Questions

Is it possible to hide your contacts from only certain people? Such as direct competitors that you are linked to? For instance, maybe you have you are friendly competitors but you don't want to...

Marketing Inbound Marketing Linkedin

asked Mar 29 '11 at 01:09

Scott
468 points

I am a student and do freelance programming work to pay the bills until I graduate and maybe even after. I live in Kansas but I do freelance work across state lines (in Missouri currently) Is it...

Getting Started LLC Health Insurance Tax

asked Oct 6 '10 at 05:50

Schwiz
126 points

I'm considering launching a fairly niche website that has the potential developing into major commercial venture. But all the possible .com domains are already taken. I'm not exaggerating -...

Web Website Domain

asked Dec 2 '11 at 02:46

User9982
206 points

I'm getting ready to start posting on my blog that I've neglected for a while. I'm interested in hearing what are the best practices in terms of the mechanics, not the content of the blog. I've...

Marketing Blog Social Network

asked Aug 28 '10 at 16:47

Dror
1,833 points

I am currently developing a SaaS product and am at an impasse in terms of how to charge. The subscription is only going to be $5 per month. Although I'm in the UK, my main market is going to be...

Subscriptions UK Saas Billing

asked Jun 2 '11 at 18:35

Sam Delaney
28 points

What are the best ways in attracting talent to a startup? Is it salary, a cool brand, a cool office or something else? Equity is pretty much a standard so I'm looking for some other tips. A while...

Hiring Employees Interviews

asked Nov 3 '11 at 05:47

Erotsppa
139 points

We have a web application we want to start selling on a per month basis. We have several resellers that we would like to have resell our application and make a margin on doing so. We don't want to...

Sales Management Tools

asked Feb 10 '10 at 13:07

Robin Vessey
8,394 points

It seems like there isn't very much information on the web about wind-down processes in a start-up, largely because probably don't want to admit publicly when their company didn't pan out. However,...

Failure

asked Jan 12 '10 at 08:19

Tommy Maddox
156 points

I've heard that it is almost impossible to build a startup among friends because a command structure or organization structure is hard to solidify. Everybody wants to be a commander but you cannot...

Corporate Structure Organization

asked Sep 28 '10 at 14:19

Ludwi
128 points

Although Internet is huge and there are millions of users - this fact doesn't mean all of them would suddenly find your site and begin to purchase your product or service. It's an overcrowded...

Marketing Traffic Target Market

asked May 15 '10 at 19:27

Kirill Blazhko
393 points

Suppose a company (C-Corp, Delaware) with 5 co-founders, each having 20% of the shares. Then an investor wants 30% of the company, which will leave each co-founder diluted to 14%. Besides...

Equity Legal Delaware

asked Mar 27 '12 at 00:37

Anon User
62 points

Here's a short list I compiled from some folks I've talked to. The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank Getting...

Books

asked Mar 21 '11 at 12:05

Mike Walsh
745 points

I have been writing for a long time and my work has been published across many websites. But one thing that remained common is that I was never compensated by any of these websites anytime. Now, do...

Copyright

asked Oct 8 '11 at 03:33

Prashant Shrivastava
26 points

Some days I feel that I need someone experienced to have a top-level discussion of my next business steps. I don't necessarily feel that approaching investors is the right move for that -- I'm not...

Advisors Mentor Strategy Business

asked Nov 11 '10 at 12:28

Usabilitest
1,698 points

The network effect is the thing that makes certain products or services useless until everybody is on board. But once everybody is on board then said product or service becomes very useful. Case...

Networking Social Media Facebook Social Network Linkedin

asked Dec 10 '10 at 03:34

John Berryman
388 points

I love the idea of bootstrapping, but when I hear the bootstrapping evangelists talk about what it takes, they basically portray a lifestyle that only makes sense for a single person in their early...

Bootstrapped Seed Funding

asked Sep 11 '10 at 16:23

Javid Jamae
347 points

Background: I am the CTO, co-founder and sole inventor of a very promising technology company (<25 people) and are sitting on a multi-billion $ opportunity, seriously!) . I now have a minority...

Co-Founder Intellectual Property Exit

asked Aug 16 '13 at 04:32

Gupshup
52 points

I've been working with a partner on a startup site for the last couple of months. We're both still doing day jobs at the same company and are both technically adept. The conflict comes in that...

Partner

asked Oct 13 '09 at 01:32

Dust
28 points

We are Web 2.0 company that built a hosted Content Management solution from the ground up using LAMP. In short, people log into our backend to manage their website content and then use our API to...

Technology

asked Oct 14 '09 at 05:09

Etienne
26 points

I'm looking for advice on writing a business plan for a VC or Angel investor in the technology field. What are they looking for in a business plan/pitch? There are some good basic guides on...

Venture Capital Pitch Business Plan

asked Jul 4 '11 at 08:37

Hisnameisjimmy
126 points