Questions
I've been working with a partner on a startup site for the last couple of months. We're both still doing day jobs at the same company and are both technically adept. The conflict comes in that...
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I want to found a startup that offers library applications using a SaaS model. I also work for a state academic library as a System Analyst / Developer. Would founding such a startup be a conflict...
74 points
How many of you have a co-founder in another country that you've never met in person? Is this plausible for a startup? An example of this is DHH from 37signals but I don't know any other so I...
333 points
I am looking for feedback from people who outsource their product fulfillment on the pros and cons of their service providers! I think the information will be helpful to the community. What should...
38 points
Co-founder is someone we really trust. But still there is a possibility for dispute. Is it better to put everything in writing and sign it before starting startup? Is it worth to pay legal fee...
430 points
This is a very subjective question. Anyway, what do you think are the factors that make a certain city or area a good geographical location for business. I'm sure there are way to many...
316 points
Many suggest to work on your prototype part-time and quit after getting some users. I found that it is hard to build a quality product on a part-time basis because of distractions. I have tried a...
430 points
Based on the success of my previous question and the fantastic answers from the startup community, here is the next question. I think the top 10 VC blogs will include Rick Segal, Feld Thoughts,...
547 points
I've been doing some freelance software development in Ruby on Rails for a while and I'm currently thinking of hiring people to grow my business (I'm based in Shanghai) but going from a one person...
265 points
Throughout the life of a business negotiation is a key skill for the founders and strategists working on it. Often, however, having no business experience, founders fall into traps put by the...
316 points
I use Wordpress for my primary blog. But I often want to write a few quick thoughts down that don't belong on my main blog. I want something that's easy to contribute, easy to edit. Any views?
545 points
Do you think it’s possible to do it all? Myself and entrepreneur Martin Bjergegaard are making it our mission to find this out in hopes of writing a book outlining the lessons of our findings. We...
116 points
I'm curious what peoples definitions are of a startup company? When does a company cease to simply be a startup? Does it have to be tech related?
124 points
I'm working in the infant stages of a SaaS platform and we're working on estimating cost. Right now our hosting and bandwidth expenditures are relatively low as we have only one customer, but we...
21 points
I'm curious if anyone has great examples to share of their own startups or others achieving highly successful and visible media attention, customer attraction or general brand awareness. A few that...
1,001 points
When a VC says they want to do a "$3M on $3M" deal what does that mean?
227 points
I am looking for recommendatins from the successfull entreprenurs on this forum to advise me on the best software technology platform to develop my web2 webapp on. The web2 app will potentially be...
59 points
I'm interested in entering the social media apps and games space. I personally have several years of experience in interactive media development for the web (both programming and design) and some...
11 points
I liked this question, and I felt that the answers were valuable, so I thought I'd ask one along the same lines. Which Twitterers do technology entrepreneurs find most valuable? I'm following...
784 points
Some people are motivated by money. Others are motivated by fame. Some of us find passion for our ideas that keeps us going no matter what. What drives you? What keeps you going through failure,...
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