Questions

I'm trying to come up with an effective email signature, but I'm undecided which has the most impact. So far I have come up with: Joe Blogs Managing Director www.smartcompanysoftware.com A little...

Email

asked Jan 25 '10 at 13:35

Smart Company Software
1,190 points

Dashboards are the 1st screen to welcome users for the 1st time or everytime they use your web app. What are examples of web apps with good dashboard? What do you want in a dashboard? Do you guys...

Metrics User Interface Design

asked Jan 16 '10 at 20:52

Eric
352 points

There are various tools and advice about what you should be monitoring in "social media," meaning Twitter searches, blog searches, etc.. What kinds of things should you monitor? Are there broad...

Marketing Social Media

asked Jan 13 '10 at 06:00

Jason
16,231 points

I am an aspiring entrepreneur, with experience in retail industry. I have an idea to create a web based company with web 2.0 + ecommerce features. The idea is new and I know that it would work in...

Co-Founder

asked Jan 12 '10 at 13:31

Startupmantra
60 points

What's better? By big-bang I mean an all out blitz of press releases and marketing coverage in order to generate a lot of buzz for their startup. Ramp-up, obviously is the opposite, usually means...

Marketing

asked Jan 10 '10 at 09:30

Joe A
1,196 points

Suppose you are evaluating an idea for commercial viability. You look to see whether there are competitors. Of course there are, because there always are. How do you judge whether the market has an...

Ideas Competition Market Opportunity

asked Jan 7 '10 at 04:21

Dan
303 points

Any success stories out there where someone with a full time job managed to start a business in their spare time? If so, how did you do it? How do you stay motivated? Did you do it alone? On a...

Getting Started Co-Founder

asked Jan 2 '10 at 16:45

Bret
136 points

How important is branding for early stage startups? Within this question, there is some interesting discussion on how a brand can evolve based on everything you do - e.g. your name, website,...

Marketing Branding Design

asked Dec 31 '09 at 21:59

Benjamin Wootton
1,667 points

I've been running my business for 3 years now. It's grown substantially and doing quite well but I seem to be losing the passion of running the business. I'm interested in doing newer things but...

Focus Entrepreneurs Employees Business

asked Dec 30 '09 at 22:36

Sam
43 points

My friend, six years more experienced than me, has invented a marvelous device that I consider has a huge potential in the market. He has already filed for a patent. The research is currently...

Co-Founder

asked Dec 26 '09 at 01:55

Phaedrus
183 points

With a subscription based web application aimed at businesses: Is it better to set the initial price at the high end of what you expect people would pay and lower it if it becomes necessary, or...

Pricing Marketing

asked Dec 21 '09 at 17:55

Daemin
323 points

As a current or prior small business owner, what would be the most important piece of advice you would give a startup entrepreneur today to help him/her avoid some of the problems or issues you...

Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 16 '09 at 13:26

Lonnie Sciambi
369 points

Austin TX seems like a great place for a startup. Terrific tech scene, great music scene, BBQ, and, of course, a ridiculously inexpensive cost of living combined with nice weather and a wonderful...

Real Estate Office Space

asked Dec 14 '09 at 11:43

Joel Spolsky
13,482 points

I have a product I'm developing on my own, with no other investors or partners. Via another project I'm developing, I have an IP Waiver and NDA that I can use for the project, I'm using my personal...

Software Finance

asked Dec 8 '09 at 03:08

Elie
4,692 points

I'm a one-man software shop. I do all the software development, design, marketing, etc for my business. And I'm a big believer in being very open with my customers. I maintain a blog at...

Sales Reports

asked Dec 5 '09 at 05:25

Steve Wortham
287 points

I started treating - information as a commodity. This change in mindset opened up many more possibilities and opportunities. Basic idea is that much information can be treated like any food item....

Strategy Decision Growth

asked Dec 3 '09 at 20:40

Arpit Tambi
1,050 points

This is a question that was mostly theoretical for me until now. I just found out that the owner of a small company I did freelance work tragically died recently in a small plane accident. (His...

Legal Business Process Entity

asked Dec 1 '09 at 07:00

Tim J
8,346 points

I suppose I should find a decent attorney for this, but I'd like to see if I can find some "free" resources first. My company is about to release a software product (actually bundled together...

Software Contract License

asked Dec 1 '09 at 02:48

Tim J
8,346 points

I'm not trying to throw a flamebait, but on the other hand I want to learn from the success. Why is the ecosystem to build a startup seems to be so viable in USA? How did it all started? I know...

USA

asked Nov 25 '09 at 21:21

Jpartogi
1,342 points

I've been using our debit/bank card to make purchases, and I'm not entirely comfortable putting that out there. I'd also like to potentially be earning points for things, although I don't want to...

Finance Credit Cards Vendors

asked Nov 21 '09 at 00:36

Josh Sam Bob
1,578 points