Questions

Skype's buying back of stock options at the exercise price is pretty evil, no doubt. But is it equally uncommon for a company to put in conditions allowing them to buy back vested stock at fair...

Stock Options Vesting

asked Jun 27 '11 at 06:42

Sean
134 points

I have a site which is currently in Beta that I plan to start heavily marketing in January. I wanted to get people's approaches on how they marketed their websites and their ROI (return on their...

Marketing Traffic

asked Dec 15 '10 at 17:19

John
161 points

I am working on a service that makes certain aspect of project management accesible for regular stakeholders (i.e. non-techie users). I though that a motto like "[certain aspect] for mere mortals"...

Marketing Naming

asked Aug 29 '11 at 14:19

Aku
229 points

What's the best book you've ever read on pricing?

Pricing Marketing Sales Business Business Services

asked Mar 6 '11 at 00:58

Steven
1 point

I am working in an MNC as a software engineer. Most of my work involves supporting an old crappy vb6 application and making some changes to it whenever some change request comes in. I dont get much...

Jobs

asked Dec 8 '11 at 13:11

Andy Mortin
141 points

I am currently making windows phone7 apps. I was wondering whether I am missing on something by not making windows8 my primary development platform. I am considering programming for both somewhere...

Phone Business Apps Mobile Apps

asked Aug 8 '12 at 18:55

Lamin Sanneh
114 points

I know, this is a very open-ended question, but hear me out please. I'm a 17 year old boy, and I'd really like to start a business based on an idea. I've had lots of ideas, probably a dozen or...

Ideas

asked Mar 4 '13 at 03:13

Dark Light A
114 points

I have what I consider to be a simple and great idea. Like many people. Obviously, I won't describe it here, but I'll give a simple example of similar scale for answerers to work with. Say my idea...

Getting Started

asked May 14 '13 at 11:20

Aerovistae
115 points

I am being offered a 0.6% share in an early stage startup for being the lead iOS developer(probably the only iOS developer).The concept is good and the team consists of some smart people too.My...

Software Equity Iphone Partnerships

asked May 17 '11 at 15:12

Samyzee
16 points

I've been trying to make my personal website for a long time, and now that is almost done, I've been investigating about some legal details that I must solve in order to release my website, based...

Legal Website

asked Jul 31 '12 at 01:47

Mechdeveloper
116 points

If I do get the ownership of the two applications, one for safety engineers and one for dental clinics, these are vastly different applications. Then I am working on my google applications, which...

Getting Started Incorporation

asked Jan 16 '10 at 16:59

James Black
2,642 points

I'm 15, and an enthusiast programmer, I've built loads of web based applications, some of which have even been called useful after demo'ing them to others, apps that have not been created (atleast...

Legal Company Business

asked Dec 22 '11 at 01:53

Karan K
26 points

In my experience, it takes around a year to sell software to a large company. I have seen it getting done in three months, but it is very seldom. Therefore, my question is whether you know of any...

Marketing Strategy Selling Tactics

asked May 23 '11 at 04:50

David
1,567 points

I would like to start a small company that produces custom t-shirts for universities (like t-shirts in most of the North America's university bookstores). I already have design with a couple of...

Getting Started

asked Nov 25 '11 at 14:26

Asterisk
116 points

Pretty much, you see ["Harvard", "Stanford", "MIT", "Yale", "Princeton",...] ubiquitously in the bios of startup founders. Sure, in some cases they may have dropped out, but none the less they got...

Founders

asked Dec 9 '11 at 03:28

Len
376 points

Our start-up site will use a listing of product/service categories. I want our site's community of members to decide what categories/subcategories get added, as well as, other aspects about each...

Social Media Website

asked Mar 7 '11 at 01:54

C. Scott
85 points

It takes an investor with a special kind of appetite to invest in software. And in my research, I have found that there are very few with that type of interest. I have a business model for an...

Saas Internet Marketing Strategic Investment

asked May 17 '12 at 02:40

Chad
32 points

I have been sharing my thoughts for getting into some business, with some of my friends & colleagues, but all I get from them is 'Disappointment' & advice like "It's too early for you to do...

Solo Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs Business Plan Business Social Entrepreneur

asked Nov 16 '12 at 21:50

Venkatesh
14 points

I run a well-funded startup. We're fortunate to have built a kick-ass team with a great product and good early traction. But I worry that our team's work ethic is sliding into stasis. Most of my...

Management Work Life Employees

asked Jun 3 '11 at 14:13

Randy B
14 points

I am at a stage of growing a site where it is in open alpha, and there are about 50 people coming to the site per day or so...without any solicitation. They come from stumbleupon, google, and a few...

Ab Testing Conversion

asked Feb 2 '12 at 04:47

Genadinik
1,821 points