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3 Votes
1 Answers
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Beta Crowdfunding

We are launching our startup, and would like to crowdfund a beta. Since the service already exists, the users would donate, and get their accounts first before everyone else can sign up - with...

asked Nov 21 '13 at 01:18
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Erik Aigner
116 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.29K Views
Website terms and conditions/terms of use, how to avoid the big cost for something more bespoke?

Myself and a couple of associates are starting up a job advertisement and CV database site. As part of the functionality of our site will be that employers based in various countries, can look...

asked Nov 20 '13 at 09:36
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Joe Taylor
6 points

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2 Answers
2.63K Views
Best software product to sell?

This is for my university research task. What do you think will be the most successful software product (not service) in the Indian software industry? And how will that product be customised to...

asked Nov 19 '13 at 19:00
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Magakriv
4 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.39K Views
For a Sustainable Web startup, what is the minimum amount of traffic it should have after 1 year of launching?

I made an effort to create a website 5 years ago. At the beginning, after 1 year, not spending any coin for advertising, there only 1 or 2 people visit my website, so i understood that my Web...

asked Nov 19 '13 at 10:52
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Tiam
6 points

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0 Answers
1.93K Views
Start-up creation - Prerequisites

I am looking for guidelines on: "How to make my own start-up?." Which are the preliminary steps that i should be aware off? What should i avoid and what to persuade? The question might be a bit...

asked Nov 19 '13 at 04:47
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Ldn 5602
1 point

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.29K Views
how do I effectively market my skill as an independent contractor?

For the past 7 years I have been working for a defense contractor working on customizing content management systems (well known EMC and Atlassian products). I feel like I have gained enough...

asked Nov 18 '13 at 14:54
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User29701
6 points

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1 Answers
2.71K Views
What should I get for my new business and should I wait until the new year to get it?

I have been working on something that has in the past been considered more of hobby. A couple months ago I got laid off from my full time job and have had a lot of time to devote to this venture. I...

asked Nov 18 '13 at 07:41
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User29698
1 point

15 Votes
11 Answers
4.46K Views
My startup is failing

I'm currently 25 years old. About 2 years ago (at the age of 23), I quit my job and started a company with two friends. I dedicated a lot of time and hard work to it. I used to code 12 - 15 hours...

asked Nov 18 '13 at 06:49
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Sticox
79 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.23K Views
How to pitch a software idea to a potential employer?

I, as a software engineer, got contacter by a company to interview with them. I got the first "get to know each other + coding test" stage easily. During the itw, I realized they are making a...

asked Nov 17 '13 at 07:41
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Riton La Joie
16 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.25K Views
How does a company stay operational without profits?

How does a company like instagram,twitter and snapchat keep a staff and stay operational for so long when they don't make money?

asked Nov 17 '13 at 07:14
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Jeromii Un Real Anderson
17 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.34K Views
Entering in competition with a friend

For a few years, I have been producing an application which complements a number of "IDE-style" tools in my domain. My application is useless without one of these tools. I have made a handful of...

asked Nov 17 '13 at 04:53
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Sylver
146 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.24K Views
Locating Earlyvangelist?

How can I locate a set of good earlyvangelist for my SaaS application prior to building the application? Is there a specific way to find or locate them and finally engage them? Thanks.

asked Nov 16 '13 at 11:33
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User9968
229 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.43K Views
Lean Startup Method Question for Web app startups

So, I'm slightly confused which I should be following. I'm currently a solopreneur. I'm trying to follow lean startup, but I just read on the book Startup Owners Manual and Lean Startup...

asked Nov 16 '13 at 11:15
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User9968
229 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.24K Views
Cofounder on a salary

I'm looking for a startup opportunity in London. I was given an offer to be a startup cofounder. B2B app for finance market. The team will be me an a business guy. He is giving all the money for...

asked Nov 16 '13 at 03:00
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Lukas
110 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.97K Views
Trying to formalize our contracts and policies regarding software bug fixes for clients

We are a 3-person company that provides custom web application development. One of our clients in particular floods us with random change requests every single day. There is no batching of these...

asked Nov 15 '13 at 11:33
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Contrazoom
186 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
6.05K Views
Using existing PayPal and Amazon accounts for new LLC

I'm going to start out by providing a bit of background info here. My actual question is in bold, below. So my wife and I run a website for digital artists that sells download subscriptions. This...

asked Nov 15 '13 at 09:55
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Jordan Magnuson
8 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.1K Views
complexity of project prevents me to launch "never done coding loop"

* I feel like im heading to a never done coding and never going to release my webapplication for several reasons. For the last year I have been using this project to learn a new programming...

asked Nov 15 '13 at 07:13
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Rubytastic
139 points

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3 Answers
2.93K Views
When a company is acquired how are employees compensated?

Let's say you join a small (< 50) hot startup. A month or two after you start, they end up getting acquired for $1 billion. As an employee that just started would you receive any of that money?...

asked Nov 15 '13 at 06:13
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Wwwuser
125 points

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2 Answers
2.2K Views
Someone Trademarked my idea for Tshirt athletic apparal line 30 days before I did and stole my idea ? What can I do ? Can I win?

I play baseball, talking on twitter 8/12 put my little saying that I have used for years and was going to trademark. Another baseball player said he liked it told him I was going to patent it and...

asked Nov 15 '13 at 05:21
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Ogden
4 points

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1 Answers
2.69K Views
Agreement template for software development between two partners

Monicka here, Am new to this site so don't know right format to ask question so please help this young entrepreneur. We are having a software service provider company. going to develop a software...

asked Nov 12 '13 at 21:49
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Monicka Akilan
101 points