Questions

I have a two member software start-up with a co-founder who is also a very good friend. We make decent money through our products and services, but could do much much better if my co-founder did...

Co-Founder Time Management

asked Jan 7 '12 at 06:04

Fox
38 points

I started planning a new web service. I started to write some effect maps to define primary goals that are basically related to growing numbers of: site traffic user registrations user shopping...

Getting Started Incentives Shopping

asked Jan 6 '12 at 22:27

Robert Koritnik
308 points

I work in Qatar as an IT administrator. I have developed a piece of software for my company in my free time. Developing software isn't part of my duties. If the company asks for the program's...

Legal

asked Jan 3 '12 at 12:07

Supun Silva
36 points

This is the flip side of this question about what to look for in a technical co-founder. If I have technical skills and can build a prototype myself, what sort of skills or experience should I...

Marketing Sales Co-Founder Business

asked Dec 19 '11 at 08:59

Hartley Brody
1,317 points

On one hand, people leave bogus emails just to get the download link. You don't get any means of contacting them afterwards or build your email list. On the other hand, if people see that sending...

Marketing Business

asked Dec 13 '11 at 15:49

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

I see sites that launch recently and they already have around 10 customer companies logos on their page under Customers. Some of these are logos of fortune 500 companies. How do you pull off...

Logo Testimonials

asked Nov 22 '11 at 12:07

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

Let's say that I created a business that somehow created content or news about itself that was interesting for 100.000 people to follow on a regular basis. Is there any very rough way of estimating...

Market Analysis

asked Nov 21 '11 at 22:01

David
1,567 points

I'm curious if a company has to (or if it is normal to) pay their employees if they, for instance, close the business for a while for renovations. For a specific case, say a restaurant closes for...

Employees

asked Nov 13 '11 at 15:22

Josh M.
138 points

After deciding on a list of requirements with a client and agreeing on a price, the client sent me 50% of the total before work was started, and we agreed the remaining was to be paid at...

Payments Business Services Customer Service

asked Nov 9 '11 at 07:09

Nute
143 points

So... in a startup... im the techie/developer of the business, my partner is the business side. While, I'm developing this elaborate application... what should he be doing? What do business people...

Partner Planning Business Business Process Partnerships

asked Nov 5 '11 at 10:52

Meow
56 points

I just started up a mobile game company, set up Quickbooks online, and now I'm trying to read up on accounting. Right now I'm reading The Accounting Game. It's a great book and it makes really...

Finance Accounting

asked Nov 4 '11 at 17:19

Edgar Miranda
230 points

I am in a conundrum. Accelerator programs such as YCombinator and TechStars advise entrepreneurs to apply as early as possible for additional consideration. However they stress out that they are...

Recommendations

asked Oct 14 '11 at 04:03

Rjgonzo
157 points

Does anyone have personal experience, good articles, or case studies that document the pros and cons of offering a free trial with no obligation (i.e. you don't collect credit card information at...

Credit Cards Trial

asked Oct 11 '11 at 04:25

Jeff
154 points

When initially researching the competition during the early stages of the product development, there did not appear to be very much competition, other then two larger contenders. However, as this...

Competition

asked Oct 6 '11 at 01:47

Rob R
58 points

Question: How do I deal with a co-founder who came up with the idea, asked me to partner with him, and now hasn't done anything since we agreed on going into business together. Background: My...

Co-Founder Legal

asked Sep 20 '11 at 07:23

Saif Akhtar
53 points

I'm wondering if there exist any community driven site, to join two kind of people... Developers creating new software products (web, desktop, mobile) to be reviewed, but not as a paid tesing...

Software Community Beta Early Adopters

asked Sep 14 '11 at 06:00

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

I'm in the process of registering a company for my start up. I've been developing the concept 60 hours a week for the past 6 months. I've attracted the interest of a high profile UX academic that...

Partner Equity Company Registration Shares

asked Sep 6 '11 at 16:48

Nathan Keller
138 points

We're students, and we don't have a car. A client would like to meet up, but at a location that isn't far to get to by car, but is a pain by subway/taxi. It would be awesome if we could handle the...

Meet Up Travel Clients

asked Sep 1 '11 at 00:45

Mirov
384 points

What is a good way to start drumming up business for B2B? I've thought of a few ways such as joining the local chamber of commerce for the city i'm targeting (with the intent of getting to know the...

B2B Leads Clients

asked Aug 31 '11 at 08:04

Dustin Davis
272 points

I am running a boot-strapped startup with another technical co-founder and we are making revenue (not profitable yet) and things are extremely tight. We are both experienced programmers and my...

Employees Code

asked Aug 29 '11 at 03:32

Nextgenneo
327 points