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1 Answers
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Should I expect sales from an early release?

After doing some game development in my spare time and not being able to find a decent editor for simple 2D animations and spritesheet manipulation, I decided to knock one together. A year later...

asked May 19 '11 at 22:05
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Sam
176 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.27K Views
Platform to bring tech entrepreneurs to light

I've had this idea in my mind for a while now and I wanted some of your opinions on this. I'm a PhD student in Computer Science. I feel like the inventions that many students do just go within...

asked Nov 7 '11 at 05:09
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Sunil
128 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.01K Views
Suggest best way to process payments?

We are from NJ. Our start up consists of 2 people. Previously, all of our clients were through our contacts, so we just accepted cheques for payment and deposited them in our Bank of America small...

asked Dec 18 '11 at 11:25
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Varchar1
33 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.42K Views
How realistic is it to fund grad school with a web start-up?

A little background first: I just got accepted to a one year master's program in chemical engineering at my school, but I need to find a way to come up with roughly $20,000 - $30,000 over the next...

asked Apr 7 '12 at 13:37
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Nick
118 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.51K Views
SaaS, should we pick the payment options or let the customer?

Working on a new B2C SaaS will allow our customers to accept payments online from their customers. Currently we're trying to decided whether its better to have a list of payment gateways for our...

asked Sep 4 '12 at 09:23
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Delboud
16 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.6K Views
Questions for Daniel Pink re Motivation

We are fortunate to be scheduled Sunday to interview Daniel Pink, Author of several books, most recently Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (#35 presently at Amazon.) Here's a TED...

asked Mar 3 '10 at 07:05
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Bob Walsh
2,620 points

3 Votes
6 Answers
3.91K Views
What qualification and/or skills should I look for while hiring a web designer?

I am about to launch a website, which I got created through a freelancer. However, I am not very pleased with freelancer's performance and plan to hire someone full-time to make required iterations...

asked Apr 2 '10 at 03:32
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Joydeep
185 points

3 Votes
7 Answers
3.3K Views
Can you provide some blogging advice?

So I would like to start a blog for my company and I am challenged with a few things and not sure what to do. Here is my challenges: I am the CEO and have no experience with writing good content...

asked Sep 21 '10 at 00:38
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Stacey
484 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.84K Views
Hiring Specialized Sales Reps

Say you had a tech product that could be applicable to a various verticals like Healthcare, Financial, Education, Insurance, Manufacturing, etc... and you decided to ramp up your sales. Would you...

asked Apr 9 '11 at 20:53
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Chain
313 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.58K Views
Handling Business Analysis and Managing Scope Creep

As a developer, I produce a high-quality product, I exceed expectations and I deliver on time. However, as a project manager and business analyst, I could use a lot of work. I am not particularly...

asked May 19 '11 at 22:29
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Todofixthis
183 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.45K Views
Going part-time at current employer to fund start-up

I'm currently bootstrapping my startup but I'm finding that I don't have enough time at the end of a day of work to make enough progress. I'm not able to support myself enough to go full time yet,...

asked Sep 4 '12 at 11:53
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User19467
16 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.53K Views
CTO, what are the key elements that define your vision?

Maybe i'm mixing CTO with VP of Engineering here. But as a CTO early on in a 5 person startup that haven't built a prototype yet...What are the key topics or areas that you must have a vision for...

asked Dec 8 '12 at 12:59
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Rbend
18 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.5K Views
How does one go about handing off/selling software business to another party?

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...

asked Dec 6 '09 at 15:57
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Tim J
8,346 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
4.07K Views
SEO question: Starting a new blog. Will I be "punished" for syndicating select post from my other blog?

For the last year I have been running a blog called Lean Startups Blog. I want to take it to another level by inviting guest posters and possibly inviting some of my friends to co-run it with me. I...

asked Feb 25 '10 at 14:37
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Apollo Sinkevicius
3,323 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.42K Views
What is the quickest way to offer your SaaS customers credit card billing?

I have a SaaS product and want to offer my customers the ability to accept credit cards themselves. What's the quickest way to set this up? EDIT: I'm starting to think that giving the SaaS user a...

asked Jan 28 '11 at 09:57
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Jon Kragh
185 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.41K Views
How do I get surveys for users to take if I want to start an online survey website

I want to start my own company that allows users to take surveys and get paid for doing so. My question is, how do I get these surveys from affiliates? What companies do I need to contact to supply...

asked Feb 26 '11 at 09:27
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Jonathan Kushner
116 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.59K Views
What are good ways to come up with a business name?

I have been working at this non-stop for almost a year now, and I can't come up with any names that aren't taken. At this point, I am exhausted. Does anyone have any ideas for thinking of a name?

asked Sep 7 '11 at 14:43
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Kevin Soviero
180 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
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Easy business loans?

Is there a way to get an easy business loan for a medical business?I work with a client who is in urgent need of financing. They essentially want to bridge gaps in working capital by taking out an...

asked Aug 21 '18 at 20:11
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Patricia Wright
663 points

3 Votes
7 Answers
3.51K Views
Would it be so tragic not to obfuscate my product?

I'm building a software (a concept-mind-mapping/diagramming product in .NET) and seeing trouble with obfuscation (alteration of deliverable code difficult decompilation). It costs money and time to...

asked Nov 15 '09 at 13:25
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Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.37K Views
Can we compile tips on how to create the best video tours?

Video tours have been proven to be very effective in the conversion process. We will be creating one for our startup (piclyf) and would appreciate input from brilliant people here. or should we...

asked Mar 17 '10 at 02:29
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Eric
352 points