we are creating and we reach a conclusion and a good decision (i think) after hours of aruging...
Have you done any podcast advertising? Or, perhaps investigated it? I'm very curious to hear about your experience... whether it's on the pricing side or production (i.e. producing your own...
5,901 points
Is a prototype considered a business that can be owned and protected? instead of having nothing to offer(an idea) I'd have a business to offer so I can hire people
101 points
recently more and more apps appear that retrieve data from Facebook and store it in some form for further processing...
28 points
We're reviewing/exploring anti-piracy measures for a new software product. There is a desktop and a web component. What tactics are you using to prevent/discourage piracy of your software and IP?
5,091 points
We've started beta testing our WordonWiki software. WordonWiki is a Wiki with all the features you'd expect from a wiki, but it lets you create and edit pages with MS Word. We're getting good...
My company needs to have a US address for getting insurance and other services from US providers, despite us being based abroad (in Canada). Can anyone suggest a good provider of an inbound...
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