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Is it legal to send emails having hyperlinks to other people's content?

Is there a copyright infringment problem if you send an email with links pointing to other people's content.

asked Oct 12 '09 at 01:34
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Anup
547 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
2.69K Views
Why you start new product?

What goal you have when start new product (despite money :)?

asked Oct 12 '09 at 02:03
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Michael Dubakov
39 points

4 Votes
10 Answers
3.69K Views
The blog you can't live without

Which one is it? I have to choose Seth Godin's blog.

asked Oct 12 '09 at 02:33
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Tiago
333 points

9 Votes
6 Answers
2.82K Views
Recognizing the "right" idea

My co-founder often says, "the idea of a lifetime comes along every fifteen minutes." I bet most entrepreneurs feel the same way. What was it about your current venture or startup that led you to...

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:15
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D Thrasher
894 points

6 Votes
6 Answers
3.31K Views
How can a Greenhorn get experience?

In this economic climate, competition for jobs is stiff. What should a smart, hardworking recent graduate of a business school program do to try to get a job that will give him the experience he...

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:18
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Jason Evanish
83 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
3.71K Views
What is the proper way of doing a press release?

I've seen startups launch without one and fizzled until they reached out. What kind of details are important? Who do you reach out to? How do you get their attention? What are some dos and don'ts?

asked Oct 10 '09 at 14:20
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Van Nguyen
482 points

2 Votes
10 Answers
3.78K Views
What are 3 essential components of a great elevator pitch?

Whether it is pitching to an investor, customer and your friends a well constructed and thought out elevator pitch can make all the difference. What are some of the key components that need to be...

asked Oct 12 '09 at 04:11
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Usman Sheikh
1,728 points

5 Votes
10 Answers
3.32K Views
How to compensate people that contributed code

Two classmates and I worked on a class project together a few months ago. The outcome was very good. I continued to work on it over the past few months, while the other two partners haven't done...

asked Oct 10 '09 at 14:20
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Stapler Scissor
96 points

3 Votes
11 Answers
3.55K Views
Where do you find candidates for hiring?

There are a number of avenues to go for hiring, like LinkedIn, traditional Craigslist, Monster listings, etc. I personally use Startuply.com (YC '08) for a lot of the hiring that I do. It's proven...

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:33
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Mark Bao
604 points

7 Votes
13 Answers
4.51K Views
How do you balance work and family life?

Here it is, 1:06 AM on a Friday night... and I'm still doing business stuff (well, technically, meta-business stuff here with OnStartups). I have a feeling that I probably should have went to bed...

asked Oct 10 '09 at 14:35
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

5 Votes
7 Answers
3.54K Views
Which pricing model to use for a product that requires a lot of support?

I am developing a product that potentially requires a lot of support. I am developing documentation and tutorials to remove the need for support as much as possible, but I can still see the need...

asked Oct 12 '09 at 04:58
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John Soer
596 points

3 Votes
4 Answers
3.38K Views
How should I structure my development environment from a high-level?

So I guess the follow-on question for this will be to jump into some of the specifics, but I have never worked on a software development team in a professional capacity and am building a web...

asked Oct 10 '09 at 14:38
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Marcamillion
153 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.36K Views
Starting an online travel guide, any suggestions?

I am helping a client/friend build a site where he'll post a "definitive guide for the upscale traveler" for popular business and leisure destinations. I've already visited many travel guide...

asked Oct 12 '09 at 05:15
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Dlynton
1,057 points

4 Votes
7 Answers
3.76K Views
Where to invest $ 5000?

Is it possible to start some startup with this money? If someone have some success stories to share with us it would be more than welcome.

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:55
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Vaske
121 points

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2 Answers
2.17K Views
What resources should I use to prepare a new service availability

After I have my service up and running, with some private beta testers enthusiastic about the service, how to announce it publicly? What resources are available, what are the avenues, to make...

asked Oct 10 '09 at 14:47
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Remus Rusanu
3 points

6 Votes
5 Answers
5.94K Views
Just Been Through the VC Process: I Love to Be Transparent, but Wondering How Much is Smart to Share vs. Keep Private

Over the last 3 months, I've had more than 40 phone calls with partners at well-known VC firms, dozens of in-person meetings, follow-on meetings and partner meetings. We're nearing the end of the...

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:59
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Randfish
1,001 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
2.16K Views
Is there a marketplace for selling original source code?

I want to sell my product, source code and all. Is there market places to list your offering?

asked Oct 12 '09 at 05:41
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User261
141 points

2 Votes
7 Answers
4.23K Views
What is your opinion on Provigil/modafinil?

I'm sure many of you are familiar with sacrificing health for your start-up, but I'm curious as to your opinion on on using stimulants, specifically Provigil (modafinil), to enhance your...

asked Oct 10 '09 at 15:10
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Alex Papadimoulis
5,901 points

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2 Answers
2.57K Views
Promote an enterprise application - Crowdfunding or investors

Let me introduce my situation. I made an intensive research about the area of my product (that is a software), I have the prototype, the business plan, the promo video, the landing page and blog...

asked Feb 20 '14 at 22:39
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How to deal with employee leaving for big competitor right before launch?

An employee of ours has given notice and leaving for our largest competitor just days before we're about to launch our main product. Since we are a small team, she is critical to finishing it for...

asked Feb 20 '14 at 23:50
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Wendell Scott
11 points