Business Questions
I'm noticing a trend where VCs try to stay away from vertical markets. Is it true or is it my skewed experienced? How does one go about finding potential investors for a vertical market business?
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For those of you who have successful businesses, how did you come up with your business idea? I'm trying to think of a business idea but none of the ideas I've come up with so far (currently about...
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I need inspirational and pragmatic business books.
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I want to make a new site like formspring, but different idea . I didn't see any Ads or any advertising methods in these site . How they can they earn money from the site . What's the best...
Thank you for reading my question. I want to address following issue: I want to start a commercial website that needs some information from Japan. Since I'm in the very beginning position of...
I'm not a US citizen but planning to start an international business. So I'm wondering if there's a benefit/profit/perspective of registering a company in a different country than mine, like US,...
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Some days I feel that I need someone experienced to have a top-level discussion of my next business steps. I don't necessarily feel that approaching investors is the right move for that -- I'm not...
I noticed that talking to people about so called "marketplace" business (bringing together different groups with complementing needs) ideas gets a lot of people excited, but it seem to quickly turn...
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With everything I've ever learned, I've had to learn to walk before I could run. Examples: Skiing: I had to be able to go down the bunny hill before I could do a black diamond. Computer...
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Does anyone have any general advice on finding a business partner? I want to find a like-minded person to start a business with. I'm done with school, I don't know a lot of people, and I don't live...
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Recently I had this idea about a website and I have a passion for it. After doing a lot of research, I know exactly what I need (design, developers, management, etc.) and I have had a few...
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I am currently building my business on a shared hosting account with a reliable host(hostgator). When my site goes live, what should I look for that would be an indication that I should switch to a...
In our local area there are certain products that are sold at a much higher premium by large big brand retail stores and they move a lot of this product. There are smaller established stores who...
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I'm looking for a good way to stay in touch with the hosts of my Momtrepreneur Exchanges around the country. There's a host in each of our 23 cities so far. It's a pile of people in different time...
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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...
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My dad also loved the business plan I had. He has his own company (which is not even close to what I am doing). He registered it as a sole proprietorship. He is an engineer so thats his company. He...
Example You are a Service business, your customer pays you $100 for "Service X" via credit card. You charge the customer an additional 2% of total sale for paying via Creditcard. Hence the total...
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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...
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Could you share your story?
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We have an excellent Business Plan, for some fantastic mobile ideas. The down side, we need funding to get these ideas developed and to market. What is the best way to meet with potential...
