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2 Answers
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How To Market A Service/Product That Has Never Been Available Before

I'm in the process of building an online service that is primarily focussed on businesses. I can't go in to too much detail about it, but it's a piece of software that would be used by people who...

asked Dec 23 '10 at 00:40
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Mickburkejnr
111 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.93K Views
Best online places to find UX/UI designers?

A local start up team here in Taiwan is looking for mobile application UX & UI specialists... but here on the ground while there are great designers not many have mobile UX experience. If...

asked Oct 13 '11 at 19:02
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Long Winter
271 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
5.12K Views
Using a UPS mail box for LLC

Anyone form an LLC in PA? I have a couple of questions. I plan on getting a UPS mail box. I'm looking to get a register agent so that I can separate my business from my home address. 1 - For bank...

asked Jan 13 '12 at 07:37
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Luckytaxi
177 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.47K Views
Stuck in the middle on a start-up venture

My co-founder and I have invested $50k together and launched phase 1 of our social network website. We have started marketing in NY metro and have grown to 300 users in 4 weeks. We are in the...

asked Jun 23 '12 at 04:36
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Rajiv
11 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
3.08K Views
Revoking a Partner's Equity

I am involved in a startup and one of our minority partners (owns 15%, vested 25% of that 15% with the rest over the next two years) is not meeting his side of the agreement. I think we have the...

asked Aug 17 '12 at 06:04
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Steve
11 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
10.5K Views
What is a good first ticket response time/SLA for B2B Saas?

Up until recently, we used our own messaging system with our application for customers to log tickets and then just email for anyone not a client. We are now trialling Hesk to give us a "proper"...

asked May 31 '13 at 21:13
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Bhttoan
735 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
4.46K Views
What are the slow months for B2B, and why

We sell shrinkwrap software to other companies, and we've been in business for just less than a year. Our sales are about 45-50% to the US, 20% UK, 10% to Australia and the rest to other countries....

asked Aug 1 '13 at 20:14
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Paul Stovell
204 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
5.77K Views
Objective-C or the new Swift for developing iOS apps?

Apple released Swift yesterday at WWDC. It's a high level programming language that is going to make developing iOS apps much easier for new programmers.I know neither Objective-C or Swift at the...

asked Jun 4 '14 at 14:43
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Theresa Darrell
14 points

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2 Answers
2.67K Views
Founders' reliance on IT manager/network admin

I am (co-)starting a company with the bought assets of my previous (software) company, dormant for over a year. The IT guy from the previous company is coming on board to help revive the server...

asked Feb 1 '11 at 09:02
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Aaron Smothers
56 points

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3 Answers
2.77K Views
How do ensure I am not violating any Open Source licenses when I sell my software?

I few months back I was talking to friend who works in M&A for a big software company and he was telling me that a large deal just got killed because they realized that part of the code was...

asked Apr 21 '11 at 11:05
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Antony P.
714 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
3.33K Views
What kind of equity should I be looking for? - Tech Startup

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...

asked Aug 5 '11 at 07:50
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Commander
111 points

2 Votes
2 Answers
2.16K Views
Would this idea violate any law?

The idea is this : My website would just embed videos from various websites like youtube, metacafe, etc. I want to have users log in and comment or discuss on the videos I embed. The purpose is...

asked Oct 21 '11 at 10:03
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Sunil
128 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.07K Views
Violating US patents by having servers or domain name registered in the US

Following this question: What to do before offering e-services from EU to US? I have another one: A concern has been raised that if you have your servers in the US you may infringe a US patent....

asked Nov 11 '11 at 01:35
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Fobo
146 points

2 Votes
4 Answers
3.62K Views
what methods exist to securely have clients send you their files and other important documents?

I am going to start an online business and would like to know what all the options are out there. I have found sites/services such as yousendit.com. What are other methods/sites that I should...

asked Mar 12 '12 at 12:13
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User16817
63 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.34K Views
How to separate teaching/consulting with product company I founded, or should I?

I've been teaching on the side as a technical expert throughout industry for the last several years, while maintaining a full time job. I have an established an LLC for this side business. Now, I...

asked Aug 16 '13 at 10:10
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User27452
11 points

2 Votes
3 Answers
2.84K Views
Business model for online university

We are setting up idea for a few programming/math courses we'd like to offer online. Can anyone with experience in this area suggest the kind of setup, the software, the fee structure, etc? Thanks

asked Dec 9 '09 at 14:12
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Baraider
36 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
3.09K Views
Who uses FTP servers and how to reach them?

My last product, initially targeted at graphic designers, found a sweet spot with small business owners that struggled with FTP and who were looking for a drop-in replacement for their FTP server...

asked Feb 11 '10 at 02:30
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Ashmaurya
140 points

2 Votes
5 Answers
3.49K Views
One stop shop for start-up tools and resources?

I'm looking for a website that has all the tools and resources one might need to start a company. Anything from business plan templates to legal docs to reviews on potential vendors (e.g. who...

asked Nov 11 '10 at 17:48
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User5336
13 points

2 Votes
6 Answers
4.01K Views
Webhosting solutions for a startup

We have a small business that needs a webhosting solution. We will probably be able to support the following: Login to set up a shopping cart software (Magento most likely). Unlimited...

asked Dec 30 '11 at 01:31
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Karlson
1,779 points

2 Votes
1 Answers
2.47K Views
non-resident Online Business setup

I live in New Zealand and I am looking to start an online website sourcing and selling products within the USA via drop-shipping methods. This part of the process is underway. However, I understand...

asked Feb 1 '12 at 17:07
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Lawrence.
11 points