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3 Votes
6 Answers
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How to trust my developers?

Is there any usable mechanism to ensure I can trust my developers so that they can't do anything stealthily harmful to my product / business in the code? Such as changing my PayPal email to his or...

asked Jun 13 '12 at 15:33
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Kavoir.Com
129 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
2.49K Views
Life as an Entrepreneur!

Just wondering, do you sometimes feel like you might be crazy? or is it normal to feel crazy as an Entrepreneur, because you are doing something different , that isn't following the normal path of...

asked Nov 24 '10 at 01:43
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001
167 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.24K Views
Getting paid for a service as an individual vs as a company

I am interested in offering services like computer repair or programming. However it's not a business I will be running. It's more like getting paid for helping. This "help" is an extra source of...

asked Nov 29 '10 at 07:04
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Tony Henrich
283 points

2 Votes
9 Answers
2.99K Views
On what should I pay attention when letting someone design my website?

So I have an idea for a new website. I worked it out into great detail but unfortunately I cannot design it myself (only have some basic html knowledge). At first my plan was to learn and design it...

asked Aug 12 '11 at 08:19
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Rick
11 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.19K Views
How and Where to sell web applications?

I have couple of good quality web applications. Personally I never got time to market them. I am just a web enthusiast who love to make web products. Is there any good market place other than...

asked May 27 '12 at 14:54
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Amit Gupta
11 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.63K Views
How do divide up equity if I'm providing the idea, mentoring and a smalll amount of funding

I have what I think is a really good idea for a product/business. I don't have time to develop it so I'm thinking of sharing the idea with some entrepreneurship students at a local university. I...

asked Apr 4 '13 at 13:09
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Clay Nichols
737 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
2.73K Views
Is location important for a startup?

I always think that location is somewhat important for a startup, and I always think that USA is a perfect place for a startup because it has a large market (of 300 million people). My (premature)...

asked Oct 18 '09 at 08:03
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Jpartogi
1,342 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
4.01K Views
Ramp Up Deployment for LAMP - Hosting recommendation?

As premature as it is right now, I'd still like to ask for your recommendation for a good scalable LAMP deployment. I will probably launch the beta with a single box, or a web server and a database...

asked Jan 4 '10 at 12:12
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Ron M.
4,224 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
7.32K Views
How to pay overseas employees?

If a company has overseas employees or even directors, how should they go about paying them? Should the parent company set up a subsidiary, and then transfer some assets to pay the employee of...

asked May 18 '10 at 18:43
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Nbeecroft
515 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
2.47K Views
Precautions to take while getting to know people?

A friend of mine has a startup. I introduce him to people at times, and he's got contacts who are useful to me too. When meeting up with such contacts, what precautions could we follow or how can...

asked Jan 21 '11 at 00:35
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Nav
113 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.9K Views
Need advice on getting the word out about an open source and free site

A few months back I got tired of doing portfolio tracking in a spreadsheet and sat down and made a site. I got a few friends and family to start using it as well for their portfolios but have been...

asked Apr 2 '11 at 14:39
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Gennadiy
313 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
3.06K Views
Is it a Good Idea to promote your website at tech conferences like SXSW, Web 2.0?

My friend and I are about to launch our website in 6 weeks. We do not have a company registered yet. We are working on full time jobs and plan to set up a company once our website launches and...

asked Mar 14 '12 at 02:21
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Raj
24 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.37K Views
My one-man startup has been invited in a startup showcase event of a prestigious university. How to go about it?

It seems, my one-man startup has been doing well, and has been noticed by a prestigious university. They recently sent me a letter inviting me to their annual Technology- Management Fest, where...

asked Aug 2 '12 at 03:13
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Vaivhav
32 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.99K Views
What drives you to complete projects you start?

I have started building countless apps over the years and always end up abandoning them when they're 80% there to completion. Usually it's because I start having doubts that it will fail or I lose...

asked Mar 13 '14 at 17:08
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Stephen Parks
15 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.09K Views
Should we hire a marketing firm to spearhead our Startup Go-Live Campaign?

My company is going to be launching our "go-live" site in approximately 3-4 months time and we have begun to brainstorm ideas for a viral marketing campaign. We are well aware of utilizing social...

asked Jan 4 '11 at 00:43
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Robert Dolle
118 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
2.78K Views
Why do big internet companies need thousands of "engineers"?

I'm just starting to learn rails myself but I was wondering why companies like FaceBook need 3000+ coders?

asked Jan 14 '11 at 12:27
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Jason Glib
96 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
2.95K Views
Where to draw ideas from?

There are many great products and projects going on everywhere. Even if they aren't great - it doesn't matter. People are realizing their ideas and doing what they love. So, where are people...

asked Apr 18 '11 at 03:42
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B?????
118 points

2 Votes
8 Answers
3.25K Views
Starting a new business and building a website

I want to start a business selling food items, such as green teas. How can I go about building a website for it? I have no prior experience with selling items or building a website. I am motivated...

asked Jun 16 '11 at 06:27
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Mia
111 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
2.9K Views
Startup, Friend, Salary, and New Employee

My startup is pulling $20,000 a month and in the position to add a new technical full-time employee in order to gain technical competitiveness. However, I'm troubled by my current situation. Few...

asked Jul 21 '12 at 16:23
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Johnny Kim
33 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.12K Views
How can I prevent retail outlets from creating their own version of my product?

I'm afraid, with what I want to supply being in the fresh food realm that retail outlets may quickly create their own version of my product to cut me out of the equation. Because it's in the...

asked Oct 22 '13 at 04:40
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Warren Van Rooyen
34 points