Questions

I'm working on a new venture with a friend of mine, and we set to meet as many potential customers as possible before writing even a single line of code. We've met with 2 customers and both of...

Customers Market Research

asked Jul 2 '11 at 17:08

Stnal
41 points

I've made this clear in some of my other questions, but for the sake of getting a more diverse viewpoint I'm asking a separate question. I'm 14 years old, but really passionate about web design. I...

Pricing Web Design Rates

asked Jul 2 '11 at 06:30

Purmou
147 points

I have developed a tool, and I have gotten a great response from it. I have 400+ registered users and 15 paid users without any ads and stuff. Paid users pay $5.99/month to use this tool. Now I...

Pricing Website Revenue

asked Jul 2 '11 at 06:02

Yuvraj
57 points

I am curious, is it possible to get funding from investor before doing any sale? Any experience?

Funding Investors

asked Jul 2 '11 at 00:24

Jazar
123 points

I just wondering, do you have mentors when doing startup? And how do you find them? I read a book titled "One Minute Entrepreneurship", it said that a person won't offer to be our mentor, but we...

Mentor

asked Jul 2 '11 at 00:08

Jazar
123 points

I have a review site that reviews a certain category of software. I have set up affiliate links for many of the products, and make a percentage of every sale that happens as a result of that...

Affiliate Rates Pay Per Click

asked Jul 1 '11 at 23:41

Lkessler
1,471 points

For a startup company with 1 product which website will be more beneficial? Should I create website that concentrates on a product or my company? My software targets transportation/trucking...

Marketing Website Selling

asked Jul 1 '11 at 22:59

Katit
276 points

I created my own product(P) which is pretty much standalone but would benefit a LOT if it integrates with existing ERP package(ERP). Integration can be done 2 ways: read only where I pull data...

Recommendations Legal Competition Proposal

asked Jul 1 '11 at 12:33

Katit
276 points

I have spent considerable resources on the development of a networking/eCommerce site and have since changed my focus on the core idea for the business to the extent that the website is not 100%...

Funding Development Design

asked Jul 1 '11 at 10:53

Ss1225
18 points

A lawyer offered service for equity and potentially joining the company full time as legal counsel/business dev guy. Is this reasonable? What percentage of the company should I offer him? It's a...

Legal Employees

asked Jul 1 '11 at 09:50

Jirad
105 points

I am working with a client in the United States that as part of a comprehensive strategy to spin several divisions off as new start-ups is looking to outsource the IT department to a "remote...

IT Infrastructure

asked Jul 1 '11 at 06:03

Joseph Barisonzi
12,141 points

I live in miami and am about to form an LLC. I have also decided that I would elect to have my LLC to be taxed as S corp. I will be the only employee for next 6 to 9 months. Since it is a S corp I...

LLC Salary Setup

asked Jul 1 '11 at 05:33

Nick Vanderbilt
11 points

I would really appreciate your guidance and advice. Great community. I am a co-founder of a two year old start-up that is finally getting proper VC funding ($1MM injection). Currently, the...

Funding Founder Equity Fulltime

asked Jul 1 '11 at 05:09

Sbeekar
26 points

I've been asking myself this question for a while. If a client doesn't want me to handle the maintenance of their website, but rather do it themselves, I should probably use a CMS like Joomla or...

Web Design CMS

asked Jul 1 '11 at 05:04

Purmou
147 points

I'm about 9 months from graduation with my Bachelors in Information Systems... I have had a ton of experience already working for a variety of different companies within my industry: Information...

Getting Started

asked Jul 1 '11 at 00:25

User9968
229 points

Are there resources out there on the etiquette and 'lingo' used when talking/contact companies? Working with small companies it's all quite easy-going, but I don't want to give away in 5s to to a...

Communication

asked Jun 30 '11 at 21:10

John
173 points

I am about to embark on raising money. I am reasonably sure that I have constructed an accurate but very conservative 5 year plan. If the cash flows are to be believed, I will now have to pin a...

Angel Shares

asked Jun 30 '11 at 08:37

Michael
234 points

Is there a place where I could hire a developer (or a team) based on functional specs I would submit. What I am envisioning is a site where I would submit a description of my project and get access...

Hiring Development Website

asked Jun 30 '11 at 07:44

J Delage
277 points

After having worked on my startup concept for few weeks I realised that some form of the same product as we are planning is already in the market. We do believe that we can do it better and bring...

Strategy Long Term Strategies

asked Jun 30 '11 at 05:32

Vishal
73 points

We are a team of 2 and we hit an idea about a social media startup some time back. Everything said and done we know that we don't have a tech cofounder. while we look for one we don't want to...

Co-Founder Strategy NDA Terms And Conditions

asked Jun 30 '11 at 05:26

Vishal
73 points