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Looking for a UK online payment solution that only takes a percentage or a flat fee

I'm currently looking for an online payment solution for a business website I'm working on and it turns out it's a bit more complex than I'd first though. I'd like to run at a very small download...

asked Feb 9 '12 at 01:15
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Space Beers
168 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.57K Views
Making a sale that's over the customers budget

I have been working on an offer for a software project, requested by a customer. I'm pretty sure that the price of the offer will be over their budget. The price itself is nothing special, it is...

asked Dec 18 '12 at 06:23
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Bertvan
108 points

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1 Answers
2.42K Views
Most Appropriate Business Type for Selling a Virtual Product?

I run a business where sells certain ebooks and pdfs online. I want to form an official business entity just to be able to operate under that name, protect myself from liability as well as get any...

asked Dec 30 '12 at 14:47
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Clifgray
200 points

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1 Answers
2.49K Views
Setting up daughter companies?

I have a federally incorporated company, lets call it Company INC, and a bank account for it. The company activity is listed as a technology company, but I want to branch out and do some more...

asked Apr 6 '13 at 07:08
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Stan Trying A Startup
108 points

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2 Answers
3.17K Views
Startup networking events in Boston / Cambridge area?

Looking to mingle with people with similar interests, what are the most popular networking events for technologists and entrepreneurs?

asked Feb 22 '14 at 21:09
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Lauren Ferranti
30 points

1 Votes
5 Answers
2.56K Views
Microbrewing Commercially

Two of my childhood friends have started microbrewing and have a small following in their town. They were asking me if I wanted to join in since I have startup experience. I am putting together an...

asked Mar 22 '12 at 00:07
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Jeremy Boyd
110 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.24K Views
How to market my customer's webshop?

I have my own web development company and I created a web shop for a customer using Drupal Commerce. My customer was selling children's clothing in a regular store. This store, however, no longer...

asked Jun 6 '12 at 18:36
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Mike
140 points

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5 Answers
3.88K Views
.com domain with hyphen or .info without hyphen?

Let's say I have a choice between best-something.com and bestsomething.info, and my website will contain articles how to choose best "something" and reviews of various "something". I read a lot...

asked Dec 7 '12 at 16:04
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Lissanro Rahyen
8 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
3.56K Views
My product is better than the competitor and I can afford to lower the price. Should I ask for a higher price or sell cheaper?

I have a product that costs less than the competitors' to manufacture, so I know that I can afford to ask for a lower amount of money, but I know that my product is better. Should I then ask my...

asked Jul 7 '14 at 18:55
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Robert Kotula
6 points

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5 Answers
2.93K Views
Avoiding information overload?

So much information these days, so little time. I consider myself moderate information consumer - following around 50 blogs - business, startup, personal development, etc + a number of twitter...

asked Oct 14 '09 at 13:17
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Slav Ivanov
1,146 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
2.84K Views
How can an Advisor be rewarded if there's not a VC round or Sale down the line?

A guy who's help our SaaS startup a lot in the 1st 2 month of its life has suggested that we form and he join our Board of Advisors. He's very helpful to us, a great guy and will definitely be an...

asked Oct 5 '11 at 00:28
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Dmurtagh
157 points

1 Votes
3 Answers
4.32K Views
Should I give away 10% equity to a super advisor?

I'm a sole founder of a rather ambitious company which I have worked tirelessly to build. The company will require some heavy lifting from well connected political persons to help the company to...

asked Oct 10 '11 at 15:41
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Bastian Suz
6 points

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2 Answers
3.79K Views
How to split up LLC ownership?

My friend and I are planning on forming an LLC around some services we are providing. I am working fulltime on our services and started the initial work 6 months in advance My partner has a...

asked Nov 6 '11 at 11:55
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Sheehan Alam
194 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
1.97K Views
US Web Hosting Startup with business in the EU

We have a web hosting startup and plan to accept international business. With regards to paying VAT is that still a responsibility for any customer in the EU? We currently have no assets or...

asked Mar 15 '12 at 00:27
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Marco Ceppi
126 points

1 Votes
4 Answers
2.79K Views
What marketing materials could be created for presenting outsourcing company?

I'm focusing on direct sales at software and mobile outsourcing company, located in Eastern Europe. Our management is often traveling around Europe to meet with clients. I was wondering what...

asked Mar 22 '12 at 00:47
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Alena
6 points

1 Votes
1 Answers
2.33K Views
Evaluating initial contribution in a business startup

Here’s a business scenario involving two persons: Person A: - has business strategy and technology road map for a line of business in software - has 4-5 customer prospects who are interested in...

asked Jun 6 '12 at 18:45
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Aaron Smothers
56 points

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2 Answers
2.5K Views
Business model for a startup

In planning to build an mobile-app based startup, how good and effective is a business model that depends on other products? Or would a rather better business model be where the app by itself is a...

asked Dec 30 '12 at 18:24
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Quik Tester
6 points

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1 Answers
2.29K Views
Is this back link strategy a poor business decision?

I have a health related website which I am in no rush to monetize, my first priority is to build page rank and dominate the serps. I am thinking about letting healthcare providers advertise their...

asked May 4 '13 at 07:48
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Jdh
182 points

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2 Answers
2.4K Views
Contracting with existing LLC - How to payout wages

A friend of mine and I have recently taken on a part time consulting gig. The job involves building custom software, and we've agreed to work 16 hours a week on the project. The contract was made...

asked May 23 '13 at 04:46
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Rob H
6 points

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1 Answers
3.88K Views
Amazon EC2 or VPS or dedicated server or colocation? Which one to pick to start?

Which of the following should I go with for a new startup that is just getting off the ground? Amazon EC2 VPS provider like Digital Ocean or Heroku Dedicated server Colocate my own hardware My...

asked Feb 23 '14 at 15:02
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Randy Monk
110 points