Questions

I'm planning to launch a SaaS site soon in Norway and own the domain name under the Norwegian TLD (.no). If this is successful, I plan to translate the site and launch internationally. The .com...

International Domain

asked Nov 1 '10 at 08:14

Owen Fraser Green
128 points

A bit of background: The two founders are guys I used to work with before our previous employer (a SaaS company) was aquired back in 2010. One of the founders was a senior sales exec and the other...

Salary Compensation Stock Options Stocks

asked Sep 23 '11 at 00:46

Kronprinz
113 points

I am a software engineer with no experience on web development and I will work on a startup which main product is a website. We are in the very beggining of things, we are not commited to any...

Website Tools Web Dev

asked Jun 15 '12 at 12:09

Roberto
113 points

My startup uses virtualisation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor ) to allow anyone with a decent PC to make some money by renting out their computer over the internet. I'm a technologist at...

Marketing Pitch

asked Aug 5 '13 at 02:41

Steve
310 points

Most landing pages just ask for your email address -- which is likely because the fewer fields, the better the conversion.The problem is addressing your subscribers in the emails you'll send...

Email Newsletter Email Marketing Landing Page

asked Jun 19 '14 at 02:14

Alan Hamilton
11 points

If I start a S or C Corp what benefit packages can I offer potential employees and how would I ramp them in? I don't have the cash to give them a salary so I need an official way to give them X...

Co-Founder Partnerships

asked Oct 21 '10 at 07:39

Jspooner
113 points

I'm starting my first company (software for Reputation Management) and will be contracting 3 guys; 2 full-time paid and 1 who is doing work pro bono. As it happens in the early stages of companies,...

Incentives Stock Options

asked Apr 18 '11 at 00:55

Kamila
11 points

I have a well thought out idea for a new startup. The startup will be unrelated to my current small company that is doing quite well. My basic options are to incubate the new startup within my...

Getting Started Launch Incubators Business Model

asked Sep 28 '11 at 02:21

Keith De Long
5,091 points

We're ready to start selling our (free) software product to local businesses. Don't worry, we make money another way :) So, by selling, I mean of course, pitching them and getting them to use the...

Sales Selling

asked Oct 8 '12 at 02:23

User18631
16 points

Is it better to improve a product or service that exists already or to come up with a brand new unique idea that isn't being done yet?

Ideas

asked Feb 18 '14 at 19:09

Eric E.
16 points

I am considering incorporating better metrics software on my site. The three option I am most familiar are Google Analytics, KISSmetrics, and MixPanel. Any thoughts on the pros/cons of each would...

Analytics Metrics

asked Dec 22 '09 at 14:22

Nima
11 points

So I have this domain called bargainstomper.com and I have been thinking all weekend about how to monetise the site. I came up with various ideas, like tech reviews leading to amazon affil links,...

Marketing Ideas Website SEO

asked Mar 7 '10 at 22:53

Marc
13 points

What is the best way to handle the invoicing for "sponsor" ads? Do you just set a CPM price point and just track impressions and send out an invoice for each month? It seems like it works the same...

Advertising

asked Apr 15 '10 at 02:38

Don Zacharias
132 points

I've been developing a SaaS project for about 4 months now. About two weeks ago, I invited a friend to join the project to work on building relationships with vc's, drafting documentation, a little...

Co-Founder Equity Venture Capital

asked Sep 23 '11 at 00:53

User12764
16 points

I live on the west coast. Of France. I'm currently looking at starting my own web startup. I have the idea, the expertise, even the cofounder. I'm reading a lot on the subject, and I intend to...

Bootstrapped Location

asked Oct 28 '11 at 22:52

Tom Macdonald
113 points

Are there any online resources for finding an accountability partner for a startup. It could be in the way of a mentor.

Motivation Partner

asked Jul 10 '12 at 22:34

Justin Alexander
111 points

My friend and I want to build a startup together and following the lean startup methodology.Should we spend time and money to incorporate the company and get paperwork in order prior to starting...

Incorporation Legal Lean Startups

asked Mar 13 '14 at 13:58

Carlos Riley
45 points

We have built a white-label forum software that we license to B2B customers for internal use. One question that sometimes comes up during the sales cycle is: "How much does it cost you to...

Sales Software Customers Selling Software Licensing

asked Jun 19 '14 at 16:12

Melvin Burdette
14 points

I'm currently almost 2 years in to my second startup job as a Software Engineer and trying to make longer term career plans. I'm looking for general resources (books, blogs, experts) on planning...

Software Planning

asked Oct 21 '09 at 04:18

Winfield
211 points

I recently asked a question of should I start dabbling into programming or should I stick to what I am good at: Sales, Marketing, Planning, Presentations, etc. The feedback was overwhelmingly...

Software Co-Founder Project Management

asked Oct 30 '09 at 22:35

Jaret Manuel
76 points