Questions

Who can offer some insight into what makes a successful partner? It seams easy to get into the right conversation but difficult to get the right activities initiated.

Partnerships

asked Dec 8 '09 at 02:03

Comhunicate
26 points

How do you get people to know about your new app with no contact and how do you get content traction at the initial stage of a web app? I'd like to believe in 'users will come along if your app is...

Marketing

asked Dec 7 '09 at 10:24

Chhuang
21 points

Question: What are some sample milestones/goals to set for co-founders to allow them to gain equity for contributing value to the company, like a vesting-based equity plan. Backdrop: Let's say...

Co-Founder Equity

asked Dec 6 '09 at 23:13

Nbeecroft
515 points

I think Bob Walsh mentioned something similar in one of his blogs or podcasts and there are a few other examples around that I have heard about, but I have not heard many of the details. (One is a...

Selling Business Exit Strategy

asked Dec 6 '09 at 15:57

Tim J
8,346 points

I'm planning a company conference where we will bring all our developers, applications engineers and sales people to one place for 3 days to do training and socializing. This is not a huge group...

Networking

asked Dec 6 '09 at 11:57

Dane
1,866 points

Several of my friends want to become entrepreneurs and they always ask me what draws me to it. For me, it’s the freedom to create, seeing that what I do really matters and the focus on building...

Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 6 '09 at 09:36

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

A friend and I are working on a website which we hope to launch before the end of the year. We would like to put off the actual incorporation for as long as possible (legal, accounting, & other...

Incorporation Legal Timing Partnerships

asked Dec 6 '09 at 07:47

John Mac Intyre
1,086 points

I've heard both sides to this argument. Joel Spolsky said in another question that it was a complete waste of their time at FogCreek, but I've heard success stories as well. For example the Thesis...

Affiliate Selling Resellers

asked Dec 6 '09 at 07:05

Jason
16,231 points

I'm a one-man software shop. I do all the software development, design, marketing, etc for my business. And I'm a big believer in being very open with my customers. I maintain a blog at...

Sales Reports

asked Dec 5 '09 at 05:25

Steve Wortham
287 points

I've been looking for a while for a better definition of who my market is other than "startup", "microISV", "mISV", "unfunded startup", "indy" because they don't get to the heart of what those...

Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 5 '09 at 04:17

Bob Walsh
2,620 points

Anyone aware of any books, articles, blogs, anything, that talks about best practices for communicating with users. Issues like, how often, at what user actions, what language to use, what formats,...

Marketing Email

asked Dec 5 '09 at 00:29

Aassaf
16 points

Are you working from home? Is your office in a garage? Is your business plan too big to be executed by you? What plans do you have to change this, if you don’t like the present situation? Is...

Funding

asked Dec 4 '09 at 21:20

Francis Eager
38 points

Does the company you're currently work for owns the IP rights if you are creating a product after work hours? Is there anything that can defend me if the company at one point claims that they own...

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Dec 4 '09 at 21:00

Jpartogi
1,342 points

So here's the situation: I was discovered by a startup company through some of my work. I was interviewed by one of the cofounders, and they were interested in putting me on their team...

Employees

asked Dec 4 '09 at 20:39

Ching B
23 points

As we think through new features to offer our small business and entrepreneur users, we're looking to the coming tax season as the time of year when most prefer not to have the distractions from...

Tax Business

asked Dec 4 '09 at 12:21

Paul O'brien
521 points

My product will be produced by a 3rd party manufacturer, and I am not overly keen to rent my own warehouse/hire a staff for order fulfillment (at least until we begin to scale). We will be selling...

Outsourcing

asked Dec 4 '09 at 05:02

Ryan
40 points

Let´s say that you are on your late 20s, early 30s, you had a rewarding professional career without breaking your back but you were never really passionate about it. You look back and you realize...

Choices

asked Dec 4 '09 at 03:12

A. Garcia
1,601 points

I started treating - information as a commodity. This change in mindset opened up many more possibilities and opportunities. Basic idea is that much information can be treated like any food item....

Strategy Decision Growth

asked Dec 3 '09 at 20:40

Arpit Tambi
1,050 points

Some companies opt for a free version in hopes of converting to paid. Others offer a free trial. I can see merit in both, but I'm curious what your thoughts are around which is preferred and why....

Marketing Trial Statistics Freemium

asked Dec 3 '09 at 16:47

Justyn
892 points

I'm looking for a low-impact way to implement an affiliate program for a web app. Looking for a reasonably priced turnkey solution that doesn't require a lot implementation. Are there simple to...

Affiliate Program

asked Dec 3 '09 at 16:45

Justyn
892 points