Questions

How can you make revenue and user acquisition projections before launching your product? And are they worth anything?

Market Market Analysis Revenue Market Research

asked Aug 28 '11 at 12:11

Gagan
150 points

I have about 2000 users of my first product. When they bought (over the past 3 years), I didn't have any checkbox on my order page asking if they wanted to receive notifications or updates from my...

Marketing Software Legal

asked Aug 14 '11 at 20:09

Carlton D
38 points

I'm a web developer and I live in Iran. Unfortunately my country is under international sanction. However, I'm able to work for foreign customers and get their job done. But there is a problem. A...

Finance International

asked Aug 9 '11 at 21:22

Saeed Neamati
153 points

There are a few software titles (all games) that have been officially retired and are no longer supported. I have designed a business model for recovering these end of lifed titles, but am having...

Communication

asked Jul 27 '11 at 09:06

Patrickgamer
234 points

I'm still trying to figure out what influences which start-up is visible and which is not on AngelList. Partially, I think it has to do with the personal preferences of the folks at the AngelList,...

Angellist

asked Jul 6 '11 at 02:18

Usabilitest
1,698 points

I'm working on a new venture with a friend of mine, and we set to meet as many potential customers as possible before writing even a single line of code. We've met with 2 customers and both of...

Customers Market Research

asked Jul 2 '11 at 17:08

Stnal
41 points

Are NDAs a safe thing to do when hiring out of the country? I'm hiring freelancers to do some mobile programming work, and they reside in France. They have, very kindly, signed the NDA I provided...

Hiring Legal NDA Legal Documents

asked Jun 23 '11 at 11:27

Zakman411
174 points

The situation is as follows. There are 3 investors: Me, founder & MD 75% of shares, invested 500k Relative 1, 15% of shares, invested 630K Relative 2, 10% of shares, invested 500k (as a loan...

Salary

asked Jun 19 '11 at 00:47

Menno
36 points

Im involved in a start up and I fear that at some point in the future my co-founder is going to screw me out my position or shares. What protections can I setup and what should I do avoid this from...

Co-Founder Technology Business

asked Jun 16 '11 at 15:06

Mack Arnold
36 points

I've heard that many entrepreneurs golf with their clients. What is the purpose of these golf outings? Is it important for an entrepreneur to know how to golf? Are there any common alternatives?

Clients

asked Jun 5 '11 at 08:49

M. Dudley
138 points

In the development of a solid business plan -- whether written for a formal purpose or as an internal document to focus the activities of the leadership -- there is the identification of the...

Business Plan Exit Strategy

asked Jun 2 '11 at 04:22

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I've read similar questions but like anyone asking a question I think my situation is different. My background: I've been working full time since 06 and currently work as a Sr. Developer on a...

Equity Company

asked May 26 '11 at 05:59

Josh
36 points

I'm making what I guess you'd call a website startup, at it's current state, I can do all the developing myself and I have a design coming along from my partner. Overheads will never exceed the...

Website Investment Investors

asked May 25 '11 at 22:10

Dunhamzzz
161 points

I work for a startup that is into building speech related applications for mobile phones. We have a number of ideas and want to jump right into product development. Recent developments (I cannot go...

Market Research

asked May 23 '11 at 19:54

Sriram
174 points

My partner and I wanted to have a video on the landing page that explains our startup. Is there any crowdsourcing for videos out there? How do usually startups get someone to make a video for...

Marketing Bootstrapped Video

asked May 22 '11 at 15:21

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I know this has little to do with software start up companies. But throughout school and research I've concluded most startups have to go through the same things. I'm working on an event group that...

Website Community Online

asked May 20 '11 at 02:15

Daniel
36 points

We have a Mac OS X application and we'd like to use AdWords to help people hear about it. The two tests we've done have produced 70%+ of our traffic coming from IE and then Google downgrades our...

Adwords

asked May 18 '11 at 05:28

Dad
166 points

This question is related to the question: "Do newly funded startups offer salaries which are comparable to market rate? " Apparently, it is quite common for startups to offer salaries which are...

Salary Compensation

asked May 17 '11 at 14:46

User10483
208 points

As a SaaS company we have an entire team in place to do web and application development. Effectively, we have one client: ourselves. Would it make sense for us to take on consulting clients as an...

Development Consulting Team

asked May 16 '11 at 12:27

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

We are working on a complex online sales and marketing tool (website with CRM integration) We have laid it out as several small "baby step" projects. Each step needs approval and "sign-off" before...

Consulting

asked May 16 '11 at 11:33

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points