Questions

Is it all about making money -- or is there something more? Is there value in a mission about positive impact on the world? Is there a value in start-ups that are addressing issues of global...

Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneur

asked Mar 29 '11 at 09:48

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

All I hear about nowadays is the Lean Movement. I like it, but what is it rebelling against? The status quo, I know, but what's the name of non-lean thought? For example, the opposite of "Agile"...

Lean Business Process Agile

asked Jun 6 '10 at 10:23

Jason
16,231 points

When we think about startups we always think about the success stories like Google, Twitter, and YouTube. You never hear about failed startups unless there was some sort of high profile founder or...

Failure

asked Nov 15 '09 at 04:38

Joe A
1,196 points

My partner and I are C++ developers, not web/CMS developers and we need a decent site for our company and product launch. I have been dabbling with wordpress and Drupal, but the results are...

Website

asked Oct 29 '09 at 01:14

Tim J
8,346 points

I have a free trivia app that I launched about three years ago, which generates about $90K in revenue each year. My costs are very little and most of it is profit. The only real cost is my time to...

Acquisition Apps Selling Business App Store Ios

asked Mar 29 '14 at 01:10

User32788
74 points

Is there any correlation between going to an ivy league school and being successful in startups? Almost every successful startup in the valley has a founder which went to an ivy league school.Also,...

Entrepreneurs Success Education

asked Mar 26 '14 at 23:26

Martha Gonzales
55 points

Our small firm provides custom web application services. We always charge on a time-and-materials basis - we simply give an estimate up front and then charge for actual hours used. One of our...

Contract Customers Billing Clients Client

asked Oct 29 '13 at 03:37

Contrazoom
186 points

I currently work within a call centre as a manager and I have a lot of admin work to complete. During my own time, at home, on my own PC I started developing a system/tool via Excel that would...

Competition Employees Side Projects Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Aug 21 '13 at 21:50

Jim Cullinane
41 points

Software dev myself - been working on startup idea for a four months now - I'm a solo founder ( until I can find the right person) - as previous partnerships were difficult to maintain My...

Getting Started Strategy Startup Costs Day Job Money

asked Aug 12 '13 at 22:33

Code Talk
253 points

I've been offered 20% of the profit of a new startup if I build the website (which is essential to the business). What types of things should I look for in the agreement that is to be drawn up?

Partnerships Agreements Profit Sharing

asked Jun 7 '13 at 22:16

User1477388
143 points

We're building an awesome platform and we need to get beta users. I'm offering exclusive invites on craigslist, stumbleupon, and a few forums and it's not getting me much. We're just trying to...

Beta Internet Marketing

asked Jan 17 '13 at 07:19

Anthony B
41 points

I'm creating a mobile app for small business wholesalers and the alpha will be finished soon. I have done some face-to-face market research by visiting trade shows they exhibit in and showing...

Software B2B Beta Small Business Mobile Apps

asked Dec 30 '12 at 01:49

Sguptaet
242 points

I had this brilliant startup idea for a while, and finally had some small funds to hire a programmer. It's been about two months now with no functionality results, and only design/theme drafts. I...

Outsourcing Developers Scams

asked Nov 29 '12 at 12:13

Yangt09
55 points

What do you do when a huge online company (as dominant as say Google, Apple, Microsoft etc in their respective niche) has a big feature that's been lacking in their very popular product, and your...

Getting Started Marketing Ideas Development Website

asked Nov 5 '12 at 23:57

Nyxynyx
193 points

I know many questions with same subject has been asked, i am asking this question after reading many of them. I am working as an IT person to keep doing my day to day expenses but there is one...

Motivation Focus Incubators

asked Oct 11 '12 at 18:55

Finding Nemo
43 points

These days most apps support both ios and android. But which one would be the best to get done first? What are the pros and cons of either way? We want to launch a closed beta and get as many users...

Apps Android Apple

asked Jul 11 '12 at 09:29

Mugetsu
143 points

I have startup company and we have SaaS application which we sell as subscription. There is a lot of competition(which is good) and often first question I get from prospectives is "How...

Sales Customer Service Cost Estimation

asked Jun 28 '12 at 05:41

Katit
276 points

As a new startup, do I really need a part-time accountant or can software like QuickBooks do everything for me? Perhaps a bookkeeper to input data into the software is all I need?

Getting Started Financial Bookkeeping Accountants

asked May 24 '12 at 07:30

Anon E
41 points

A good friend of mine has a great idea for a project. He has more experience than I have, far more connections, and some awesome skill. He has some ideas on building tools for some major...

Equity

asked May 20 '12 at 06:28

Chase Florell
143 points

I am wondering if anybody in the community has experience with Amazon.com's merchant programs, and whether or not they are a boon or a negative factor to a growing e-retail business. They have been...

Ecommerce

asked May 19 '12 at 05:44

Futureal
389 points