Questions

tldr; In a company with 3 co-founders, 2(say Adam and Charlie) are pulling in opposite directions, and everything is being decided by committee or things don't move fast enough. Need help exploring...

Co-Founder Entrepreneurs

asked Dec 25 '12 at 20:12

Founder X
21 points

I'm looking for good-value, top-class applications and tools to support a new software startup. What recommendations do you have in the following categories? Domain name / hosting / website /...

Software Planning Tools CRM Hosting

asked May 1 '11 at 06:03

Paperjam
21 points

This is a question there in mind for long time. There are hundreds of free services in web which doesn't have any ads or anything. It's totally free. Angels are raising fund these company and...

ROI Business Model Business Revenue

asked Sep 23 '10 at 10:08

Sarat
134 points

Looking for suggestions on improving the rank/search results positioning for my website. My business is B2B. My target audience are very internet/computer savvy individuals... mostly software...

Marketing SEO

asked Apr 21 '11 at 12:06

Igorek
886 points

I'm setting up a blog for my OSS/startup and I'm wondering whether given the uncertain future about feedburner (or maybe thats just the API) whether people are still setting up their blogs to use...

Marketing Blog Blogging

asked Jun 3 '11 at 01:07

Vdh Ant
146 points

Previously I used to get lots of prank calls/mobile calls after I give out my business cards at conferences. I've recently gotten a new phone and a new number and I'm seriously considering whether...

Networking Business

asked Aug 29 '11 at 21:36

David C
123 points

I had a mobile application idea and shared my idea with my co-worker. Later, he suggested we file for a provisional patent together. We verbally agreed that each of us owns half of the patent...

Patent Provisional Patent

asked May 6 '12 at 17:21

User17835
21 points

For a new website, he paid a deposit of $210 (30%). He looked through our porfolio, and got about 1/4 way through before saying "Awesome. Let's start!". We for him 2 design images and he didn't...

Contract Business

asked Oct 13 '11 at 23:33

Mirov
384 points

I am getting involved in a small start up - we have been discussing (3 partners) this for a few months and now is time to get everything settled. We originally discussed a certain time allocation...

Equity Founders Agreement Investment Partnerships

asked Nov 24 '11 at 20:53

Goldenone
21 points

I'm in the midst of conducting research on starting up a small consulting/services business. Some of the services provided would involve developing proprietary algorithms. I would like to avoid...

Recruiting Legal NDA

asked Feb 11 '13 at 08:27

Nick Evans
23 points

I'm pitching a major potential client on Wednesday. I mean, HUGE. Background (thanks, James!): We are Textaurant, a SaaS web app tool that provides waiting list management for busy restaurants....

Sales Pitch

asked Jan 12 '10 at 12:36

Josh Sam Bob
1,578 points

I want to set up a self-service advertising platform on my social website. I'm hoping that as web traffic picks up, users and advertisers will advertise on my site. How can I find more advertisers...

Advertising

asked Feb 17 '10 at 07:29

Pennyfiller13
86 points

SVB claims to have worked with lot of tech startups (and they do i believe), but does anyone here in this forum have first hand experience with SVB?. Why should someone choose them over some other...

Silicon Valley Bank Bank Account

asked Dec 16 '10 at 08:58

Jewelthief
151 points

I am having problems getting my head around facebook pages. I'm a technical guy, and I have read the facebook docs as well as a few blogs on why to use facebook pages - however, I don't quite get...

Inbound Marketing Social Media Facebook

asked Jun 9 '11 at 00:58

Voidstar
55 points

So I found lot of articles and questions on pricing software in separate market segments but for my current desktop software here's my model. I offer a free version with lot of disabled features....

Pricing Features

asked Dec 21 '11 at 21:42

Gagwgw
227 points

I am considering to offer a referral fee to a certain category of business consultants to help drum up business. The fee would be part of a "relationship package" along with an opportunity to write...

Marketing Business Referrals

asked Feb 11 '12 at 16:03

Sergei Veinberg
429 points

A number of viral techniques have been suggested to increase the membership of my website. Encouraging users to "invite" their friends using an email invitation. Allowing sharing content on other...

Social Network Viral

asked Apr 29 '10 at 05:06

User3272
48 points

Got to know about this forum through Jason Cohen blog. I actually just sent a similar email to Jason as well. I have a bit of an issue that is proving to be very challenging and I thought of...

Conversion

asked Oct 13 '10 at 05:12

Vellad
561 points

I'm working on a startup idea (have been for a few months, in fact). Part of this idea revolves around sending SMS reminders/alerts to my customers (fairly heavy usage). The startup is to be based...

Cost Low Cost

asked Mar 18 '13 at 20:30

Anonymous
557 points

I'm involved in a deal where an industry organization is attempting to white label my software. Their Chairperson is a lawyer, so they are cautious on the legal stuff. They want to be absolutely...

Legal Intellectual Property Partnerships Whitelabel

asked May 15 '13 at 12:34

Dmurtagh
157 points