Questions

Thinking about dissolving a partnership - while the business idea is solid I have no doubt I can recreate the product, under another name, and be just as successful. However, one of the main...

Partnership

asked Nov 15 '12 at 13:22

Calais
51 points

I just finished building a website and would like to order a few hundred business cards. I didn't have a logo designed but the website is live. How important is a logo to have from the beginning?

Logo

asked Nov 26 '12 at 13:58

Anagio
293 points

For those of you that sell a software package that is installed within an organization (web based or not) how do you handle support? Do you hire a few people to take calls, e-mails and handle the...

Customer Support Outsourcing Support

asked Oct 20 '10 at 04:41

Reggie Dunlop
26 points

I was reading this thread - If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time? It has some great answers to a question I felt...

Iphone Intellectual Property

asked Feb 13 '11 at 05:48

User7507
26 points

I'd love to hear personal stories around this one. I know people who have lived on credit cards for months, incurring quite a bit of debt while they're out looking for funding (big risk). I also...

Risk

asked Dec 28 '09 at 11:07

Brianz
223 points

What would you recommend a B2B startup do for a go-live event? We've been in open beta for the last 2 months and January, if all goes well, is our planned "Live" month. What would be the things to...

Press Release News Release

asked Jan 1 '11 at 02:28

Igorek
886 points

One of our client companies has just launched an aggressive Twitter campaign on behalf of the product with a focus on securing B2B clients. What best practices do you recommend for leveraging...

B2B Social Media

asked May 17 '11 at 14:13

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

Currently, I have both a start-up and a consulting business (self-funded), and having some trouble deciding when it is appropriate to delegate overhead tasks. The most common advice given to...

Time Management

asked Feb 13 '11 at 08:22

Emptyset
230 points

Following on the same theme as my earlier question about finding a place to share ideas and get feedback. http://www.brightjourney.com/q/place-go-float-ideas-get-feedback Marry StackExchange...

Software Ideas

asked Nov 4 '09 at 10:00

Mkw
189 points

My startup idea targets a rather specific target market: Small/medium businesses in the UK* that are recruiting directly (i.e. without the use of a recruitment agency) that wish to simplify the...

Market Opportunity Target Market

asked Feb 28 '10 at 14:35

William Lannen
195 points

We just rented a new office in downtown Portland Maine. It will be a fun location for the employees and everyone is excited about the move. Unfortunately, there is little public parking near the...

Benefits Office

asked Apr 7 '10 at 17:29

Jason Cianchette
511 points

I run a business that works to provide electronic goods to our customers, and we have serious problems with customers defrauding us by claiming failure of delivery or similar through our current...

Payments

asked Jun 23 '12 at 06:30

Kort Pleco
891 points

I have a small project that sells legal music online, per transaction is less than a dollar so the traditional payment solutions are not my option because they charge too much fee. I found out that...

Payments Shopping Cart Micro Payment

asked May 22 '11 at 23:28

Raymond Ho
126 points

I've asked a few questions already on this site relating to what I should have in a business plan and how to focus on a prototype, preparing to approach investors. OK, so I have a prototype, at...

Investors Prototype

asked Jun 28 '11 at 04:12

Sonny Ordell
197 points

I tried Mturk but not enough willing participants in english speaking countries. And what are some questions I can ask to validate market?

Market Research

asked Mar 6 '11 at 08:39

Matt
141 points

Due to various reasons (career related, privacy etc) I would like to hide the fact that I am the owner of the LLC from the general public and from anyone else trying to figure out the owners of the...

LLC

asked Aug 17 '12 at 12:48

Sxv
26 points

A common suggestion to start ups is to get a board of advisors. Three or four people that will interact once a month to help with business strategy, development, market positioning, … I heard that...

Board Advisors Best Practices

asked Aug 23 '11 at 01:28

Andrepi
26 points

I submitted a provisional patent application from an foreign country to the USPTO a few months ago. I researched and found out my idea worth a non-provisional patent application. (I made it...

Patent Provisional Patent

asked Jan 8 '13 at 18:30

John
26 points

I started a little software company as a sole proprietorship and I'm generating income from an app in the Mac App Store. I have made a few business related purchases (software, web hosting,...

Accounting Bookkeeping

asked Nov 1 '12 at 14:49

Mike T
174 points

It would appear that there is a huge market out there for small mobile applications. Obviously this is both good and bad. There is a lot of potential, as well as lots of noise and competition. What...

Mobile

asked Sep 29 '10 at 01:05

Kevin
126 points