Questions

I've recently just revealed the branding for my up-coming start-up (still in development) and the aim to generate an interest before we officially launch the site - a few months down the line....

Marketing Social Media Promotion Audience Building Startups

asked Jun 14 '15 at 13:07

Reece Matthews
76 points

I'm moving my two-person startup to San Francisco and looking to hire a Rails engineer there.Given how expensive the cost of living is there, what is a decent salary for a full-time, intermediate...

Hiring Salary Developers Engineers Ruby On Rails

asked Jun 12 '15 at 13:55

Robert Cooperman
12 points

Facebook seems to have become too commercialized for their own good. I would love to build a new social network that gets back to the basics, but not sure if it will be worth it.Considering how...

Ideas Facebook Social Network Startups

asked Jun 12 '15 at 12:42

Chester Trujillo
14 points

For a new startup with limited funds and a single developer, would you recommend PaaS platforms like Heroku or self-managed server instances like Digital Ocean?Also, is it just me or does AWS seems...

Hosting Cloud Aws Heroku Digital Ocean

asked Jun 12 '15 at 11:40

Chester Davis
11 points

I'm a non-technical founder who is hiring my first employee, a Ruby on Rails engineer. While I'm great at execution on the business end, I'm clueless when it comes to the actual tech that my...

Hiring Interviews Founders Non Technical Engineers

asked Jun 12 '15 at 00:11

Mary Gould
12 points

We are building a SaaS app which will have a recurring payment model. Exploring to see which payment processor is best for our needs.Our only requirement is to be able to transact the whole thing...

Payments Payment Gateway Paypal Stripe Braintree

asked Jun 11 '15 at 19:44

Katherine Harrison
11 points

I'm exploring safe places to store my startup's intellectual property. These could be anything from vendor lists to investor term sheets, etc.Should I trust cloud service providers like Google and...

Google Apps Security Document Management Cloud Dropbox

asked Jun 11 '15 at 18:14

Brenda Tanner
14 points

Hi, I would like to get some advise about good niche online business. I have background in digital marketing for international companies last couple of years. Regards, Nick

asked Jun 11 '15 at 08:36

Nick
-4 points

We're have a tough time finding any good designers to hire for our startup. Most of the good designers are usually more interested in working at VC funded startups in the valley or more established...

Hiring Design UX Contractor Designers

asked Jun 10 '15 at 09:55

Keenan Bachelder
20 points

What are some types of businesses that can started that help cities recover from natural disasters while at the same time generate some revenue?The only one that really exists like now is something...

Ideas Business Model Donations Charity Watsi

asked Jun 8 '15 at 09:55

Paul Card
12 points

I want to create a minimum viable product for my startup idea. The concept is fairly complex which will require rails developers who have a lot of experience.The app deals with the financial...

Hiring Developers MVP Freelance Ruby On Rails

asked Jun 5 '15 at 16:28

Angelica Hole
6 points

I've seen "new" classified ad sites have a bunch of listings when they launch. It looks like lots of ads has been posted already although the website was just launched.Same is true with dating...

Launch Data Content Ads

asked Jun 2 '15 at 05:13

Michelle
16 points

My upcoming business has a side project that requires reaching out to small businesses that do not currently have an online presence. Initially I was hoping to achieve this manually by looking...

Marketing Customers Promotion Small Business

asked Jun 1 '15 at 14:49

Reece Matthews
76 points

My startup is in the very early stages. We have a very raw prototype and haven't launched yet and so have no revenue either.Two angel investors are interested in putting $20,000 each in our startup...

Equity Angel Seed Funding Valuation Angel Investors

asked May 30 '15 at 13:41

Darlene Vera
11 points

I have a new task management app. Born out of frustration that the current models out there are lacking in a bunch of features you would think would be obvious plus I added a new feature which I...

Marketing Adwords Project Management Saas Startups

asked May 30 '15 at 02:30

Paul Moran
6 points

I am starting a web encyclopedia in Nigeria but my fear is how to generate revenue with this online encyclopedia.

Getting Started Marketing Revenue Startups Revenue Model

asked May 29 '15 at 22:08

Hassan Sani
6 points

It always happens when I launch new apps. A month or two into marketing it, there is very little growth or paid customers. Which leads to me losing interest or getting pessimistic about the app...

Marketing Launch Strategy Failure Pivot

asked May 22 '15 at 11:43

Robert Miller
14 points

Is it worth worrying about branding principles (name, logo, slogan, etc) when launching your app? Or should that come afterwards once you get some customers?One issue is that renaming a company...

Marketing Logo Branding Slogan Startups

asked May 21 '15 at 10:13

Brian Flores
7 points

I am an engineer turned founder who is having a tough time coming out of my introverted shell. It's a barrier that I'm trying to overcome in order to finally hire my first employee and possibly...

Personality Founders Startups

asked May 20 '15 at 15:42

Morgan Skeen
11 points

Offline there are tons of local businesses which are known to be recession proof (ex: laundromats). What are some web equivalent verticals that would qualify?

Ideas Web Business

asked May 19 '15 at 22:25

Britt Aaron
12 points