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6 Answers
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What kind of skills should I look for in a Head of Marketing?

IT used to be said that half of the money you spent on advertising was wasted - but you couldn't tell which half (bonus points to anyone who know who originated that). Online marketing is...

asked Jan 22 '10 at 08:00
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Puk
81 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
1.9K Views
How could US Policy better promote start-ups?

I am interested in thinking about how US policy could be better formed in order to encourage start-up enterprises and or the expansion of existing businesses. Please suggest what policy(ies) you...

asked Mar 23 '11 at 01:31
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Zkidd
26 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.88K Views
Switching from a Canadian corporation to a Canadian sole-proprietorship

I currently run a Canadian Corporation, but I'm finding taxes (both accounting fees and bookkeeping) a real pain and expense. I would like to keep the corporation and basically find out how to...

asked Apr 14 '11 at 14:37
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Geek Gal
16 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
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What are good books on management and organization to excel as a startup COO?

Preferably specifically targeted for startups in Tech/IT. I seem to find a lot about large corporations, but very little good literature about scaling from a small/midsize into a large...

asked Jun 23 '11 at 23:05
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John Sjölander
2,082 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
2.88K Views
Method to create a funny slogan

We're trying to develop a t-shirt slogan for out website. We're going for something funny, that doesn't even really have to do with what our site's about, just something to make people laugh and...

asked Aug 13 '11 at 05:33
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Slandau
203 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.02K Views
What type of employee do I need?

My SaaS company consists of myself (founder and developer), another developer, and a support person. Our new app is starting to gain traction, and as a result, I'm on the phone with potential / new...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 13:17
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Hodge
30 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
2.48K Views
How should I pre-sell software that right now is in development and looks ugly?

We're almost finished developing our first test build of an iPad app for small businesses wholesale companies. It is black and white, no style, design or anything. It basically does the core...

asked Feb 14 '13 at 14:29
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Sguptaet
242 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
3.22K Views
What would you ask Jason Fried of 37signals?

Pat and I have almost scheduled an interview with Jason Fried of 37signals on 3/18 about their new brand book, ReWork (http://37signals.com/rework/ ). I wanted to get this Question up now even if...

asked Mar 16 '10 at 09:11
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Bob Walsh
2,620 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
4.45K Views
Inventing a simple medical device and getting a patent before talking with a medical device builder

My wife is a surgical nurse and noticed a particular difficulty that surgeons have been having with a specific procedure. She has a beautifully simple idea for a relatively simple device that makes...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 02:34
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Maple Shaft
323 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
5.04K Views
Personal Branding: Better to use your full name or a nickname?

I have read a lot of questions asking if it is better to use their name or their business name on their twitter/facebook/youtube accounts and so on. The answer was it is better to separate those,...

asked Feb 14 '12 at 13:18
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Nikolai
125 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.9K Views
seed round parameters?

How should we decide how much we need to raise in a seed round? Our biggest expense is salary for the founders -- just enough so we can work full time on the company without living in our cars or...

asked Oct 13 '09 at 08:43
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Bstpierre
422 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
6.69K Views
Can you modify code under the MIT Open Source licence?

I'm considering building an community over Pinax. The out-of-the-box functionality covers maybe 60% of what we need to do. We're more than happy to debug and support the base code set but need to...

asked Dec 11 '09 at 17:53
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Puk
81 points

3 Votes
6 Answers
10.5K Views
How to find leads for outsourced software development projects?

We are a team of Ruby on Rails professionals skilled to create good web applications. What we are lacking is the marketing side of the business and we are looking to talk to people/companies who...

asked Nov 30 '10 at 05:35
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User
16 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
3.02K Views
What is the process to transfer real estate you already own into a newly formed LLC?

I already own several investment properties. However I purchased them in my own name for various financing reasons as the time. Now I would like to move them into LLC's, most likely one for each...

asked Jun 30 '11 at 00:43
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Opensourcechris
154 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
5.2K Views
I am a web model and I signed a contract with a non-compete clause I want to get out with out a problem help?

The contract is for 2 years and im only 2 months into it and it also has a non compete clause/Exclusivity clause ... so i really want to get out of this fast its a bad bad deal.. D. Exclusivity....

asked Oct 18 '11 at 00:06
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Kiki
16 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
6.33K Views
How do classified ad sites get their initial content?

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...

asked Jun 2 '15 at 05:13
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Michelle
16 points

3 Votes
6 Answers
3.82K Views
What are some effective ways to promote a book?

I am curious if anyone has any experience promoting a book. I have read a bunch of posts about various promotion methods but I have not seen a whole lot of posts on what is the most effective. By...

asked Nov 21 '09 at 00:03
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Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.43K Views
How do you gather in depth competitive intelligence with no cost?

I am able to access free whitepapers etc but i haven't been in the market long enough to know really what I am competing with to improve my positioning and competitive advantage. How can I access...

asked Apr 23 '10 at 23:22
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Stacey
484 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
1.95K Views
Ending an LLC in Michigan

I recently moved from Michigan to Texas. I did some research and i decided it maybe easier to end my LLC in Michigan and reform one in Texas where i currently reside. The laws are more conducive...

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asked Jun 24 '11 at 00:17
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Chrisjlee
195 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
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When doing business in multiple countries, how should an LLC structure bank accounts?

Should there be separate accounts open at a bank in each country? Should they all be with one bank that has branches in each country, how is that typically done?

asked Jun 30 '11 at 00:58
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Opensourcechris
154 points