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2 Votes
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seeding content for a web 2.0 site

so you've built a great web 2.0 system....the system works great....but you need to seed it with content so that it reaches that critical mass....the question is how do you do it? so...what are...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 16:48
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Kamikaze Pilot
253 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.65K Views
Would I be able to sell this website I built?

I've been building a site for 2 years now, and am about to launch it, but the problem is I have lost all interest in doing anything with it. It is a social networking/review site in a very small...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 11:08
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Jdh
182 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
4.54K Views
Minimum wage laws and startups?

As a technical person, you see this a lot: "I've got this great idea to be the next $BIG_SITE. I need you to build a site for me - it should only take 3 months or so. Meanwhile, you can crash on...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 10:12
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Ryan Wilcox
183 points

3 Votes
3 Answers
2.7K Views
What kind of business can a non-profit not do?

I'm thinking of starting a non-profit organization, but I don't know much about non-profit vs. for-profit and whether it makes sense for me to go after a for-profit company. My sole purpose is not...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 08:11
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Mark13426
131 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
3.02K Views
How do I find out how big the market is?

I see it come up over and over again, like this is a 2$ billion market, we are in a 3$ billion market, etc... Where do you find this data? I've been searching and it's really hard to google...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 02:43
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User14339
15 points

5 Votes
2 Answers
2.6K Views
Alternative ways of website monetization

I'm developing a web application that will provide several services and the only ways for monetization I can think of are ads and donations. Are there any other mechanisms for monetizing a webpage?...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 01:36
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Diego
128 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.78K Views
Questions around vesting vis-a-vis dilution, leaving a company and being fired from a company

I am just curious about vesting as against 3 things - Dilution, a Co-founder leaving, a co-founder getting fired Please assume a 2-man team with the equity split among the founder & CEO (A)...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 00:23
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Rokstr Dli
36 points

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.56K Views
Creating a one-page online review intake form

Is this something we could do ourselves quickly, perhaps with an off the shelf solution? We have no programming experience. Otherwise what language would we need to learn to do it? This does not...

asked Nov 15 '11 at 00:03
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D Moore
174 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.92K Views
Offering software without any DRM / hardware locking - negative consequences and how to avoid them

Let me be the first to play the part of Mr Obvious and state that any DRM can be broken. (I expect the usual amount of upvotes for that) Now, what are the pros of offering a software without...

asked Nov 14 '11 at 23:33
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User9982
206 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.14K Views
If I'm registered as solopreneur can I legally avoid disclosing that on my merchant website and a payment gateway landing page?

If I'm registered as solopreneur can I avoid putting something like: Joe Doe, <Home address> and put instead: example.com <solo registration number> on a payment gateway landing...

asked Nov 14 '11 at 19:29
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User14417
8 points

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3 Answers
3.56K Views
How to start a hosted ecommerce solution like Shopify and Volusion?

I'm thinking of building a django application which is like an online shopping mall similar to eBay and Amazon. My business model is somewhat like that of Shopify or Volusion, which means I will...

asked Nov 14 '11 at 11:48
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User14412
1 point

0 Votes
1 Answers
2.53K Views
Online web design business: Contract or not?

I am doing a web design and development business planning. The system is client buy a website package online >> make a payment >> I collect their requirement >> We work together...

asked Nov 14 '11 at 08:49
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Modular
39 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.43K Views
Not going to earn from it(for now) - Do I need to create a company?

I am launching a used book buy/selling platform website for students where they can buy/sell from each other (direct buy/sell no commissions to the website). I don't have ads on my websites as of...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 23:21
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D Min
116 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
2.75K Views
How do I get to entrepreneurs?

How do I reach out to the entrepreneurs all over the world easily? Here's the thing. I am (along with a team of entrepreneurs too) working on a project that is supposed to match people...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 22:18
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Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen
106 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.33K Views
Income generating firm wants to expand, how to split shares with new comers?

My husband and I own a company which we started 3 years ago. We have two employees currently. In order to grow and expand, we know two of us are not enough to create and build a more profitable...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 16:07
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Linda
6 points

7 Votes
3 Answers
43.6K Views
Do employees get paid during the time a business is closed for renovations?

I'm curious if a company has to (or if it is normal to) pay their employees if they, for instance, close the business for a while for renovations. For a specific case, say a restaurant closes for...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 15:22
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Josh M.
138 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
4.36K Views
How to split ownership in a startup with a scenario like the one below?

All, This is a case with a friend of mine who is a first-gen entrepreneur and close to cutting a deal with Angels for a funding of $400K. But before I ask you his question, here is the situation,...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 13:46
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Rokstr Dli
36 points

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2 Answers
2.46K Views
What should be the typical starting amount for an Adwords campaign?

We are looking to start an Adwords campaign for our startup. We are keen to know what levels of spend people started at and what responses they found to be typical. for reference this is a service...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 11:57
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Jon Slinn
16 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.14K Views
Pricing Custom Software already developed

I work in the POS industry. A third-party company with a very profitable concept has sold their software to some of my customers. They gave the software to them yet my customer had to call me to...

asked Nov 13 '11 at 11:39
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User14390
1 point

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.63K Views
How can I get a multimedia video designed for my company?

In order to build our website we need to create a short 1 minute video about our project similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHhwxvQqxg.

asked Nov 13 '11 at 09:08
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Jay Chag
6 points