Questions

Can anyone recommend CRM / lead management software? We have a bunch of customer leads, and managing them using a Google doc is getting unwieldy. We are looking for an inexpensive solution,...

Sales Software Recommendations CRM Productivity

asked Nov 14 '09 at 10:17

Joseph Turian
895 points

I am recently passed out college graduate. Currently working in a mnc for full time job and also with couple of friends working a web based product during extra hours. We are expecting to complete...

Launch

asked Nov 10 '09 at 05:00

Prabodh
83 points

I have a web based product which has some unique characteristics. The whole concept is not 100% unique but the way this idea has shaped up I think is unique. I want to apply for patent of this...

Patent

asked Oct 27 '09 at 01:55

Skillguru
344 points

I think a lot of conceivable startups have already been conceived. A lot of workable business ideas have already been worked out. How did you manage to conceive your startup idea? All is well if...

Getting Started Ideas

asked Oct 22 '09 at 17:59

Graviton
871 points

I am nearly ready to launch, however I need to determine a pricing for monthly payments by the clients. How do you price it? Each time a user uses the product it costs us money through hardware...

Pricing Subscriptions

asked Oct 20 '09 at 04:53

Gagwgw
227 points

I've read a lot of times in the retail world where the $49.95 (or $49.99) style pricing actually increases sales vs. just making it a round figure like $50. Has anyone tried this for a...

Pricing Marketing Sales

asked Oct 10 '09 at 03:59

Dharmesh Shah
2,865 points

It sounds like fun to start a company, but I don't know if I can actually do it. How do you know if you can or if you're ready?

Getting Started Doubt

asked Oct 8 '09 at 05:35

Jason
16,231 points

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...

Career Jobs Failure

asked Nov 18 '13 at 06:49

Sticox
79 points

A business partner and I have been "working" through email together on this idea HE had. I've put in 25 hours a week for the past 3-4 months developing it, and he hasn't done much of anything on...

Co-Founder Legal

asked Dec 3 '11 at 03:21

Meow
137 points

Stack Overflow and all its sites are great, but how do they make money? There is just one ad on a page in the best case on Stack Overflow, and none on Quora or OnStartups.com. Am I missing...

Monetization

asked Oct 4 '11 at 18:23

Genadinik
1,821 points

I'm looking for a domain name and I've seen there are some new services launching with .io domain, is this suppose to mean something or there just choose it because it's short

Domain

asked Dec 26 '10 at 08:44

Ryudice
204 points

I need inspirational and pragmatic business books.

Ideas Books Business Opportunity

asked Nov 25 '10 at 15:19

Steven
1 point

When a big business tycoon opens a software companies, they get projects of millions of dollars, and the company is always flooded with projects. While if it is a startup that initiates from a...

Software Project

asked Oct 31 '10 at 14:17

Rpk
208 points

I am selling professional software B2B online to engineers. Price tag around $1k. Many online software vendors include an image of their product's packaging, a so-called "box shot". Of course,...

Sales Software Online

asked Nov 6 '12 at 23:59

Paperjam
394 points

My bootstrapped saas startup launched only a few months ago. My traffic is growing steadily but still fairly low (~200 hits/day). Although I do consider the product validated (we have a growing...

Bootstrapped Traffic Saas Conversion

asked Oct 28 '12 at 11:25

Bc Web
101 points

I have a commercial web startup. From a legal standpoint does maintaining users record (database info) if they decide to delete their account outweighs deleting their record? Maintaining the users...

Customer Support Legal Users

asked Aug 22 '12 at 11:32

Dave Valentine
51 points

I have startup software company (SaaS model) that is just me. All funding comes in from my main customer(Customer A). Product still in development and I have specific roadmap for next versions. At...

Saas Customer Service

asked Jun 27 '12 at 00:09

Katit
276 points

I am trying to determine when I should quit my job to pursue a startup. Here is what I feel are the pros/cons of leaving Pros Can focus more / no time constraints Iterations are much quicker (I...

Getting Started Venture Capital

asked May 6 '12 at 01:28

David
51 points

We have started a new web based service and are close to launching our prototype. So far the effort has been self-funded by me in amount close to $15k total expenses -- mostly for development. All...

Founder Seed Funding Self Funded

asked Mar 3 '12 at 23:42

Dmoore
51 points

I am looking for a way to handle payouts to authors living both in and outside of the USA. I heard about Paypal Mass payments but are there any other better alternatives to pay commissions...

Payments

asked Mar 1 '12 at 20:47

Jonathan Clark
151 points