Questions

I would like to prevent being dependant on one CTO, because fast and efficient progress is too important. Is it possible to hire two CTOs at the beginning? Or will it be similar to hiring two...

CTO Human Resources

asked Oct 28 '12 at 03:57

Daniel Jan Neetzel
21 points

I plan to incorporate, mainly for the liability protection. My business is Internet-based and the operational costs are quite low, so I plan to fund everything out of my own pocket, and I have the...

Incorporation Salary

asked Feb 22 '12 at 23:56

Patrick Kenny
277 points

Is it wise to use a contract when doing business with friends? Even with close friends? I don't understand how to separate friendships and business. It feels cold and almost inhumane to completely...

Contract Legal

asked Aug 12 '13 at 17:01

Jason
123 points

At what times do you suggest doing press releases for startups Before a product launch ? After a product launch ? After the customer base has reached a specific number ? When you have new...

Marketing

asked Oct 14 '09 at 21:48

Anup
547 points

I am an entreprenuer, who has always been keen on IT, but having no background of programming. I have several ideas which i would like to implement one at a time. These involve combination of...

Technical Team Project Organization

asked Jan 29 '11 at 15:37

Kartik
21 points

I'm in a bit of a pickle - I'm trying to build a startup, solo, to start - I'm burning the late night oil at nights and weekends. I currently have a well paying job in IT at a top 10 online...

Getting Started Startup Costs Day Job Jobs Fulltime

asked Oct 9 '13 at 23:39

Code Talk
253 points

What is the distinction between these two? In today's era it seems one overlaps each other and I'm wondering whether in a startup these roles can be covered by one person. Is it effective? Is there...

Marketing Sales

asked Nov 2 '09 at 20:46

Jpartogi
1,342 points

We built a consumer facing web app and have been growing our user base by iterating on the product for a little over a year. A large media company has inquired about licensing our technology to...

Pricing License

asked Jan 5 '10 at 16:42

Rtc
41 points

I've just started my journey and am wondering what tools do you use for the real-time tracking of visitor activity on the site? I know there are tools like Mint and Google Analytics which give you...

Analytics Website

asked Dec 20 '10 at 22:29

Alg
21 points

It has been said that a business must grow or die. Many businesses start because someone knows how to do something and they start a company to do it. While expertise in their field is required to...

Strategy

asked May 10 '11 at 10:11

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I've been doing some development work here and there for a friend of mine who is trying to start up a web-based branding/marketing company in Canada (I am also in Canada). To my knowledge he isn't...

Tax Business

asked Jun 12 '11 at 14:37

Carson Myers
123 points

I'm at the point of forming an LLC with a partner, and wondering about questions that aren't obvious but that should definitely be included in an operating agreement. Questions like, What are the...

LLC Agreements

asked Oct 11 '10 at 02:07

Riley
193 points

Currently I'm using a VPS from Network Solutions, they are running Fedora Core release 6. It's ancient and they are not going to upgrade it. I want a VPS with the latest, or at least not so old, OS...

Hosting

asked Dec 8 '10 at 11:49

Charles Visio
23 points

I am searching for domain name over a week. But all options i have tried bought someone else. And those domain names are not active. They parked somewhere. I am almost out of options. In that case...

Domain Name

asked Mar 10 '11 at 20:09

Erkan Balaban
160 points

I am a 22 year old web developer. In the last three years I have been developing for the mobile and web platform. I've been hired with no degree, based on my skills solely. I am now faced with a...

Education

asked Jun 20 '11 at 05:06

Vondip
584 points

We run an internal wiki with a lot of customer support FAQs, HOWTOs, and other random notes. We are now looking at creating a customer-fronting wiki that we can move stuff in to and let them...

Customer Support Documentation Customer Service

asked Nov 1 '11 at 11:08

Paul Filmer
790 points

How to find business opportunities? How to find demand or potential demand? How to find good suppliers? How to find the customers? Can anyone share some tips? Or is there a great book in this aspect?

Marketing Business Selling Business

asked Jul 11 '10 at 19:43

Jack
116 points

Ivy league colleges do provide their specific curriculum, but they don't give out the textbooks names, how do you get them ? So far I have been able to find wharton 2005-06 books list on amazon...

MBA Books Business Education

asked Jul 14 '11 at 06:30

Jack
21 points

I recently launched 3 websites (within the past 7-10 months) that had been steadily increasing in the rankings on Google search up until this past weekend, when I noticed a huge drop across most of...

Ecommerce Website Google SEO

asked Oct 6 '11 at 04:18

Dan Male
108 points

We found product pricing to be the hardest part of launching our product. What resources or guides (online or offline) have you found useful in thinking about pricing your product? I'm interested...

Pricing Software Products

asked Oct 14 '09 at 22:24

D Thrasher
894 points