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How should I structure my web start up considering one of my new partners is in Sweden?

I've started a website that has gained significant popularity. While we don't make any money yet I now require the help of another person. The individual that I have brought on lives in Sweden. I...

asked Jul 21 '11 at 15:30
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Bgadoci
121 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.78K Views
How to find the right engineer / technology talent?

The question is simply "What approach should I take to find the right technology partner?" Some background for context: I am currently employed full time in my industry and have been for over a...

asked Oct 11 '09 at 11:52
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User431
21 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.08K Views
How should I best add paid features to a currently free site?

I have an existing site that has been running for a couple of years as a free service. It started out as a hobby but now I have my own startup, it is coming under that umbrella and substantial...

asked Nov 15 '10 at 12:40
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Jtauber
309 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.26K Views
Why become certified as a women-owned business?

I am working with a client who has the opportunity to become certified as a women-owned business. She is interested in better understanding the tangible benefits associated with becoming certified...

asked Sep 15 '11 at 02:14
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Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
2.33K Views
Build an appliance

We develop a bunch of software applications. Instead of shipping the software we want to build an appliance, using generic hardware components (and Linux) and sell the appliance in the USA and...

asked Nov 1 '11 at 18:35
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So Mv
121 points

4 Votes
7 Answers
9.95K Views
Would you (Java Developer) learn PHP? if management decided opensource (PHP) projects could fulfill business requirements

(Apologies for the long post. I'm really keen to get sound and balanced advise. The only way to do that is to provide you with a good overview of the situation.. :) ..) I would like to say upfront...

asked Oct 14 '09 at 00:21
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G Maximus
23 points

4 Votes
5 Answers
2.66K Views
Receive one-time payments without credit card or paypal

My company takes payments via credit card and Paypal, but occasionally we have international customers who do not have a credit card (or debit card with Visa or Mastercard logo) and do not have a...

asked Nov 30 '11 at 17:53
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Bkparikh
610 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
6.33K Views
Can I pay freelancer overseas who does not have a business account?

I'd like to work with a freelancer who is based overseas however he does not have an offical company and only a personal bank account. If he invoices me is it acceptable to pay in to his personal...

asked Mar 28 '13 at 19:29
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Kris
121 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
7.06K Views
What is the revenue model of websites like stackoverflow.com?

The question includes all websites under stackexchange. If someone wants to create a website like this what revenue generation models are there?

asked Jul 26 '13 at 22:29
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Gaurav Goyal
47 points

4 Votes
1 Answers
3.22K Views
How do you define or evaluate your strategy?

There are always too many options, too many ideas, too many unknown even too many answers. Do you have any methodology?What tool do you use?How do you define or evaluate your strategy?

asked Jan 19 '10 at 22:17
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Ilker Aksu
113 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.41K Views
Proposal Presentation: Proposal Before or During?

For complex and relatively high-dollar sales (five to six figures), it's a common practice to present the final cost in the form of a proposal, and to present that proposal in person, instead of...

asked Mar 26 '10 at 13:50
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.14K Views
Do all parties in a Venture round get an equal stake for their money

When you hear about a "$10M Series X round lead by X" and see that it is a consortium of 5 different funds / investors do all the parties get an equal stake for their share. ie. if there where 5...

asked Oct 11 '13 at 06:02
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Sam
123 points

4 Votes
8 Answers
4.66K Views
What is the best site builder product for a small business?

We need to have a website that takes very little effort to create, looks good and is dead simple to edit. We also need it to be supported by a hosting company so we do not have to do any extra work...

asked Nov 15 '10 at 13:53
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Clj
123 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
3.09K Views
Mechanics of Getting a Customer Reference during enterprise sales

We are getting close to signing our first enterprise client. Among other things, we want them to help us sell to other companies in their industry, which they indicated they have access to. In past...

asked Jan 11 '10 at 07:49
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Jean Barmash
195 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.46K Views
Becoming a freelancer: where to start? (Taxes, registration, income/expenses...)

Not sure if this is the right site for freelancers, but becoming a freelancer is kinda a one-man start-up. Anyway, my question would be, where to start. I only have a technical education and I...

asked Sep 27 '10 at 07:47
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Znq
164 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
2.66K Views
What are the top problems (and solutions if they exist) with outsourcing software development overseas?

I've tried outsourcing software development (I'm a developer but don't have time to do all that I need to). Some issues I've had: Poor Unit Testing skills : the developer does not test the units...

asked Jan 31 '12 at 00:54
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Clay Nichols
737 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.28K Views
Ethics: A competitor is not following industry standards

A sales lead is currently working with one of our competitors, and said they'd happily switch over, so long as we we could make the changes to handle things in the same way as our competitor...

asked Oct 3 '12 at 02:21
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Jeff S
374 points

4 Votes
7 Answers
3.14K Views
Where do you look for startup job openings?

I tried google but not very good results.. so I wanted to check with the folks here. Any advice is welcome..

asked Nov 4 '10 at 03:09
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Birender Saini
271 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
2.14K Views
Rather English or American spelling for website copy?

This might be slightly off-topic, and not all that important, please excuse me. But I'm wondering, when you're writing software to be used worldwide, and your main focus is not America, but more...

asked Nov 30 '11 at 22:07
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Hss
157 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.68K Views
Co-founder with non-voting shares

I have an offer on a table to join this really exciting venture at 50/50 split as a tech co-founder but the original founder insists on issuing me non-voting shares. He worries that he will loose...

asked May 4 '12 at 08:44
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Tech Cofounder
21 points