Questions

I'm working on a part-time unpaid startup now and everyone seems to be full of energy at the start. However as we go along, everyone seems to start losing grip and considering it as one of their...

Motivation

asked Jul 26 '11 at 12:24

Joset
161 points

Assume the following situation: You are small Developing a product for a niche market Your product is better than others (I know it's not, but for the sake of argument let's say it's ) No...

Getting Started Marketing Software

asked Apr 11 '10 at 03:22

The Dictator
2,305 points

We all know the legendary companies that became huge as a result of investors (both angels & VCs) but are there good examples of successful companies that took off simply on funding from the...

Success Investment

asked Jan 5 '11 at 01:16

Henry The Hengineer
4,316 points

My entrepreneurial dream was not to run just one web site. It's to make web-based services and desktop software for the Academic market. It just happens that the first product I was able to...

Incorporation Business Plan

asked Oct 22 '09 at 02:21

Rob Allen
631 points

I am curious on how some of you adopt data-driven approach to your startups. Recently, i did an experiment with simple AB testing tool like A/Bingo: http://www.bingocardcreator.com/abingo/ Through...

Analytics Metrics Ab Testing

asked Nov 15 '09 at 13:25

Hendro Wijaya
1,408 points

I have a friend who is contemplating shutting his start-up down. Because he has more liabilities on the books than assets he would have to file for some form of bankruptcy (I think). My question is...

Failure Bankrupcy

asked Jan 28 '10 at 09:57

Tommy Maddox
156 points

My portal is starting to show some traction. We've been online 4.5 months after 1 year of developing it. We already have close to 50k twitter followers, 1,000 visitors a day between PPC + Organic,...

Getting Started

asked Oct 11 '11 at 05:46

Daniel Michan
66 points

People come and go in a startup very often. Even if you try your best to find best talents, there's no guarantee that they are a good fit for your company in a long run. The present culture of...

Employees

asked Jun 7 '12 at 17:39

Hiro
63 points

I recently spoke to the Director of Sales of a new, successful CRM software. He said a key part of their marketing is PR and getting the media to talk about them. We're building a software for...

Marketing Software Inbound Marketing PR Small Business

asked Jan 1 '13 at 05:50

Sguptaet
242 points

What is the best book on marketing you have ever read?

Marketing Books Inbound Marketing Advertising Internet

asked Aug 24 '10 at 21:23

Steven
1 point

Has anyone here had success driving sales for their SaaS startup using telemarketing, or is it usually just a waste of money and a way to annoy potential customers?

Marketing Saas

asked Feb 10 '11 at 11:55

Jon Kragh
185 points

I have a small network of niche content sites and they are generate a good amount of revenue from Adsense. There is very little I can spend the money on grow the business because of the niche in...

Investing Growth Money

asked Feb 26 '14 at 11:34

Ronald Kiser
60 points

Does anyone have any general advice on finding a business partner? I want to find a like-minded person to start a business with. I'm done with school, I don't know a lot of people, and I don't live...

Business

asked Nov 19 '10 at 05:55

Jason Swett
555 points

Has anyone applied for new business visa (EB-2 amendment) to startup in the valley? Can someone share their experience? What is the procedure? Do you need an American citizen as a...

Visa Startupvisa

asked Aug 13 '11 at 14:55

Quintin
101 points

I have tried (and been rejected by) a few online payroll solutions. As I am about to start (very soon) working with real employees, I need to find a way to do payroll more or less manually (though...

Getting Started Employees Employers Tax Payroll

asked Mar 30 '12 at 01:53

Michael Trausch
135 points

"They" have always said that, as an individual, we should have enough in cash savings to cover 3-6 months of living expenses. Have you heard of a rule of thumb for (small) businesses? How do you...

Finance

asked Oct 13 '09 at 12:32

Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

TL;DR: "A client contracts us to build the engine for Warcraft I, does client have right to stop us using the same engine for let's say.... Skyrim?" (No contracts have been signed YET) Actual...

Outsourcing Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Nov 29 '11 at 08:01

Peter Peng
31 points

I'm the co-founder of a two-person startup, but I'm having a hard time coming up with an accurate description of my job for things like LinkedIn and business cards. I handle all technical aspects...

Titles

asked Dec 6 '11 at 09:52

Bill
198 points

First of all, I was wondering if anybody else had the impression that as Internet-startup-people, most of our ideas are about things that are Internet-related and tend to follow the big trends such...

Web Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 4 '12 at 08:22

Glitch
156 points

Henry Blodget wrote this inchoate rant in which he claims that his startup had to pay $10,000 in extra tax in New York for having too much unused capital in the bank. What's he talking about? How...

Tax New York

asked Mar 10 '11 at 07:23

Joel Spolsky
13,482 points