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What would you ask Neil Patel?

One of my all time favorite blogger / entrepreneur, Neil Patel, has agreed to let me interview him. I have a rough list of questions I will ask him but I would like to get a subjective view from...

asked Dec 15 '09 at 11:36
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Montana Flynn
323 points

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4 Answers
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How to get publicity for a product naming contest

We're giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card to whomever gives our product a name. We've tried Twitter (though with a new company we have few followers) and an individual with 700 followers, Facebook...

asked Jan 14 '11 at 05:44
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Migo Fast
8 points

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3 Answers
2.56K Views
How should a small business providing local services do link building to get ranked high in the search engines?

Assuming an appropriate amount of on-page optimization has been done, and a sites structure is good, how does a small local business acquire links without resorting to purchasing them? The...

asked Feb 19 '11 at 15:48
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Mcohen75
157 points

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4 Answers
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Is it illegal for a person to use Zynga Poker if gambling is prohibited in his state/country?

I ask because I am planning a Start up where I intend to charge users to use my website. They can buy credit and gamble with each other. I understand players will not be exchanging money; so its...

asked Jun 22 '11 at 14:42
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Ritwik
6 points

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2 Answers
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How do I get the word out about my SMS Reminder Service startup?

Possible Duplicate: How Do I Promote My Business I launched an online SMS appointment reminder service about 6 months ago. So far the users have been quite happy with the service and the...

asked Aug 30 '11 at 16:03
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Michael
6 points

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2 Answers
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What is the difference between a Business Partner and Co-Founder?

Maybe it's just semantics, but I am putting the word out that my biz will benefit from either. We have pushed a product off the shelf and are starting to acquire customers, yet the effort has...

asked Oct 9 '11 at 02:31
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Richard H.
175 points

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2 Answers
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Late Stage Investments

My partners and I have built our company from an $11K company to a $1.2M company in 5 years. We have an investor who would like to put $500K into the company to help us get it to the "next level"....

asked Nov 5 '11 at 00:42
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Pbj
6 points

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2 Answers
7.64K Views
How do I convince my customers they should advertise on my website?

So i've been doing research on how to price advertising on my website. I have a nightlife guide website for a tourist destination where I highlight the most reccomended to go places, and I write...

asked Jun 25 '13 at 05:47
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Sergio
6 points

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1 Answers
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How many clients have you gotten off social media for your consulting business?

I do social media consulting on the side and most of my clients come from networking face to face at events.I'm wondering how many people do other consultants get right off of the social networks...

asked Mar 11 '14 at 21:11
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John Knipe
25 points

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What do you think about inserting affiliate link into free desktop app

Hi I have small desktop music application that is downloaded few hundred times each month Its small utility that handles mp3 files, I wander what is the best model to get some kind of revenue out...

asked Sep 1 '10 at 16:58
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Meir
238 points

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3 Answers
3.02K Views
Wanting to create another startup, should I create another LLC?

I already have one "startup" going, which is my web development job on the side. I have created an LLC for that. I now what to start another startup in a whole other industry. It will basically...

asked Sep 23 '10 at 22:52
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Martin
1,340 points

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3 Answers
2.77K Views
Is a company allowed to overcommit stock options?

Here's an example, just in case the question isn't clear. 20 employees, 20 million shares in option pool. Each employee is given 2 million shares with standard terms (1 year cliff, 25% vesting on...

asked Feb 2 '11 at 13:58
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User6451
25 points

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2 Answers
2.87K Views
Filing US income taxes for income from working from home for Bahamas-based company

I am a salesman for a Bahamas based domain name registrar and hosting company. I work out of NY from my home and am a US citizen. How do I report my income to the IRS? The company I work for...

asked Feb 13 '12 at 01:52
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Gian Guisi
6 points

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If someone has a very similar name, can I get a trademark?

I am developing a web site with an idea that it would be a networking platform for small companies. I have registered the name (Let's call it www.merchandiize.com for now...), however I have...

asked May 19 '13 at 00:40
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Disconnect25
16 points

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1 Answers
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How does Google index a page that isn't linked from anywhere on the web?

I had a page with an obscure url that wasn't linked from any other page and no where on the web. My sitemap file didn't include this page either.Yet I just saw that Google indexed the page and it...

asked Jun 16 '14 at 20:44
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Mark Christensen
7 points

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1 Answers
2.58K Views
Looking for advice about a system that helps us inform the client about hours worked and project status

As a startup we have few clients who are billed on time/hour basis and some on the percentage of project completed basis. Now regarding the reporting to the client as of now we were following the...

asked Jan 14 '11 at 07:35
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Beginning Steps
50 points

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4 Answers
2.88K Views
I'm competing with a client? is it fair?

I've been working as part of my service company for a client (ClientA) for a year now on building a plateform. A few weeks ago another client (clientB) asked me for a quote for building a similar...

asked May 7 '11 at 17:50
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Clide313
106 points

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Is it legal to pay someone a commission for helping us raise funding?

Our startup is at a very early stage, and we do not want any institutional funding at this moment, for reasons out of the scope of this question. We are instead looking for funding from friends and...

asked Apr 5 '12 at 03:36
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Royal1122
252 points

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1 Answers
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How to deal with IP

I have software developed for which I own all IP rights. I have an offer to start a new co (UK Based) with a few others. The new co will be equal shareholding and I have agreed to bring the...

asked Aug 19 '13 at 05:09
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Steve N
73 points

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1 Answers
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What options have our CTO co-founder to apply for an inmigrant visa if he left university to work for us?

So we founded our company more than one year ago, we are two US citizens and one chilean citizen. The company is registered as an LLC but we plan to move to a C-Corp later on. Our chilean...

asked Nov 12 '13 at 03:13
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Pbrown
6 points