Questions

As per the recent report published by Distimo, very few developers are actually making money (by selling apps) in Android store. The figures actually look quite depressing for android developers...

Software Revenue Iphone Android

asked Jun 2 '11 at 15:46

Ali
179 points

There are couple of apps similar to Instagram, such as Hipster, Pixl-o-matic, Lightbox, PicPlz & Retro Camera. Why did Instagram make it over the others?

Getting Started Analytics

asked Apr 11 '12 at 19:28

Newton
133 points

I am curious as to whether anyone has any insight into running a online retail business in the former Soviet Republics. Most of the western world is quite used to Credit Cards, and other electronic...

Online Retail

asked Feb 17 '12 at 09:03

Karlson
1,779 points

I'm in Germany and would like to register a Trademark in the US. (Just a name, no picture mark) Where do I start and what do I need to consider before register it? Thank you.

Trademark

asked Jul 6 '12 at 21:57

Michael
11 points

My twitter account is followed by hundreds of proposing me to return following, to get software for and learn techniques for getting thousands of followers. But why? I personally read most of...

Marketing Advertising Branding Twitter Twitter Apps

asked Mar 12 '11 at 05:05

Gennady Vanin Novosibirsk
133 points

I am a coder and have very little in-depth business knowledge. I was recently approached about joining a very promising startup with a great idea. Only problem is that they were unfunded and would...

Equity Partnership

asked Dec 21 '11 at 13:16

Amin Brodie
39 points

I'm interested in understanding the state of what I'll call "desktop micro ISVs" in the U.S. in 2011. By this I mean one-person computer software companies, creating desktop computer software, and...

Software Business Micro Startup

asked Oct 13 '11 at 12:48

Chelonian
146 points

I run a paranormal investigation team which was founded by me, the logo designed by me and the paperwork designed by me. Initial funding was from my credit cards and the group has been running just...

Management Administration

asked Feb 1 '12 at 14:40

Linkin
9 points

As an entrepreneur, when visiting a city with an active startup community, is it appropriate to drop in unannounced at one or more of the local incubators? (Assuming you don't know anyone in the...

Incubators Introduction

asked May 25 '12 at 05:45

Blueberryfields
426 points

I have an idea that I'd like to implement and on doing some research I realized that another website does exactly the same thing. I would like to clone the site and since I am pressed for time, I...

Development Outsourcing Website Documentation

asked Aug 22 '11 at 13:23

User2306
232 points

I am making a new site, and I need some investors for it. The work is quite done, but I am unable to find people who would like to invest in the site. How and where can I find...

Venture Capital Website Investors

asked Jan 7 '11 at 07:26

Amit
113 points

I am trying to budget our prototype development costs using offshore versus national (Spain in my case) developers. Does anyone know what it costs to hire quality, let's say Indian or other...

Currency Exchange Rate

asked May 6 '11 at 23:51

Miguel Buckenmeyer
482 points

I'm looking to start increasing exposure to my website and I am looking to do so thru a series of small but quality articles that I plan to be publishing on a "few times per week" basis. There are...

Blog SEO Blogging

asked Mar 21 '11 at 13:41

Igorek
886 points

My company is based out of USA, I have been working for the same company since past 2+ Yrs from Remote (Work from Home HYD, INDIA). recently our CEO have informed me that he would like to take me...

Startupvisa

asked Nov 28 '13 at 12:56

User29822
11 points

I am working on a web application that is going into beta test next week for safety engineers, but the company that is paying for it is safety engineers. Ideally, if I had the ownership of the code...

Software Negotiation Intellectual Property

asked Jan 16 '10 at 16:53

James Black
2,642 points

Are you required to claim ownership of the site by your company in the footer or the about page? You know something like "onstartups.com is owned by Onstartups, LLC" or "Copyright: Onstartups,...

Legal Website

asked Nov 8 '09 at 03:22

User1376
9 points

I've seen wikis, sharepoint, version control systems, and plain-old file systems act as knowledge-base solutions for company employees to share information. Has anybody used Google Docs (or Google...

Productivity

asked Sep 12 '10 at 15:23

Javid Jamae
347 points

I need your opinions about which email structure should we go with. For example my name is Gregory Gillespie. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ...

Branding Naming

asked Nov 25 '11 at 10:59

Nikolai
125 points

When reviewing or rating or providing references to a contractor, should you factor in them going AWOL, not responding, having personal problems, being flaky, but otherwise doing good work? I've...

Employees Contractor Feedback

asked Nov 9 '14 at 05:28

Starrychloe S.
83 points

Take for example, Google: As I understand, the search engine was started as a research project. (by the way, was it patented or the code is fully open through the contents of the respective...

Technology Founders

asked May 17 '11 at 20:58

User10528
9 points