Questions

These two services seem quite similar and from reading around on the internet I can't find a definitive reason why one is better than the other or a comparison of their strengths/weaknesses. Has...

Customer Support

asked Oct 10 '09 at 18:39

Anthon
470 points

I'm curious if anyone has great examples to share of their own startups or others achieving highly successful and visible media attention, customer attraction or general brand awareness. A few that...

Marketing

asked Oct 12 '09 at 13:26

Randfish
1,001 points

I am in my late 20s with physical height of 4 feet 10 inches (147.3 cm) only and interested to start my business. I look fine but I don't look like "The man" or "The CEO". Most successful...

Leadership Business

asked May 2 '11 at 08:05

M G
216 points

I just got approached to join a startup. 20 years ago, I had my first startup experience working as employee #5 of a outfit that is now owned by a German multinational corporation. It was the...

Hiring

asked Sep 20 '12 at 06:29

Chris
243 points

I have worked in a variety of environments wanted to share my opinions and see what others thought on the subject of ideal office space layout. Once our lease is up (in a few years) I am thinking...

Planning Employees Office

asked Nov 7 '09 at 10:19

Oleg Barshay
2,091 points

I am being asked by a client to provide invoices from other clients showing that I was paid the hourly rate that I want to charge them. In other words, Client A wants to see my invoices to Client B...

Business

asked Mar 26 '11 at 02:38

Bob Baddeley
238 points

I want to copy a Terms & Conditions agreement from a competitors site & swap out their name for mine. A few entrepreneurs I know have also done it but I wanted to make sure there aren't any...

Legal Terms And Conditions

asked Feb 16 '10 at 05:40

Yasmine
206 points

From around March 2009 to October 2009, my sister and I built a website and dubbed it our "first startup": Jumpino.com. Truthfully, it was hardly a startup: we had no capital, no way of monetizing,...

Ideas Google Intellectual Property

asked Jul 5 '11 at 05:46

David Titarenco
405 points

Every time I have new idea I usually have a to build a small website as a prototype to pitch it. Every time I wonder what hoster to use and it seems that every time I change hoster for various...

Hosting

asked Feb 23 '11 at 04:39

Antony P.
714 points

What little tips and tricks do you use to try and be as productive as possible each week plus be as motivated as possible? Here are a few I use: I will schedule meetings that normally would be an...

Motivation Productivity

asked Feb 7 '10 at 07:43

Chris
4,214 points

What are the best sites or blogs to freely promote or prompt reviews for your new startup? (Except well-know sites like TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, and so on ... or other sites where you don't have...

Marketing

asked Aug 27 '10 at 00:11

Ekvador
189 points

My husband and I built a niche SaaS over the past 12 years...it was an idea way ahead of its time that is now catching on and attracting attention. For school districts, so our addressable market...

Saas

asked Dec 14 '12 at 12:51

Jules
121 points

I have an idea in my mind, for this idea I want to invest more time and money in making it a fully developed product. So far, whatever small software products I have created are for a small niche...

Software

asked Jan 4 '11 at 00:18

Iamgopal
221 points

I hear stories all the time about entrepreneurs who take out a second mortgage to start a business, run their personal credit cards through the roof, and put a whole lot on the line for success....

Risk Career Personal

asked Oct 21 '09 at 14:46

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

I am at a point where I need to have a Terms of Service (TOS) page ready before I launch my SaaS product. Is there a template somewhere that I can use, or is this something that only a lawyer can...

Legal Terms And Conditions TOS

asked Oct 18 '10 at 02:33

Ricardo
4,815 points

Working on my first startup, I'm fortunate enough to have a wide set of "do-it-myself" skills, ranging from technical to industry specific. I haven't been looking for a partner, quite simply,...

Co-Founder

asked Oct 16 '09 at 00:36

Ez Yz
473 points

I'm a designer / developer. My product is ready for beta, so my focus has to shift towards sales and marketing. My problem is that I just cannot sell. I have an irrational fear of annoying people...

Sales Pitch Selling

asked Aug 13 '11 at 05:35

Finch
211 points

As a follow-on to my last question What is the ideal mix of founders for a SaaS startup? it seems that a Marketeer is important to a SaaS startup. I think it's fairly easy to find and evaluate...

Marketing Co-Founder Founder Saas

asked Jan 5 '10 at 23:46

Denis Hennessy
1,363 points

From your point of view and experience, what is more important when you are building a web based app: release ASAP (eventhough it might not follow best practices) or release it rather late as...

Software Infrastructure Research

asked Oct 20 '09 at 17:26

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I've noticed that a lot of software start-up companies do not post a contact phone number on their website. Even some seemingly established companies (such as 37signals) do not post their phone...

Phone

asked Oct 13 '09 at 07:07

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points