Questions

I am owner of a small start up web+mobile development company. We are 2 full time programmers (including myself) and 4 part time programmers. I asked my team a question: Do you think it's important...

Culture Non Profit Employees Relationships

asked Sep 4 '11 at 14:07

John
170 points

How old do my kids have to be before I can hire them as employees in my software company (doing clerical tasks)? Clarification : I'm asking what age can I legally (in the US) employee them and pay...

Hiring

asked Nov 11 '11 at 08:45

Clay Nichols
737 points

I am hiring for software developer position. Now I got this one guy who solved my C test well. But I find that hes a bit oversmart. I also got this other guy whosdid 80% correctly. So, now I am...

Software Hiring

asked Sep 16 '11 at 19:29

Ncm123
126 points

I would like to hear the stories of startups that created a software product of any category that didn't take off for the simple reason that no one wanted it. One of the examples could be Microsoft...

Failure

asked Mar 6 '10 at 06:24

Alex Radzie
40 points

What is the difference between marketing a consumer product and an enterprise product? I have read much of the ISV materials, BTW, thanks to all the legends such as Eric Sink, Bob Walsh, Jason...

Marketing Sales Enterprise

asked Oct 14 '09 at 06:27

Sen
34 points

I am building a small startup. We haven't raised any money yet, and we're in the stage where we need the help of some very talented free lancers (mostly graphic designers). The prices they are...

Payments Vesting

asked Aug 23 '11 at 14:46

Vondip
584 points

How do entrepreneurs make sure they read only few important books which matters every month and disregard the others due to information overload ?

Getting Started Resources Books Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 15 '11 at 17:05

Drew X
77 points

My app is out there... after 100 hours of hard work... I hardly find any people downloading it forget about using it. Honestly, I find marketing stuff pretty boring and dont really get motivated to...

Marketing Iphone Apps

asked Jun 28 '11 at 14:47

Xoail
365 points

It's getting a little difficult to come up with a domain name for a new idea I have. Most of the good names are either taken or parked. Is there a site I can use to get ideas for my domain names...

Naming Domain

asked Sep 6 '11 at 01:37

User3462
345 points

Why is the finance industry so lucrative ? According to Yahoo Finance, the finance sector has by far the largest market capitalization of all sectors. And yet, I have a hard time understanding why...

Finance Industry

asked Mar 14 '10 at 22:54

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

A study by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire has just released their study on 2010 Angel Investment. By definition this money went to start-ups. Buried in the...

Angel Social Entrepreneur

asked Apr 14 '11 at 00:26

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

This is my website, Tenxian.com. We have very few users right now. How can I market/promote it? Any good ideas?

Marketing Website

asked Feb 9 '10 at 01:51

Steven
1 point

Assume that my company provides services (IT related). I want to offer those services to some companies. Probably those companies already have a provider, but I want to tell them why they need to...

B2B

asked Feb 17 '12 at 08:43

User194076
157 points

I am trying to startup a mortgage company. My venture would be a full service mortgage lender not a brokerage. I have a marketing plan that I feel will drive business to the company in a...

Funding

asked Mar 22 '11 at 04:12

Steve11140
69 points

It is becoming more and more important to get your market involved from day 1 of development (as opposed to day 1 of launch). How do you engage customers throughout the product development cycle,...

Customers Product Development Cycle

asked Jun 4 '11 at 00:45

Sam
509 points

I'm curious about filing fees and annual taxes in the various states. Is there anywhere that breaks this information down in a clear easy to understand format?

LLC Incorporation

asked Apr 22 '11 at 13:13

Abe Miessler
264 points

CEOs are really busy and they don't provide their contact email addresses to avoid spam. Well, I wanna contact CEO of a X company, using the [email protected] really will not help that those...

Contact Meet Up

asked Sep 23 '11 at 03:22

Gimp
427 points

I am in the process of (re)learning Wordpress. General searches return a plethora of resources for learning, but it's difficult to cut through the clutter. What resources do folks here...

Marketing Blog Website

asked Nov 14 '09 at 06:23

Joe
298 points

Im located in Minneapolis,Mn. Im starting up an online business here in U.S with market focus in Africa.Im building an e-commerce (auction) site for the growing African savvy internet users. I am...

Ecommerce Entrepreneurs Partnerships Web Dev

asked Nov 27 '11 at 17:43

Onu Kaycee F
21 points

So how typically does financing work. Are investors basically giving me a loan that I have to pay back? Are they buying equity (so that upon business failure, nobody owes anybody anything)? Are...

Equity Investors Loan

asked Dec 6 '10 at 09:03

John Berryman
388 points