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3 Votes
4 Answers
3.8K Views
How to outsource (website) translation effectively?

my website should be multi language, but every native speaker can see in the first sentences that the translation (by us) is not good enough. So I have two possibilities: Let a native speaker...

asked Feb 18 '10 at 23:52
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Steffen Binas
116 points

12 Votes
8 Answers
3.47K Views
What do you think of this offer?

I was recently offered a part time position with a start up company. Basically I'll do about 10 hours of work per week for them. When I applied for the position, I didn't realize it was unpaid....

asked Feb 18 '10 at 18:39
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Jane O
66 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.43K Views
How does one create a startup without any seed funds and developers/coders?

Ok there is a startup idea in place; Not a big thing! Even the plan is 99% on paper; Considerably not bad! Two fellows have shown faith in the plans and agreed to partner ; good considering team is...

asked Feb 18 '10 at 16:47
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Himanshu
56 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.92K Views
Looking for Guidance in running business development arm of a startup

I'm looking to join a very small company (5 employees) and run all of business development/sales and marketing. My professional experience lies in 8 years of Sales in the online media and...

asked Feb 18 '10 at 10:35
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Danny
113 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
5.02K Views
Can you use a domain name that includes a product name from another company?

Can you use a domain name that includes a product or company name from another company? For example, could I register a domain starbucks-reviews.com and make reviews of starbucks shops? Or...

asked Feb 18 '10 at 01:25
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Damian
86 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
4.39K Views
How much should I expect to pay for a PR service and can you recommend one?

I'd like to publish a Press Release for my language Q&A site. How much should I expect to pay for a PR service and can you recommend one ? Should I only pay for distribution and get the...

asked Feb 18 '10 at 01:23
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Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

6 Votes
3 Answers
3.09K Views
Best way to tell users to upgrade from lite version to full version in a desktop app

We have a lite version of our desktop software and many features have been removed in this version. What's the best way to tell people we have those features but they can't access because it's the...

asked Feb 17 '10 at 20:43
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The Dictator
2,305 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
2.81K Views
Bootstrapped Startup - What Legal Forms to Put In place

I am looking for a co-founder now for a project that would love to get up and running. As an initial formality are there any documents out there that can outline in basic terms what each person is...

asked Feb 17 '10 at 15:56
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Aaron
124 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.56K Views
Sponsorship of an open source project, how much to charge?

I have a reasonably successful open-source project ( www.mediabrowser.tv ). The website is seeing over 50K unique visitors a month. I would like to monetize some of this traffic by offering a...

asked Feb 17 '10 at 15:00
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Sam Saffron
432 points

7 Votes
5 Answers
3.18K Views
Any ideas for making money with QA sites?

I was reading this interesting Kokorin's article, and I started thinking, well, how could a QA site make money, if you are not using advertisement? Would your gather users information like...

asked Feb 17 '10 at 08:23
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Junior Mayhé
138 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.32K Views
How to find advertisers for your site?

I want to set up a self-service advertising platform on my social website. I'm hoping that as web traffic picks up, users and advertisers will advertise on my site. How can I find more advertisers...

asked Feb 17 '10 at 07:29
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Pennyfiller13
86 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
3.94K Views
Interviewing virtual teams

How is interviewing virtual team members different from ordinary staff hiring, if speaking about software outsourcing? When the personal meeting is impossible, what are the key actions that help...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 20:46
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Alena Shechkova
101 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.64K Views
Is there such a thing as Privacy Insurance (for storing SSN/EINs)?

Part of my service includes storing social security numbers (SSNs) and employer identification numbers (EINs). I went through the proper protocol of setting up a separate server to store them,...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 13:37
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Yasmine
206 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
3.64K Views
book name as Tag line for my website -- intellectual property issues

I am planning to use the name of a book (about 3-4 yrs old) as the tag line of my website. Its three words long. What are the IP issues here, how do i know if i can use it legally or if the author...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 10:44
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Syed
445 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.84K Views
Creating a simple database environment in WordPress?

I have .csv file of store names/addresses/phone numbers that I want to convert into a database. Somewhere down the line this database will be large/elaborate (imagine entries similar to Yelp), but...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 07:27
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Aae
75 points

11 Votes
9 Answers
3.97K Views
How do you recruit enough 'top talent' for your company?

For many organizations that have achieved some level of success, effectively growing the staff, without compromising the overall quality of who you bring on board, is a critical challenge. What do...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 07:09
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Chris Hagner
881 points

27 Votes
9 Answers
47.1K Views
Does plagiarism apply to legal documents?

I want to copy a Terms & Conditions agreement from a competitors site & swap out their name for mine. A few entrepreneurs I know have also done it but I wanted to make sure there aren't any...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 05:40
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Yasmine
206 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.65K Views
How to best make use of large corporate "partnership"?

Let's say a small software company has a product which can help several very large key players within the industry sell far more of their products. Let us also assume that these corporate giants...

asked Feb 16 '10 at 00:55
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Nbeecroft
515 points

5 Votes
1 Answers
3.01K Views
Do the same Inbound Marketing rules apply for a systems company?

My present company is a systems company that has to sell both hardware and software to business end customers. We are close to launching our product and I was wondering if the same Inbound...

asked Feb 15 '10 at 05:01
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Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

3 Votes
6 Answers
4.86K Views
Resources to create a logo

Ideally I would like to make my own logo. Would you know a good tool that can help make a logo? I have tried Photoshop but it's really not intuitive.

asked Feb 15 '10 at 01:02
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Damian
86 points