Questions

Ive been thinking about how to deal with early adopters of a SaaS web application in terms of ramping them up from free trial early access users to fully paying customers. Im wondering if there...

Pricing Early Adopters

asked Jun 2 '11 at 13:41

Tinny
404 points

My assumption has always been that customers refuse to read documentation (or e-mails for that matter). Maintaining an up-to-date comprehensive manual is very involved (potentially a full-time...

Customer Support

asked Nov 12 '09 at 12:53

Oleg Barshay
2,091 points

I have read that if you are raising money, that an LLC is a dispreferred vehicle for your company. Why do investors not like to invest in an LLC?

Funding LLC Incorporation Investment

asked Nov 18 '09 at 07:34

Joseph Turian
895 points

Is it a good number to have 9,000 visitors after 3 months of having someone working on SEO and being online for 5 months just from SEO?

Marketing SEO

asked Nov 3 '11 at 00:05

Daniel Michan
66 points

I have been operating a small, part-time business for the better part of 4-5 years providing IT consulting, web hosting, and tech support. To top it off, I've been working on a business plan for...

Advisors Business Plan

asked Mar 18 '12 at 07:21

David W
128 points

How much value is there in complimenting work done & praise? Vs monetary rewards? Vs awarding more autonomy, promotion? From my experience, when an employee expects a compliment but does not...

Motivation Psychology

asked Oct 23 '09 at 14:40

Van Nguyen
482 points

We're about 2/3 months away from launching a small start-up webapp. We have lots of designs / screenshots of the app but so far we have kept what the app does a complete secret. Friends and family...

Marketing

asked Nov 29 '09 at 05:43

Neil
26 points

We've had a few good unsolicited articles written about us over the past few weeks which have driven quite a lot of traffic our way. We have noticed that many of them don't use great screenshots,...

Marketing Press Kit

asked Feb 5 '10 at 01:47

Rlivsey
206 points

I'm a Russian guy, living in Siberia. I have a great team and a prototype of a kick-ass project. I'm going to LeWeb 2010 (Paris), which is the biggest European web conference. There are going to be...

Venture Capital Angel Investors Conferences

asked Dec 3 '10 at 06:31

User5770
26 points

I was wondering what applications other people here use to manage their business finances. I looked at some programs such as Simply Accounting and QuickBooks, but both of their free versions are...

Finance Accounting

asked Jan 16 '10 at 02:57

Elie
4,692 points

I'm walking away from a startup I helped build. It's just me and my (ex) partner (walking away because our relationship has soured), and we have a 50/50 financial split, and I also have 40% voting...

Selling Selling Business

asked Dec 8 '11 at 06:53

Dnr
170 points

I'm currently working on a web application that will be used by medical clinics. We're discussing the pricing model we're going to use. We've already decided to go with a monthly subscription...

Pricing Subscriptions Web App

asked Oct 14 '13 at 23:22

Jonathan
126 points

Many US-based companies charge the same amount in the US as in Europe: a certain item will cost 100 USD when bought in the US, and 100 EUR when bought in Europe. This really means that the European...

Pricing International Currency

asked May 11 '11 at 21:37

Philippe
297 points

If I am capturing leads from my marketing activity, how do I nurture them, keep them live, and move them towards close?

Marketing Sales

asked Jan 12 '10 at 06:02

Benjamin Wootton
1,667 points

Can you recommend a good DNS hosting service? I'm looking for a happy median between the free (and not reliable) providers and the staggeringly expensive ones.

Hosting Domain DNA

asked Feb 5 '10 at 02:24

Terence Johnson
66 points

I really wonder how do you hire your first employees if you were working on an internet startup alone. I really wonder if there are experienced people which started their startup alone and expand...

Co-Founder Human Resources Team Internet Hire

asked Apr 6 '11 at 14:08

To Rr0t
69 points

Here is my dilemma. I have a company with a great reputation for specific dev work. This work is pretty much done by me, understood by me, and relies heavily on my skills and experience. We do...

Growth

asked Aug 15 '13 at 01:25

Daniel Williams
128 points

It seems every common word or short sequence is owned or parked. Does anyone have any advice for the best way to come up with a decent .com domain name? We are going to launch an HTML5, cloud...

Branding Domain Name

asked Feb 28 '11 at 23:57

Olib
26 points

I want to found a startup that offers library applications using a SaaS model. I also work for a state academic library as a System Analyst / Developer. Would founding such a startup be a conflict...

Getting Started Legal

asked Oct 13 '09 at 00:44

Brice Stacey
74 points

What do you do when you need a banner to advertise your product?Design it yourself, hire a local designer or use some design services on the web?What do you recommend for a small company with a...

Advertising

asked Oct 14 '09 at 03:58

Douglas Tosi
176 points