Questions

To those who are currently running a similar business model or who has experience, can you advice what are the crucial parts In running this kind of business? I've been freelancing as a web...

Outsourcing Web Services Web Dev

asked Jun 29 '13 at 07:12

Pennf0lio
140 points

Shall i read many books about marketing/sales etc when i just begin startups? The reason i ask is because no matter what a great developer you are or best program/software/app you have - you can't...

Books Startup Costs

asked Dec 4 '13 at 09:37

Erjan
103 points

[Multi-part question with similar introduction because I thought the questions would be more useful separately.] Hi all, I'm currently a one-man dev team with what I believe is a killer idea. I've...

Recruiting NDA

asked Nov 30 '10 at 03:17

Goober
131 points

A quick tax question for NY/USA. Say an online shop sends me a 5k check in my name and not under a corporation, to order 300 glass cups. And I'm sort of the middle man and I will be using 4k that...

Tax

asked Aug 3 '12 at 03:54

Gulp Sanjes
1 point

During its mission to raise popularity in the midst of the dot-com boom in '98, TravelZoo gave a few free shares to each person who signed up for their mailing list. Hypothetically, let's say I'm...

Marketing Incentives Incorporation Equity Crowdsourcing

asked Sep 2 '12 at 14:24

Maxim Zaslavsky
101 points

Hi, I'm researching everything about ESPN Streak for the cash game, since I'm planning to create a game of the same nature. I am more of a business guy, and don't know much about programming and...

Getting Started Venture Capital Cash Flow Programming Online Game

asked Jul 7 '14 at 15:13

Nicolás Fernández Llorente
6 points

I recently created 2 websites about missed opportunities to build some buzz about a book that is currently being published. I would appreciate any advice, comments or suggestions about the 2...

Entrepreneurs Website

asked Aug 18 '11 at 08:31

Keith
35 points

We have just lauched a website for our upcoming SPARQL Database Server. We would like to attract the interest of international seed investors, but we are not sure where to start looking. We are...

Funding Investment Investors Seed Funding Seed

asked Jan 23 '12 at 22:31

Inge Henriksen
101 points

Hello I own a business service support firm which overs accounting, administrative support, and project management services. Currently, we begin offering software training and solutions to...

Marketing Software Virtual Workforce Accounting Clients

asked Aug 21 '13 at 04:00

Te Leigha Peavy
1 point

I am new to a niche and aren't aware of the taste-makers in this niche.What are some tools and processes to figure out the top 100 influencers I should focus on?Is there a way to rank influencers...

Tools Niche Influencers

asked Mar 17 '14 at 22:08

Edward Johnson
5 points

Why do you want to build a start-up company?

Motivation

asked Jan 27 '10 at 23:37

Steven
1 point

What are some good questions to ask when hiring an accountant for an early stage startup? The goal is to prepare the company for VC/Angel funding. As a first time entrepreneur I have no idea how...

Hiring Tax Accountants

asked Jul 12 '11 at 04:49

Jirad
105 points

We are considering investing in the development of a game, which will run on either IPhone or Android (both later). The game is very innovative with and has some genuinely new features, which means...

Software Strategy Apps

asked Aug 18 '11 at 08:33

David
1,567 points

I want to know, from experienced software vendors... How much effective to have separate commercial and (discounted) personal/non-commercial versions of a product (with same features)? In that...

Software Market Segmentation Discounts

asked Jan 9 '12 at 19:57

Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

I am a systems architect by profession, and I have decided to give my entrepreneurial aspirations a try. I will be going to expos and meet ups and networking with people over the next few months....

Networking Business Card

asked Jan 16 '12 at 14:13

Vwagh
66 points

I am secure seed money for my business and I'm running into all types of roadblocks from traditional banks. Is there ANY honest resources for startups, who don't require you to run a marathon to...

Seed Funding

asked May 10 '12 at 04:53

Ready2 Run
1 point

I am starting a two person partnership. We are offering a service at 500.00 a month per client, the operating costs are 150 per month per client. We will be giving salesmen 20% (100) leaving approx...

Sales Partner Partnership

asked Oct 24 '13 at 14:19

Michael Nesmith
1 point

I'm fifteen, and I just created a product. I've got the code done, but I have no experience with the actually marketing a product. So, how can I, as a teenager with no money, promote my project....

Getting Started Marketing Solo Entrepreneur Open Source Publishing

asked Dec 4 '13 at 13:32

Dylan Katz
10 points

I am starting my own social news portal called TrimHold.com , a project that I have been working on for over a year now. It is a Trilingual website ( Arabic, French, English). The site basically...

Marketing

asked Oct 27 '10 at 21:11

Joseph Ghassan
103 points

I have a few subscription based services which have grown consistently though affiliates and resellers. I want to get a strong sales force going. Do you have any books, training, blogs, etc. that...

Sales Books

asked Jun 10 '11 at 11:01

Rafferty Pendery
466 points