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Where can a CS student find internships for startup companies?

I am master student in computer science. I will graduate in May. It's been exhausting for me trying to get a software engineer job. I think it will be easier to just start with an internship. Is...

asked Mar 11 '11 at 16:08
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Luke412
11 points

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2 Answers
3.08K Views
Is lack of marketing from competitors a good reason to build a startup?

Background: I have a web app idea in mind that I have started developing for fun. As I started seeing potential for revenue, I realized that a lot of other competitors have already started this...

asked Jul 17 '12 at 03:46
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Jason
11 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
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Verifying college degrees while hiring engineers?

Should you ask for college transcripts or a copy of the college degree when hiring software engineers? Wouldn't it be easy to just lie on the resume otherwise and state you have a PhD from Harvard?

asked Aug 30 '14 at 18:13
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Darin Swint
11 points

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5 Answers
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Startup in a 3rd world Country, What are our options?

I co-founded a startup that has a product belonging in the social media space and will launch a public beta in two weeks. We are located in the Philippines but we are targeting US/UK users. I am...

asked Dec 27 '09 at 19:14
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Eric
352 points

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2 Answers
2.45K Views
Are there any existing Business Intelligence solutions that are free or inexpensive?

Are there any existing Business Intelligence solutions that are free or inexpensive? For 1-3 users?

asked Feb 23 '10 at 09:14
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Danny
113 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.38K Views
Startup support/mentoring in Vancouver

CapitalFactory, Y-Combinator and TechStars are doing great job of helping startups to start up. Does anybody know of a similar initiative in Vancouver, BC, Canada? I am sure people from other...

asked Feb 27 '10 at 06:37
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Alex
32 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
4.6K Views
How many shares of stock to create when starting a company

I am thinking of creating a startup and want to allocate stock to various co-founders. Is there any sort of system for knowing how many shares to create of a new company?

asked Mar 21 '11 at 04:48
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Zachary K
208 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
2.89K Views
What are you doing about the Amazon EC2 issues?

Amazon has been having a lot of issues on EC2 through this weekend and I am sure many other startups got burned by them. What are you guys doing about it? Do you consider Amazon equally reliable...

asked Apr 25 '11 at 22:52
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Jorge Guzman
45 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
2.34K Views
Importance of Keywords in Search Engine Ranking

When you think of executing SEO plans how do you measure your success? There are lots of ways in which you can calculate your success ratio and can check whether you are moving in the right...

asked Sep 20 '11 at 23:30
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Kpmrs
11 points

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3 Answers
2.84K Views
Where to incorporate software startup?

The scenario: we are a startup software company that will be selling our applications through Apple's network (iTunes and Mac App Store). One co-founder is located in Toronto, Ontario. The other...

asked Oct 7 '11 at 08:24
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Chris
11 points

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1 Answers
2.98K Views
Getting Paid in Equity - what is the simplest way to structure payment for consulting work in equity?

I'm opening a small start-up consulting business and would prefer to be paid in equity. It's unusual, I know, but it's my preference. What is the simplest way to structure an equity-pay...

asked Nov 17 '11 at 04:01
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Justin
11 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.38K Views
Can we release our application to public without being incorporated?

We are about to release a public beta for our website. I'm curious if it is safe to release to the general public without being incorporated? Do you see any downfalls of this move or should we wait...

asked Jan 12 '12 at 10:19
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Gagan
150 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
4.31K Views
Google says distributing widgets that your users can use on their websites is black hat SEO. How to do it in a white hat way?

Matt Cutts, the head of web spam at Google, made a statement that site owners should nofollow any link on widgets they distribute. So apparently this common practice has also now become gray/black...

asked May 27 '14 at 16:26
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Julia Levine
12 points

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3 Answers
2.35K Views
What Trends Are You Watching In 2010?

What are the big trends that you are watching for in 2010? They can be relevant to technology, business, your own industry, whatever... For me... The Apple Tablet - 'Tablet PCs done right'...

asked Jan 1 '10 at 19:44
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Benjamin Wootton
1,667 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
3.33K Views
Startup my own or work for an established startup

Over the past 2 years I have been developing my own business. Recently we have gotten some traction and are moving forward--code is being written and things are falling into place. I feel very...

asked May 7 '10 at 07:37
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Csumme
146 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.6K Views
Insurance solutions for online lending libraries?

We have started an online lending library for Children's books in India. As with any lending library we send books to our members home. As with lent any items they can get damaged, lost in...

asked May 23 '10 at 23:50
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Hariraj
161 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
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Where am I "doing business" if I only have a website and I (potentially) sell to companies all over the world?

This is spawned from @Dana Shultz's answer to this question. from this portion of his answer: ...if you incorporate elsewhere but do business in CA, you will need to register in CA, too... ...

asked Apr 12 '11 at 13:19
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Abe Miessler
264 points

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Considerations in outsourcing your website and app development

Before contracting a developer, what should be considered? Legally what documents are standard and recommended, and why?

asked Jun 2 '11 at 12:20
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Sam
509 points

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3 Answers
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Contact information towards customers

I own a start up, and me and my staff are adding some slogans onto our twitter graphics (background). We we're thinking of adding my [email protected] instead of generic info@ or contact@...

asked Jun 21 '12 at 17:58
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Patrick Voth
30 points

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3 Answers
3.01K Views
Android Market - Give out coupon codes for bloggers?

I'm about to bring a 3$ app to the Android market. To get reviews and for promotion I'd like to give out coupon codes for a free download. Is there such a feature build in the Android market or...

asked Sep 22 '12 at 20:46
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James
16 points