Ideas Questions

There are lots of sites around the internet that offer cheap labour from an offshore location. What do you think about using this type of site to speed up your local business? Is it a good idea?...

Hiring Products Ideas Development Offshore

asked May 5 '11 at 02:46

Sfrj
205 points

I have a great idea for a new product and I am thinking about launching it on Kickstarter, but I have one major problem. I am afraid that someone will steal my product and/or accuse me of stealing...

Ideas Startup Costs Patent Intellectual Property Kickstarter

asked Jan 31 '13 at 07:27

Annonomus Person
204 points

This is for someone who is perfectly positioned to start a business (IT graduate, no expenses, saving all of his money, living at home and unchallenged at work). BUT.... he doesn't have any...

Ideas B2B Business

asked Mar 31 '14 at 15:30

Clay Nichols
737 points

I guess the common term for this in the valley would be to pivot.If we raised money from angel investors, and it turned out the startup isn't going to succeed, could we pivot the company to a...

Ideas Pivot Angel Investors Startups

asked Jun 15 '14 at 19:13

Kent Campbell
17 points

I am creating a SaaS software product that targets brand new law graduates. But statistics show that law schools are churning out TWICE as many lawyers than there is demand.So that means half of...

Ideas Saas Market Analysis Market Opportunity Market Research

asked Jun 24 '14 at 22:10

Violet Hall
12 points

I'm trying to validate our idea by talking to potential customers. What kind of questions should we be asking in order to get objective answers?If I were to ask: "How make xyz that helps you with...

Ideas Customers Survey Prospects Validation

asked Jun 27 '14 at 14:26

Sarita Gamino
9 points

What are some actionable things a founder does to create a company culture where people are motivated by the vision, and not just getting paid?Also, what are some resources you'd recommend reading...

Culture Management Ideas Leadership Vision

asked Jun 27 '14 at 19:25

Bernard Childs
9 points

I have a huge database of UPC barcodes and their corresponding products (name, photo of the product, some specs).Do you think there might be a market to provide a paid API access to this data?

Ideas API Startups

asked Jun 30 '14 at 14:26

Michael Hall
14 points

Apart from a heart to heart talk, what else could one do to keep motivating their co-founders to be most productive and not lose interest in the vision?

Co-Founder Motivation Ideas Vision

asked Jul 2 '14 at 00:12

Daniel Lynch
12 points

Are there any regulations that I would need to adhere to if I wanted to bake and sell cakes online? I would only be shipping within the United States and offering the product at a premium price...

Ideas Ecommerce Subscriptions Selling Food

asked Jul 7 '14 at 22:25

Pablo Webb
14 points

There are a lot of companies whose bad business practices get ousted but don't reach mainstream press. And consumers are the ones that get the short end of the stick.Would it be a good idea to...

Ideas Business Tactics Content

asked Jul 8 '14 at 01:29

Fletcher Bolt
2 points

What are your thoughts on this idea:People who create Kickstarter campaigns sometimes need a dummy prototype (looks like the final product, but isn't functional).Would there be a market for this? I...

Ideas Kickstarter

asked Jul 14 '14 at 13:27

Edwin Risner
14 points

I have an idea and made a working proof of concept (MVP). Its a solution for organizing data and could be used in from Enterprise Digital Assets Management systems to home computers.I am looking...

Funding Ideas Presentation Fundraising Getting Fund

asked Aug 9 '14 at 10:18

Shahab
6 points

I'll be honest, I'm not interested in offering a free service. I plan on offering a valuable service thats trusted and easy to use. After wondering about my idea that I've been building for the...

Ideas Competition Startups

asked Jan 14 '15 at 19:27

User34223
21 points

I'm constantly getting startup ideas. It's always been a problem for me as I often lose focus on the current project and want to jump ship onto the next idea which has me excited.How can I decide...

Focus Ideas Productivity Startups

asked May 1 '15 at 11:57

Kristen Becker
12 points

Offline there are tons of local businesses which are known to be recession proof (ex: laundromats). What are some web equivalent verticals that would qualify?

Ideas Web Business

asked May 19 '15 at 22:25

Britt Aaron
12 points

What are some types of businesses that can started that help cities recover from natural disasters while at the same time generate some revenue?The only one that really exists like now is something...

Ideas Business Model Donations Charity Watsi

asked Jun 8 '15 at 09:55

Paul Card
12 points

Facebook seems to have become too commercialized for their own good. I would love to build a new social network that gets back to the basics, but not sure if it will be worth it.Considering how...

Ideas Facebook Social Network Startups

asked Jun 12 '15 at 12:42

Chester Trujillo
14 points

If I come up with an improvement to an existing product, how do I protect myself when sharing it, and get some of the revenues the idea generates? There are many times when I look at an existing...

Products Ideas Technology Patent

asked Oct 14 '09 at 16:10

Ron Ga
2,181 points

Let's say all of the following conditions are true: I have the connections needed to get audience with multiple multi-millionaires, although I, myself, am not one. I have, in concept, designed a...

Getting Started Ideas Investors Computers Shares

asked Oct 27 '13 at 03:01

Jonathan Todd
28 points