Questions
I'm going to soon submit an application for YC for this summer with a co-founder. I'm confused about whether all founders should submit applications, or just one. The issue is this one question,...
118 points
My small business gets a lot of LinkedIn recommendations to my personal LinkedIn account. How can I use these recommendations to my best advantage whilst maintaining the credibility of the nice...
36 points
If you could recommend just ONE, most important book, blog post or any other reading for startup founder - what would it be?
191 points
I want to build a consumer-friendly, pro-focused database with a layered interface (free vs. subscription) not unlike IMDb/IMDbPro. However, I am not a developer and have no idea if it's better to...
75 points
A few friends and I are looking at starting a sideline business selling mp3 versions of various creative commons works (can't get into too many more details). We've done the legwork on the legal...
Let's say I developed a program for iPhone (which I sort of did) and want to advertise it through AdWords. Currently, Google lets you use the term "iPhone" in the keyword list, but doesn't allow...
I'm building a new social platform. I understand that is very important to include a Content Management System as part of the development. Can you describe specific features you would develop...
86 points
Was curious to hear about other peoples experiences regarding getting software to a point where its ready for a paying customer. My personal experience regardless of the venture or technology...
446 points
We have a contact form on each page of our marketing site. We ask for a name, phone and email. We made it simple b/c our goal was to get as many people/companies to submit their information....
346 points
Is an "Implementation" section a viable part of a business plan? From the entrepreneurs perspective it would seem so, as I feel like it would be really helpful to document how i plan on creating...
818 points
Let me preface this with the fact I am not a business student. I am a computer science student but I have a great interest in creating a startup. These questions have probably been asked before, so...
126 points
If you are a startup that is just about to launch your product/service are there steps that every startup should take to form a solid foundation for their marketing outreach strategy? What were...
1,728 points
How would you split your blog across your personal life and your 2 products? I would love to learn writing essays for this year and thinking of starting my personal domain. Not sure the content...
I have created a novel website. Now it comes to the promotion/marketing stage. However,I don't dare spend money promoting/marketing my website because I am not sure whether it can succeed or fail....
I was thinking of including the word "business" in a slogan for a new service but I was wrestling whether or not this is really necessary. I say business because that's the target market I'd like...
I have couple of questions regarding SEO for URLs Does hyphen vs. underscrore in the urls affect SEO?e.g. www.mysite.com/my-first-post vs. www.mysite.com/my_first_post Does capital letter vs....
164 points
For a desktop business application, what should the upgrade policy be? Should upgrades be free? 50% discount? What if they just bought the old version last month?
When I first co-founded my BtoB startup it was blissful. My eyes would sparkle each time I passed out a business card; every SVN commit caused my heart to flutter. Now it is two years later and...
254 points
ISO certifications are more prevalent in areas like manufacturing and physical services. How about web businesses and services? Are there well defined certifications for things like SAAS and SEO?...
277 points
If all you have right now is an idea how do you value a company? See I want to build a software package and I have been doing research on my main competitors and such but at the end of the day how...
124 points
