Technology Questions

I'm working on a product and needs to check how many users are using web based calendars. Or how many users create calendar events per year. I need this to figure out the market size. I tried to...

Ecommerce Technology Web Market Research

asked Sep 2 '11 at 09:24

Gagan
150 points

I have technical background and founder of software startup. Now, I started learning the importance of Communications Skills in demos and meeting with prospective clients. Any books or courses...

Sales Technology Recommendations Skill

asked Aug 13 '11 at 06:32

User8226
197 points

I am currently the Director of Engineering for a tech/website startup in NYC. I was hired in Nov 2010 after they obtained an angel investment of around 1 million dollars. I am the second tech...

Technology Development Equity Web

asked Aug 5 '11 at 07:50

Commander
111 points

I have been very much interested in starting up a tech business in Minnesota, however relocating to, say, California really isn't an option at this point in my life. Are there any companies in...

Technology Seed Funding

asked Aug 1 '11 at 14:38

Phil
210 points

We have a new startup and are trying to meet with some potential angel investors. We were asked if we have a ROI schedule. I thought that investors get paid only when the company has a successful...

Technology Web 2.0 Angel Investors

asked Jul 22 '11 at 10:14

Brandon Mitchell
21 points

I was working for a large financial firms as Senior Technical Architect, spending almost 15 hours a day. I quit my job around 18 months back to start this startup and taking an underpaid/under...

Bootstrapped Hiring Technology Day Job Jobs

asked Jul 7 '11 at 18:17

User11074
39 points

First, I want to know your opinion if I should contact Microsoft in this case and then to whom I should write. There's an online customer need where some companies have fulfilled with different...

Technology Microsoft

asked Jun 14 '11 at 07:06

Xaqron
311 points

Im involved in a start up and I fear that at some point in the future my co-founder is going to screw me out my position or shares. What protections can I setup and what should I do avoid this from...

Co-Founder Technology Business

asked Jun 16 '11 at 15:06

Mack Arnold
36 points

There is a lot's of start-ups that not protected by a patent like tumblr/twitter/evernote and more... How do they start getting massive users without letting copycats and Competitor disturbing...

Marketing Technology Competition Seed Funding

asked Jun 21 '11 at 01:47

Frank Parsons
6 points

I started a surveillance technology company in May 2010. Since the beginning, we have been working with a person that has been in the security industry for quite a while. He was providing some...

Sales Technology Equity Angel Investors

asked May 27 '11 at 04:47

Michael
234 points

I was reading the article about "Why Startups Could Use .NET, But Don’t ". Essentially the article says that it comes down to culture. I don't want to start a holy war, I just want to know the...

Technology Platforms

asked May 20 '11 at 05:01

7wp
275 points

I'm well aware of the vast sums of VC money in the Bay Area, Seattle, and even Boston. I'm located in the Tampa, FL area and am starting my business here. I'm willing to move the business after a...

Funding Technology Angel

asked May 25 '11 at 05:44

Aj.
212 points

Take for example, Google: As I understand, the search engine was started as a research project. (by the way, was it patented or the code is fully open through the contents of the respective...

Technology Founders

asked May 17 '11 at 20:58

User10528
9 points

Technical debt affects all companies, and in startups where there is pressure to get things out the door as quickly as possible, the pressure to build up technical debt is high. Is it an...

Strategy Technology

asked May 6 '11 at 02:18

Jeremy French
148 points

We are interested in using digital signature in our extremely paper intensive world. However, we need the signatures to be valid digital signatures. Are there open source solutions available that...

Software Technology Legal

asked Mar 25 '11 at 07:03

Scott
468 points

First time posting to this Q&A so please be kind! I and a partner are looking to build a web community. However, my partner and I are both business folks. We understand to build a successful...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Technical

asked Feb 11 '11 at 01:55

Li Zhou
323 points

I meet a lot of wantrepreneurs who are very smart but not at all into the plumbing of websites. They totally get concepts such as minimum viable product and split testing, and they want to be...

Technology Analytics Website Ab Testing

asked Jan 27 '11 at 20:18

Jeremy Parsons
5,197 points

My aspiration in life is to become a entrepreneur and because of my background (4 years as a software developer) I figure I would go best if I start out as a technical founder at a start up. I...

Software Technology Founders

asked Aug 30 '10 at 23:12

Dont Judge Those Who Try And Fail
8 points

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing "product development" eg new social media website project?

Products Technology Development Social Media

asked Sep 8 '10 at 02:25

Francis Eager
38 points

I want to start an online magazine website and I'd like to know what platform to use. Something like Wordpress, Drupal, and other CMS systems, any recommendations?

Software Technology Website Open Source CMS

asked Sep 22 '10 at 23:54

Alexandru Trandafir Catalin
157 points