Business Model Questions

My biggest hobby/interest is to ask questions on the Internet. I have to admit this hobby brings me a lot. I feel I am an innate asker.I'm asking questions on the Internet always every day. I have...

Ideas Entrepreneurs Business Model Business

asked Jul 26 '10 at 22:18

Jack
116 points

I quitted my job and started to preparing for my international trade business at the beginning of this month. But now almost one month passed, I have not gotten things into shape. I have not make a...

Ideas Entrepreneurs Business Model Business

asked Jul 26 '10 at 23:51

Jack
116 points

Does anyone have an idea of what a revenue multiple for a tech startup with a transactional business model would be? I know it would be highly variable, but any resources, thoughts or known...

Venture Capital Business Model

asked Aug 18 '10 at 04:31

Jim Shook
417 points

I know this is one of those 'how long is a piece of string' type questions. Yes, I also know it depends on the market segment/space etc, etc. However, I still need to ask this questions, as I need...

Business Model Website Revenue

asked Jun 16 '10 at 09:54

Morpheous
236 points

Although not running a charity, I like the moral/ethics surrounding revenue sharing business models, as I am socially aware, and like the idea of sharing money meritocratically amongst those who...

Business Model Revenue

asked Jun 19 '10 at 18:54

Morpheous
236 points

I'm having a problem coming up with a business model other than advertising. I did a little research, and it seems to me that people are paying for features/services that deals with...

Business Model

asked Jun 20 '10 at 21:37

Raed
101 points

It seems to me that people care enough about it to pay for it.(just search "my background") and personally, given the right price, I would. I'm asking this because I want to know when do people...

Business Model Freemium

asked Jul 6 '10 at 02:36

Raed
101 points

I am looking for "rules of thumb", or estimates for the numbers of staff required for a startup through growth. For example how many developers per manager, how many support staff per customer,...

Business Model Employees

asked May 27 '10 at 00:33

Ian Wilson
88 points

Instead of a monthly subscription, anyone can use the site but advance functions require credits/micropayments. For example, Basecamp - if you add more people its $2 per month per person. if you...

Business Model Freemium

asked May 31 '10 at 10:11

Eric
352 points

I would like to get advice from others on what steps I should take before starting an LLC. I want to offer software development services through my company, and just want some pointers on things I...

Software LLC Legal Business Model

asked Apr 26 '10 at 10:44

Thomas
116 points

Could freemium be a good model of earning profit from user generated content services? Let's take same hard example - www.trapster.com. It's a mobile phone application for exchanging information...

Business Model Social Network Freemium Free

asked Apr 26 '10 at 19:05

Pawel A
191 points

The small business I work for is looking into options for obtaining MSDN licensing and I was wondering if anyone with personal experience could briefly summarize the steps and requirements in...

Partner Business Model

asked Apr 27 '10 at 13:15

Nathan Taylor
111 points

In a recent group chat hosted by Joel Spolsky regarding the Stackoverflow Series A funding round, Spolsky was asked: "How do you envision making a profit?" to which Spolsky replied: "...the...

Funding Venture Capital Business Model Revenue

asked May 8 '10 at 11:06

Howie
148 points

Several months ago, my girlfriend wanted to make a custom photo calendar(that's something that you can put your photos with some edition on a calendar). And we search for some tools for this kind...

Web Business Model

asked May 9 '10 at 22:14

Byang
130 points

I've been working on a free and open-source wiki application since 2006 (that's 4 years!), and now my startup has taken over the development. Well, at least "officially". We make several thousands...

Business Model Open Source

asked Apr 5 '10 at 23:17

Deleted
655 points

What business models exist for social-network type startups? I'm looking for revenue streams other than the standard advertising model. What types of perks/features are members willing to pay a...

Business Model Monetization

asked Apr 10 '10 at 05:29

Paul
138 points

I know that this question depends on what kind of business one is in. But if you where to get a healthy business out of a website based on advertising how many monthly users would you need to...

Adwords Blog Business Model Revenue

asked Mar 9 '10 at 07:59

Thom Pete
1,296 points

I've started using Posterous a few days ago for my personal blog and was wondering what was their plan to monetize their service. They don't advertise on their hosted blogs and do not offer a...

Subjective Business Model

asked Mar 2 '10 at 07:02

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

and if not is there a possibility of having revenue from a site like this one?

Business Model Revenue

asked Nov 7 '09 at 17:06

Arman Arami
399 points

Here is my weird idea about startup Business Model. Facebook, Twitter and most of all other web startups valuation is based on number of users. Then why user don't get cut? What if you give cut to...

Ideas Business Model

asked Oct 29 '09 at 00:49

Web Thinker
430 points