Getting Started Questions

These are the basics you'll need if you're looking to be an entrepreneur and start marketing yourself.

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Do people consider gamification a feature, business concept, or strategy?

I took a course on gamification it cleared a lot of thing up but I'm still confuse. A gamified app or website has to be build from ground up through the lens of a game designer. So, I think is a...

asked Dec 23 '12 at 13:33
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Zapoo
303 points

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1 Answers
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What to consider when approaching a developer about a SaaS partnership opportunity?

First question and this is on behalf of a friend of mine. I'm a student developer, so I was hoping someone around here could provide some tangible insight. My friend is not new to starting a...

asked Dec 3 '12 at 05:20
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Tom Geoco
111 points

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Two services under one company. Is it OK to have this specific structure?

In my mind i have two companies. A in the A industry and B in the B industry. Even though in some cases those two industries may have things in common, they are different. Of course, name...

asked Dec 4 '12 at 12:21
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Nikolai
125 points

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2 Answers
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Strategies for gaining mass adoption for a web startup

Say now I develop a web site that requires a large number of users to work. eg. StackOverflow which requires collaboration between many users. Whart sort of strategies could I employ to gain mass...

asked Dec 6 '12 at 20:51
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Daniel Pp Cabral
106 points

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3 Answers
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Funding Prototypes

As an interaction designer, I see tons of opportunities for great new products and solutions every day. Some of these solutions are easy to prototype. Eventually I will create a startup with the...

asked Dec 7 '12 at 11:30
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Tyler Langan
99 points

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2 Answers
3.57K Views
CTO, what are the key elements that define your vision?

Maybe i'm mixing CTO with VP of Engineering here. But as a CTO early on in a 5 person startup that haven't built a prototype yet...What are the key topics or areas that you must have a vision for...

asked Dec 8 '12 at 12:59
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Rbend
18 points

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4 Answers
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What are the steps for getting a tech startup off the ground when you're the only team member?

I'm a software developer with over a decade of experience writing code. I've recently had an idea for a tech startup and am in the process of creating a prototype website and a pitch deck for the...

asked Dec 9 '12 at 04:56
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Scott
136 points

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How to deal with unsupportive parents while creating a startup?

I've been telling myself for many years now I've wanted to create a company of my own and get out of the corporate misery. I am a software developer by trade, and have worked with a few startups...

asked Dec 13 '12 at 09:42
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Code Talk
253 points

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What should be the role of other person I involve in Startup given my scenario

What shall be the role of the person I am involving in launching my start-up(about to register and launch), As initially I see me and him performing project management part of it(as implementation...

asked Nov 21 '12 at 19:25
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Goku
58 points

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How much equity should I get for developing a site where the idea isnt mine

A few months ago, I was asked to join a startup for $85k/year. All the company really had was a pretty big angel investor and one guy with the idea (wealthy father and son with the idea). Before...

asked Nov 23 '12 at 17:23
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Anthonypliu
136 points

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1 Answers
3.46K Views
Can a UK company have the same registered office, director's service address, and director's residential address?

I'm going through the process on the Companies House website to create a UK company (at http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/promo/webincs/ ) and I've got to the page asking for "Details of new...

asked Nov 27 '12 at 07:06
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Jez
126 points

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2 Answers
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Source code Buyout clause in contract

I have a small contract that I have to makeup, but the biggest importance is to make sure the the source code buyout doesn't have a set price. What would be the best way of wording this? Ideally,...

asked Nov 28 '12 at 14:18
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Eghdk
111 points

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3 Answers
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How do web-developers do web-design when freelancing?

So I got my first job recently as junior web-developer. My company creates small/medium sites for wide variety of customers: autobusiness companies, weddign agencies, some sauna websites, etcetc,...

asked Nov 30 '12 at 03:20
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Gerald Blizz
21 points

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How to get started in the defense industry?

I've always been particularly intrigued by the defense industry in general amongst many other industries as I have a pretty strong entrepreneurial spirit since I was a kid, starting my first...

asked Nov 14 '12 at 16:05
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Goose
16 points

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4 Answers
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What kind of knowledge do you need to start a company?

Surely someone must have asked this before, but I couldn't find it, so here goes. I have a degree in computer science. I'm a software developer. But I love the idea of getting into business. But I...

asked Nov 15 '12 at 07:06
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Aerovistae
115 points

4 Votes
3 Answers
3.18K Views
I have a project from client, shall I open a startup or play a mid man and make a cut

I have a project from Client to implement ERP software(starting project of worth 450K$, and may get similar 2 or 3 more projects), I do not have any company for now and is doing a regular software...

asked Nov 16 '12 at 16:18
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Goku
58 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.31K Views
What it takes to implement ERP Software for SME's

I have a project to implement ERP Software for SME. Though I am a software engineer myself and briefly understand things involved, however as I am new to ERP platform and is not sure of what it...

asked Nov 17 '12 at 15:19
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Goku
58 points

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4 Answers
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Same company name, different country. What does the law says?

if the company name in country A is the same with the company name in country B, and in the same industry, does it have any regulations about it? I am the one who comes second at that name. Thank...

asked Nov 18 '12 at 08:27
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Nikolai
125 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.12K Views
How to start consulting "As an Individual or as a company"

I am planning to offer SEO and Web Development services(mainly SEO). It's a case of Bootstrapping. So my confusion is, if I create a website to offer services.. Should I present my website as a...

asked Oct 18 '12 at 18:55
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Metadice
23 points

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2 Answers
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What are some creative ways for a cash poor start up to compensate a designer?

We are in need of a designer for our start up, but we are pretty much cash poor. I have been talking to a designer for a few days, and he really wants to help as he loves our idea. He is very...

asked Oct 24 '12 at 13:00
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Derek
164 points