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3 Votes
4 Answers
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Is this teired commission schedule for referrals fair?

I'm an independent software consultant who is looking for referrals. I've paid for referrals before and have noticed that sometimes I was happy with the price and sometimes I was not. For example,...

asked Apr 22 '11 at 06:39
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Timid Developer
30 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
3.98K Views
Is intellectual property a commodity?

Is intellectual property considered a commodity? Can intellectual property be bought and/or sold like other commodity type goods?

asked May 12 '11 at 23:36
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Oshirowanen
201 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.26K Views
Getting users to trust a virtual currency

I am about to build a service where a virtual currency is a vital part. The kind of virtual money, I am talking about here something, which is conceptually equivalent to money in a game like second...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 04:58
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David
1,567 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.51K Views
Do you have any real life stories/articles of successful tech entrepreneur to share?

I find stories from Founders at Work very inspiring and wondering if any of you keep collection of stories/articles that you found online.

asked Oct 15 '09 at 16:02
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Seymour Cakes
166 points

3 Votes
6 Answers
3.84K Views
CRM/support software recommendations?

Up until very recently we were doing all support through our support e-mail address. However, as the business grows, it is getting harder and harder to follow through support requests and dispatch...

asked Mar 30 '10 at 05:07
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Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.77K Views
Why do some companies purchase goods from a trading company or agent rather than direct from manufacturers?

Possible Duplicate: What factors will you consider when choosing a purchasing agent in China? I am a purchasing agent and work for some American and British trading companies. They get orders...

asked May 7 '11 at 19:23
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Steven
1 point

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.38K Views
Avoiding patent litigation by only operating in Europe

Software patents are a hell hole in the US and we want to get out of it by operating (at least initially) in Europe. If a US company only operates in Europe (say this is a web app) would we still...

asked Jul 31 '11 at 05:44
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Ntkachov
116 points

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3 Answers
2.32K Views
Why did my site vanish from Yahoo and Bing search results?

I have a website that sells a software product. My site used to be high up in search results on Google, Yahoo and Bing. Stupidly, I didn't do much with the site for about two months. It slipped in...

asked Sep 27 '11 at 21:39
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User6492
1,747 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.32K Views
Shipping "rewards" from a Kickstarter project

(i cant find a stack relating to "Crowdfunding" or similar so decided to put this in here, please feel free to migrate it to a more suitable stack if you know of one) I am currently running a...

asked Feb 13 '13 at 02:39
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Darkcat Studios
190 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.95K Views
How to find designers who are also well versed in marketing principles?

It's near impossible to find a designer who has deep knowledge of what converts and what doesn't.It seems you can either find someone who can make something really good looking, but lags in...

asked Apr 13 '14 at 00:27
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Joseph Black
17 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
3.07K Views
Cheapest way to llc/merchant account?

My current startup(which consists of two) is going through incorporation, registering the merchant account and hooking it up with Braintree. I saw Jason L Baptiste's interview on Mixergy where he...

asked Nov 1 '10 at 04:14
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Emil Hajric
161 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.79K Views
Is This a Right Time To Submit a Press Release?

I will be submitting a press release to PR Web for a new startup in order for it to gain some exposure. I've heard that having a press release be available on a Monday is one of the key times to...

asked Nov 24 '10 at 03:14
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Mlocke97
48 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.86K Views
How can I check the income of a German company registered as GmbH (Limited Liability)?

In many countries, the income of companies is public and accessible. My question is whether this is correct also for Germany, and where I could look up such information?

asked Mar 25 '11 at 20:17
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David
1,567 points

3 Votes
1 Answers
2.06K Views
Do I need traditional marketing for a web startup?

Is traditional marketing (newspapers, magazines, outdoors, tv, radio..and so on) necessary for a web startup in a tough niche (travel industry)?

asked Apr 30 '12 at 16:47
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Daniel
118 points

3 Votes
9 Answers
3.06K Views
Would you create unit tests for your application?

I don't know about you, while I agree that unit testing can reduce defects and therefore can maximize ROI in the long run, but it just takes an amount of time. Knowing that you're a startup where...

asked Oct 27 '09 at 22:19
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Jpartogi
1,342 points

3 Votes
7 Answers
25.6K Views
Help with my company name. What is the difference between 'technology' and 'technologies'?

I am setting up my new startup company. I noticed some company named XXXX technology Inc. and some other named themselves XXXXX technologies Inc. . I would like to name my startup MyCoolName...

asked Oct 21 '10 at 05:15
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Xlione
118 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.75K Views
CMS vs "Regular Site" Site For Software Product

I have an idea for a software product that I am working on. I'm not close to being done with a releaseable version (by a long shot) but since I can't work at it at the moment I figured I'd ask...

asked Jan 27 '11 at 03:56
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Jetti
289 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.14K Views
Do investors run away from entrepreneurs that have interests in 2 start-ups at the same time?

I am involved in 2 bootstrapped startups at the moment: startup 1 : I am a co-founder, have executive position and I work full time on it startup 2: I am a co-founder and provided a quite...

asked Sep 27 '12 at 05:10
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Wewill See
53 points

3 Votes
5 Answers
3.13K Views
Hiring Programmers and Code Storage

I have two freelancers working for me right now and I am using Freelancer.com where you simply send code back and forth by zipping it and using their proprietary messaging system which is clunky....

asked May 2 '13 at 21:16
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Clifgray
200 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.32K Views
Best practices for correspondance with user / customers

Anyone aware of any books, articles, blogs, anything, that talks about best practices for communicating with users. Issues like, how often, at what user actions, what language to use, what formats,...

asked Dec 5 '09 at 00:29
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Aassaf
16 points