Ideas Questions

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...

Getting Started Ideas Venture Capital

asked Dec 9 '12 at 04:56

Scott
136 points

I have an iPhone/iPad app idea for which I can build an MVP pretty quickly (about a week or two at most). My target customers are local restaurants. How do I approach local restaurants to validate...

Ideas Iphone Validation Ipad App

asked Nov 26 '12 at 09:16

Russell
180 points

I have a friend who runs a business that decorates special events. He deals a lot with customers who's budget is much less than his normal prices, but he normally just gives them huge discounts...

Pricing Ideas Discounts

asked Nov 19 '12 at 10:59

Glycan
113 points

I spend a lot of time thinking about potential start up ideas. I come up with a couple every now and then, but when I go searching online there is always quite a few competitors. I don't think I've...

Ideas Competition

asked Oct 24 '12 at 06:24

Brian D.
173 points

Some time back, I set out to solve a specific problem: How can I help people who haven't met yet collaborate to create great ideas ahead of weekend startup events?I couldn't find a site out there...

Getting Started Ideas Website Validation

asked Oct 25 '12 at 03:15

Jeremy Parsons
5,197 points

What do you do when a huge online company (as dominant as say Google, Apple, Microsoft etc in their respective niche) has a big feature that's been lacking in their very popular product, and your...

Getting Started Marketing Ideas Development Website

asked Nov 5 '12 at 23:57

Nyxynyx
193 points

I am a software developer. I have a good idea and I'd like to create a startup. I am planning to invite one or two of my colleagues as co-founders. Problems: 1) Free time I realised it is very...

Getting Started Ideas Business

asked Sep 6 '12 at 07:42

Mel
68 points

I have multiple projects of different type and in different status, some of them are more like a business and some more like a hobby. In total there are 8. Some are started, other are launched...

Ideas Decision

asked Sep 9 '12 at 20:17

Alexandru Trandafir Catalin
157 points

Does the concept of "Unlimited Vacation" increase productivity and attract talented employees ? I've read about it here, specifically: Unlimited vacation fosters productivity and loyalty because...

Hiring Ideas Employees Business

asked Aug 1 '12 at 23:57

User1510230
56 points

I'm a complete web/entrepreneur rookie with an idea that I believe in passionately and don't know where to begin. I know for a fact that my idea is unique and will fill a huge hole in the market...

Software Ideas Website Business Entrepreneur

asked Aug 3 '12 at 07:09

Jrsytomato
72 points

We are a small marketing consulting company. Usually we are invited to solve some kind of problem or task. But we face a large problem. Our offer needs to have an idea of how to solve a particular...

Ideas Consulting Consultants NDA

asked Jul 10 '12 at 03:55

Boris
6 points

Me and my partner are working on an idea for a text (SMS) service that we intend to pitch to the National Health Service in the UK as it could potentially save them a lot of money. However, minus...

Ideas Investors Service SMS

asked Jul 11 '12 at 16:57

Sebastian
101 points

Startup execution is by now a well understood process. The Customer Development model does a good job at delineating the different steps necessary to determine if something is a scalable,...

Ideas Entrepreneurs

asked Jul 13 '12 at 11:23

Glitch
156 points

Looking for an easy way to create an USB-to-cloud-bridge (just one example). I once again found that the market fails to deliver some simple products I am willing to pay for. If I had time and...

Ideas

asked Jul 17 '12 at 16:45

Jakob
106 points

I invented a new software based hardware technology which can solve many problems. I know getting a patent takes a very long time and is not an easy task. Do I have to apply and wait to get a...

Ideas Legal Patent

asked Jun 18 '12 at 04:51

Eric
6 points

I am an IT engineer, I am familiar with programming and website development (not a complete expert though), I am also good with servers, OS, security and networking etc (whole 9 yards of IT). What...

Ideas Business Plan

asked Jun 12 '12 at 17:46

Kapish M
134 points

I'm a Web developper and have a dating website idea. I'll meet in the next few weeks some webmarketers that could be my potential partners. I'll talk about the idea of course and make them an...

Ideas Partner NDA

asked Jun 1 '12 at 22:52

Younès
120 points

An elevator pitch is a short summary used to quickly and simply define a product, service, or organization and its value proposition. What was the elevator pitch of Facebook when it started?...

Getting Started Marketing Ideas Business Model

asked May 20 '12 at 23:54

Anlai
375 points

We've got a software product going into alpha release and want to invite some super users to test and give feedback. I wonder if there's any sort of steps we should be taking to prevent the issue...

Ideas Legal Intellectual Property

asked Apr 26 '12 at 06:19

Yarin
147 points

Quite some time ago, I heard two stories about genius ideas. Both of them were allegedly coming from outside the company and sold to big corporations, with those ending saving a lot of money (and...

Ideas

asked May 2 '12 at 16:48

Yoav Aner
318 points