Questions

I am looking for examples of ex-Googlers or Ex-Microsofters ( or other big companies leavers) who, after leaving the established company, went on to build their own, became hugely successful in...

Employees

asked Nov 2 '10 at 16:10

Graviton
871 points

I am writing today to understand and read what your take is in starting a consulting company. Currently I hold a day job, which I am happy with, but I want to become more flexible in terms of...

Consulting Independent Contractor

asked Jan 15 '11 at 16:33

Geo
268 points

I was wondering, if a site has lets say 1 million page views per month, how much does that make it worth? Similarly, for signed up users, lets say, a thousand signed up users - how much does that...

Website Valuation

asked Jun 11 '11 at 01:10

Genadinik
1,821 points

I currently write a lot of proprietary code that's buried away in some corporation and will never see the light of day (or another coder's eyes for that matter). But this will be my first endeavor...

Contract

asked Apr 23 '13 at 09:35

Snake Doc
179 points

I am working on a software product, which is going to revolutionize a specific industry. I checked with couple of top guys in this industry and they are all impressed. It is a billion dollar...

Marketing Sales Co-Founder Partner Partnerships

asked May 25 '11 at 01:33

User8226
197 points

I know the answer to this question varies greatly depending on the business etc. But I want to know if anyone knows of any information available that explains x-users = x-customer support reps etc....

Hiring

asked Jul 20 '11 at 12:01

David Borish
11 points

I had a trademark application that was rejected. The company has a business in a specific part of the country (not what I'd be doing). Is there any chance of using this? Do people do trademark...

Legal Trademark

asked Sep 1 '11 at 03:27

Timpone
142 points

I am a founder of a startup company. I need to apply one or more patents for the software that I am developing and about to release. Now I wonder whether I should file it under my name or file...

Software Patent

asked Feb 3 '12 at 08:54

Tom
197 points

We are providing a SaaS Service (currently in open beta) and thinking about our pricing tiers. We want to offer plans that grow at the same pace that our customers businesses grow. We are thus...

Pricing Saas

asked Feb 29 '12 at 11:19

Sam
13 points

I started a few years ago a few blogs with the format of a directory with some business listed on it. It started by using all free stuff (free blog services, hosting, templates, images etc etc)...

Getting Started Web Website

asked May 10 '12 at 21:05

User983248
489 points

Are there any laws or regulations in the United States that define what is or is not acceptable when doing customer service outreach calls. More specifically, what I mean by outreach is an...

Customer Support

asked Jun 29 '12 at 04:04

Moses
113 points

I'm searching for some examples / case studies / strategies / advice for crafting an email autoresponder series, with the goal of converting newsletter subscribers into customers of my saas...

Saas Conversion Email Marketing

asked Nov 7 '12 at 07:14

Bc Web
101 points

I need advice and experienced views on establishing a proper original founder equity picture in a project. Here are the details: Founder A - Coder / Co-Product Designer / Co-Original Idea...

Co-Founder Equity Startup

asked Feb 25 '14 at 18:49

Dan Newman
21 points

Ok, I'm about to start an entrepreneurship club in my college (Universidade de Sao Paulo - Brazil). The main reason for that project is that we students don't have any entrepreneurial culture and...

Entrepreneurs

asked Oct 14 '09 at 15:14

Lasse
13 points

And how do you initiate if you don't yet have a close relationship with the person?

Mentor Relationships

asked May 3 '10 at 12:19

G Rex
683 points

I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name. Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name? If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain...

Legal Copyright Domain

asked May 4 '11 at 13:08

Xiaohouzi79
1,257 points

We looking for interns to work with us (yumety) ( machine learning, supervised algorithm ) - anyone knows how to contact interns?

Getting Started Bootstrapped

asked Oct 24 '11 at 10:12

Debasish
46 points

I hired a developer 1.5 months ago, and I'm having serious doubts due to the lack of progress. The project cost is $2k and I paid half so far. So far what has been completed is just the front-end...

Developers

asked Nov 20 '12 at 14:01

Yangt09
55 points

What are some strategies did apps like Instagram and SnapChat use when they were completely empty upon launch? How did they grow their initial communities?

Community Growth Instagram Snapchat

asked Mar 20 '14 at 11:26

Orlando Osborne
30 points

Has anyone here started a company while on H1B worker visa? If yes, what legal issues did you face? Could you explain how you overcame those issues?

Visa Legal

asked Jan 19 '10 at 00:28

User2143
56 points