Questions

When do I move my business from my laptop in my bedroom to rented office space? Is there any problem in doing business out of my living room, bedroom, or dorm room when I'm starting up?

Office Office Space Operations

asked Nov 21 '10 at 09:24

Moshe
409 points

I'll be writing my own web-site soon, and some parts of it I plan to outsource to developers (either people I know, or if I won't find any - developers from "freelancers sites"). Has anyone who...

Hiring Outsourcing

asked Nov 3 '10 at 08:44

Oren A
141 points

I own an S Corporation that has launched a niche market web service and have signed up a few customers. I'm still very much bootstrapping this and doing everything myself (a one-man show). I'm...

Contract Legal Agreements

asked Nov 2 '10 at 16:40

Tauren
240 points

i've been working on a project for the last year or so and during that time 4 out of 5 partners have left, leaving only me. I've turned the project into a modest success and have now received some...

Partner Pitch Angel Partnerships

asked Oct 25 '10 at 05:49

Sherif Buzz
462 points

Just to give some background, I'm building a software as a service offering which is almost in private beta and I have a few customers lined up to start using it at launch. Its a solo gig so far,...

Networking Venture Capital Pitch Angel

asked Oct 9 '10 at 14:15

Javid Jamae
347 points

Reading posts on this site I came accross the strong advice for any serious business to stay away from Paypal as an instrument for accepting online payments. On the other hand lots and lots of...

Ecommerce Payments

asked Sep 24 '10 at 22:47

Rem
352 points

Google Apps is now frequently compared to Microsoft's Outlook Exchange email solution. Which one would be better for usage in a startup?

Email

asked Sep 22 '10 at 11:07

Jfw
150 points

I've outsourced the creation of Web Spy Pro (www.webspypro.com) last year. It's a Webanalytics software that record/play the visitor mouse movements, so you can see exactly what visitors are doing...

Development Open Source Web App

asked Jul 15 '10 at 05:10

Dennis
176 points

We have a website, which is the entry point to install our software product. The software is targeted to wide range of individuals. My question is - should we put a forum on our website and allow...

Community Learning

asked Jun 30 '10 at 19:58

Pawel A
191 points

I'd like to use an algorithm that has been published. It's not a must have for me, but would be convenient. The creator might be difficult to contact, but that's obviously not a reason to do the...

Legal Patent Intellectual Property

asked May 6 '10 at 01:07

J Delage
277 points

In getting started we all take shortcuts. I'm thinking about when we: hire employees without having employee manuals or making them agree that they are at-will employees enter into an agreement...

Legal

asked Apr 15 '10 at 12:34

Dane
1,866 points

I have begun developing packaged software for pharmaceutical manufacturers. A BIG customer asked me "what if I install your software and your company is no more after 3 years?" I am sure other...

Risk

asked Mar 26 '10 at 01:25

Noname
111 points

We have updated our web app so that there will be unique SEO entries(page title, meta keywords, meta description etc) for every page. I am looking for a SEO testing tool that will automatically go...

SEO

asked Mar 18 '10 at 11:21

User2202
164 points

I'm trying to get started with my business idea, but I'm looking for at least one partner. I've found one, who I know vaguely, but he wants his brother in too. Although both seem competent enough,...

Partner

asked Mar 17 '10 at 05:52

User2387
111 points

If you are a 1-man show (to begin with, and want to stay small), would you be better suited to selling downloadable software or would a hosted version be more idea? With hosted, you don't have to...

Software Website Saas

asked Mar 11 '10 at 10:19

Un Startup
162 points

So there's tons of documentation and books on project management, agile development, how to manage outsourcing projects, how to send our project offshore, etc... But I'm on the other side, I'm...

Books Outsourcing Consulting Business

asked Feb 26 '10 at 03:05

Rabble
141 points

I have a personal blog and I would like to hear some advice regarding the use of this personal blog to share information about my company such as news, products, etc... Or, is it better to have a...

Marketing Blog

asked Jan 29 '10 at 03:56

Ricardo
4,815 points

I have experience in running a business, in marketing, research, strategy, customer service, business development, and I have some very important ideas that I want to transform into businesses....

Hiring Partner Business

asked Jan 28 '10 at 20:31

Kulpreet Singh
56 points

So I had an itch to scratch, and out came my startup. Granted it's a simple product, but what it does it does well. Now that it's launched and available for purchase, I'm at a loss for where to...

Marketing Software Strategy

asked Jan 20 '10 at 03:23

Jeff Paquette
161 points

What book/text changed your life or most influenced you and why? One book by answer please!

Books Inspiration

asked Jan 9 '10 at 17:05

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points