Questions

When your product is first launched being marketed and take up is no good (inevitably so), how do you deduce that it's a result of... the lack of awareness, or the product is not remarkable...

Marketing

asked Jun 25 '10 at 11:57

G Rex
683 points

How do you attack compressing your plan? My new startup was recently selected as a semifinalist in a local business plan competition, the money from which would do wonders in terms of getting the...

Business Plan

asked Apr 15 '11 at 03:54

Nick
1,171 points

For my startup (web 2 SaaS) I am looking for a good designer, probably with HTML/JavaScript skills. It seems this is pretty difficult - all good people have jobs. So I am thinking about remote...

Hiring Jobs Design

asked Jun 11 '11 at 16:58

Christian
3,590 points

You have a business idea, how do you decide whether it's worth pursuing? i.e, say you plan to provide a SaaS service to users (which you think would be very useful for people), how do you know that...

Products Ideas

asked Jul 27 '11 at 04:09

Atul Goyal
496 points

As an example, I have angel investors group that own 32% of the company, and I own the rest. If we are doing better that expected (with the agreement of the shareholders) It may be appropriate to...

Investors

asked Aug 22 '13 at 22:31

Darkcat Studios
190 points

Patent 7,702,540 (2-19-1999) was finally awarded to eBay after 11 years. It reads: Computer-implement method and system for conducting auctions on the internet Abstract Methods and...

Patent

asked Sep 19 '11 at 10:39

Pete Alvin
126 points

I'm in a bit of a dilemma. First off, we're not technically a startup but have been around for a few years. We're a small software company, 7 people including myself. I started the company by...

Titles

asked Oct 19 '11 at 00:36

Jan F. Jaeger
28 points

I am from Serbia, Europe (Not Europe Union country). I develop Android apps and would like to sell them on Android market. I can not register for Google merchant account from Serbia so I need...

LLC Company Bank Bank Account Delaware

asked Nov 8 '11 at 01:08

Saša Šijak
28 points

I am an 18-year old individual, in my first year of university. At the beginning of the university year, I had an idea for a website that I followed up on and have, at this point, created a product...

Getting Started Co-Founder Startup Costs Web Services

asked Dec 6 '11 at 17:55

Aventuris
28 points

Through some networking, I met someone, John, who said he would introduce me to a friend of his for a prospective sale. I knew the person he was talking about and I really wanted to meet her and...

Sales Communication

asked Nov 21 '13 at 01:48

Ray023
198 points

I'm operating a startup in its 1st year. This year's sales from consulting services is very good but the pipeline for next financial year is very very weak. My question is, legally, can I delay...

Finance Tax Accounting Accounting Method

asked Oct 10 '10 at 06:43

User4737
26 points

I developed a neat but admittedly techy application/engine that could be used in conjunction with other services to enhance user satisfaction. I wrapped it up into a nice Web 2.0 app but as of now,...

Marketing Web 2.0 Technical

asked May 25 '11 at 08:18

David Titarenco
405 points

Who can offer some insight into what makes a successful partner? It seams easy to get into the right conversation but difficult to get the right activities initiated.

Partnerships

asked Dec 8 '09 at 02:03

Comhunicate
26 points

Suddenly an idea strikes me and I start thinking about it. In the initial hours (can be days), the prospect looks very exciting and promising, however with time I am able to see the...

Getting Started Motivation Ideas

asked Nov 3 '10 at 04:15

Dienekes
126 points

I am working with a client on the launch of their company. Yeah! They would like to use ClickBank as a platform for selling membership in their online resource center. We would be supporting this...

Ecommerce Affiliate

asked Apr 15 '11 at 05:01

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

So currently I am the sole author of my software product. Should I reveal that this is a one man army? Such as creating facebook pages, linked-in which shows that this is a one personell...

Communication

asked Nov 22 '11 at 15:06

Kim Jong Woo
644 points

General Question: Given that incubators are focused on early-stage companies, how far along should a startup be before it applies for consideration by an incubator? How strong must the team (and...

Incubators Team Seed Funding

asked Dec 19 '11 at 05:47

Caligirl
204 points

I work for a private investing firm that is looking to move from a face to face business to online business. They want to create a large, scale-able website that can handle thousands of accounts...

Cost Estimation

asked Dec 10 '12 at 07:28

Jokker
26 points

I have recently started a startup. I am totally bootstrapping the startup, and so costs are being kept to a minimum. There is no way the company can afford to pay me my normal (or even...

Getting Started Bootstrapped Business Accounting Bookkeeping

asked Aug 9 '11 at 15:45

Voidstar
55 points

I think that a justified equity distribution amongst the co-founders is extremely important for the startup to takeoff, but tricky part is, how to go about doing it ? I'm curious to know, how does...

Equity

asked Oct 10 '09 at 19:47

Phoenix24
126 points