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7 Votes
4 Answers
3.81K Views
Free Trials - Open registration Vs. Credit Card required

Does anyone have personal experience, good articles, or case studies that document the pros and cons of offering a free trial with no obligation (i.e. you don't collect credit card information at...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 04:25
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Jeff
154 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
1.89K Views
Who owns this product?

What steps should I take to protect myself (and the company) as the sole developer of the product? My business partner will be handling the business side of things. It was his idea, originally,...

asked Oct 11 '11 at 02:53
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Bill
11 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.44K Views
How are investment funding valued when invested in a company before it goes public?

Is there are particular method for banks or individuals when their capital is invested in the company before going public. To make it more clear how was Facebook Inc. and Goldman Sachs deal valued...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 21:11
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Himanshu Prasad
51 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
4.38K Views
Should I give away 10% equity to a super advisor?

I'm a sole founder of a rather ambitious company which I have worked tirelessly to build. The company will require some heavy lifting from well connected political persons to help the company to...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 15:41
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Bastian Suz
6 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
11K Views
How to determine the worth of stock option?

Say I was given an incentive stock option for X number of shares at an exercise price of Y per share. The shares vest over 4 years. How do you determine the worth of this stock option? A) What is...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 14:58
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Jo Jo
148 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.37K Views
Considering time to market, what is best for software product documentation: videos or manuals?

I'm in the process of publishing my product which is ready for beta testing. It has some level of complexity, therefore guidance is required. But I don't want to spend (yet) a couple of months...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 14:48
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Nestor Sanchez A
690 points

4 Votes
4 Answers
3.91K Views
Should I have a girlfriend while bootstrapping a startup?

Possible Duplicate: How to start a business and not destroy your marriage? I began to seriously work on a startup idea during the summer after reading a bunch of blogs and watching startup...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 11:56
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Siamii
195 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
3.45K Views
Can I quit as co-founder of my company and then recreate the company without my co-founder?

As my product has evolved my co-founder's skill set has become irrelevant. Furthermore, I've come to believe his efforts at this point are hurting our potential more so than helping it. We are...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 07:40
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Seeking Advice
16 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
2.78K Views
Smaller Project for Free Open Source as Leverage

Is it smart to release a small project as free and open-source to display my abilities as a programmer. I don't mean that in a "Hey, look at me, I'm awesome!" way. I mean it in a "This is the...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 06:02
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Jberger
118 points

0 Votes
3 Answers
2.44K Views
Where can I find professional business plan makers online

Where can I find best business plan makers online.

asked Oct 10 '11 at 03:55
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Himanshu Prasad
51 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
3.18K Views
Pricing strategy for digital media applications

I am developing desktop application for digital media. But i am still not sure how to set price for the application. Actually our product is integrated solution which integrates different features...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 10:14
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Vohid Abdullaev
6 points

5 Votes
4 Answers
2.72K Views
Pricing according to the competitors

I am currently developing a software and planning to sell it as a downloadable product. There are already competitors on the market out there and their pricing is too low. What I think is that the...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 04:05
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Matte
128 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
9.23K Views
What is the difference between a Business Partner and Co-Founder?

Maybe it's just semantics, but I am putting the word out that my biz will benefit from either. We have pushed a product off the shelf and are starting to acquire customers, yet the effort has...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 02:31
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Richard H.
175 points

3 Votes
2 Answers
2.6K Views
IT statistics for Apple, android, etc - how widely used are they

what resources do you use for statistics on things like: how many people have iphones, how many ipads, android , etc and split by countries if possible. Do you know any site to offer such statistics?

asked Oct 9 '11 at 02:29
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Ryan
147 points

4 Votes
2 Answers
2.3K Views
83b Election: is it important?

I'm reading through Do More Faster and there is a chapter in there that talks about an 83b election and how it is ESSENTIAL that you do it when you create your startup. It seems to save you a ton...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 00:57
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Edgar Miranda
230 points

0 Votes
2 Answers
2.45K Views
how to describe and market web applications creation service to Internet newbies

I am a web applications programmer and having created web applications for education, health and private investigations industries and seeing the value in doing this, I feel I am ready to start my...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 22:15
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Angus
5 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3K Views
Can prior art invalidate existing patents?

Let's imagine a patent has been issued by the USPTO in 2008. However, in 2010, someone discovers the invention has already been mentioned in a book in 2005. For the sake of the argument, let's...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 21:39
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J Verstry
152 points

1 Votes
2 Answers
3.48K Views
How to get products on the market quickly and cheap?

I have designed several products that involve electronics. I do all the design, electronics, and building myself except for a few things. There is a market for these products although competition...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 17:03
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Abstract Dissonance
106 points

-1 Votes
1 Answers
1.97K Views
To launch a website business, what do I need for funding?

I just want to have my own website where I sell products that I manufacture using CAD software. I'm trying to look three ahead because that's supposedly how long it takes for a business to start...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 16:55
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Wolfpack'08
99 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.07K Views
Co-Founders in multiple countries

I am working on an idea With friends across the continent, and we would like to go into development together and build the market in both the countries at the same time.Currently and in the...

asked Oct 8 '11 at 15:56
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Shree Mandadi
599 points