Questions

Are there any networking opportunities for startups (primarily internet entrepreneurs) in the UK - or more specifically, London? Since we are mostly bootstrapping and therefore need to keep costs...

Networking UK

asked Jun 18 '10 at 22:16

Morpheous
236 points

Could you share your story?

Entrepreneurs Business

asked Jul 13 '10 at 15:17

Jack
116 points

Seems like there are dozens (or hundreds) of travel meta-search engines like fly.com, Kayak, TravelPost, etc. I can't imagine any of the "big" sites like Expedia, Travelocity, etc allowing their...

Travel Search Engines

asked Mar 24 '11 at 23:14

Cbmeeks
135 points

I was reading about the creation of mingle2.com, and what struck me as curious is that at that time (in 2007) the online dating market was well on its way to being saturated (aside from niche areas...

Marketing Social Media Website SEO

asked Jan 20 '12 at 02:17

Jason C
41 points

I have a few web services on my website. They are used by major financial institutions. They are like little calculators specific to some complex math only required in finance. I want to move...

Ideas Business Plan

asked Jan 25 '12 at 22:20

Aldo
13 points

I have an LLC that is formed in NC. The LLC sells software online; the software is downloaded through the website. The website is run through GoDaddy, which is in Arizona, I think. The programmer...

Sales Tax

asked Apr 2 '12 at 11:20

User6492
1,747 points

I'm looking to quit the corporate rat race and start my business. What are some basics I should read up on first before starting?

Learning Entrepreneurship Startups

asked Apr 17 '15 at 12:14

Kimberly Lindley
12 points

I am frustrated. I am a software engineer, not a marketer. I recently launched a website called Trivlike, and online matchmaking site that uses trivia to match compatible people. I spent 6 months...

Marketing Blog Investors

asked Mar 19 '10 at 14:38

Joe A
1,196 points

I've identified a veteran CTO of several successful web and tech companies who I'd like to be the first Advisor to my web-based startup. He could help me with operations, as well as business...

Advisors Equity

asked Nov 4 '10 at 14:06

User4979
16 points

I prefer to do work on my own sites, but I occasionally take one-off small business website jobs where I work with a designer, who owns the client relationship. Most of these sites are content...

Contract Independent Contractor Vendors

asked Mar 5 '11 at 09:00

Pat James
138 points

I just wondering, whether anyone agree if I say that software (beta/prototype version) download number as an achievement for a software product, especially in startup stage. I know it is not a...

Marketing Funding Software

asked Jul 3 '11 at 03:44

Jazar
123 points

We are 3 partners and friends based in Milan, Italy, who started a crowdsourcing site which allows academics to work on short-term assignments. We launched in March of this year, and managed to...

Partner Technical Partnerships

asked Dec 1 '11 at 19:06

User1073693
11 points

Two other founders and I are planning to start an S-class tech firm. All of us have a government background and are new to the process: one founder is the notional CFO and has thus far handled the...

Getting Started Co-Founder Incorporation Equity

asked Jun 12 '12 at 04:40

Fox
126 points

We're attending a large (for us, 20K attendees) convention soon and haven't attended a lot of conventions. Obviously we want to maximize our presence. How do we get folks to visit our booth? We...

Tradeshow

asked Sep 26 '13 at 00:36

Clay Nichols
737 points

What are some ways to get beta testers that are in your target demographic to try out my app?Friends and family are ruled out since they don't fit my target audience.

Launch Testing

asked Mar 5 '14 at 08:29

Curtis Crespo
45 points

Once you raise a few rounds of capital, your equity ownership most likely gets diluted to a minority stake. There is nothing that stops the board from firing the founder at this point. How do you...

Board Equity Founders Financial Dilution

asked May 27 '14 at 23:13

Joshua Propp
11 points

As many of you know, companies like Google and 3M give the employees 20% of their time to work on something that really excite them the most. I also been thinking maybe this can be a good strategy...

Employees Side Projects

asked Nov 12 '09 at 10:07

Jpartogi
1,342 points

This may be a silly question, and as you can see from the other question I recently asked, I'm trying to uncover the mystery about various types of insurance here in the UK, and the US as well....

Software Insurance

asked May 14 '10 at 18:43

Nbeecroft
515 points

It is of course best to only bite off what you can chew. And many workaholics are accomplishing just as much as someone who puts in half the hours. But! If you find yourself in a long-term...

Time Management Personal

asked Dec 15 '10 at 11:37

Emile
204 points

I've working for a product (component) that need to integrated with other software (market: other software developers) for almost a year, to be honest selling this component is not easy, so as a...

Marketing Business Model

asked Jun 26 '11 at 22:43

Jazar
123 points