Questions

I have been working in a company for a month. They buy my service instead of hiring me, so they ask me to set up my company. I do some drawing and design work for them. I want to know what kind of...

Insurance California USA

asked Sep 1 '12 at 14:47

Marco
130 points

How to find sound (Small Business) investors that can recognize an outstanding opportunity when they see one? I mean how to find them online? Cuz it’s such a waste of time when one (startup...

Venture Investors

asked Dec 17 '12 at 01:30

Di Cheetal
6 points

We've built a homepage to help people suffering from ADD/ADHD by learning poems. The homepage is built for mostly the k8-k12 sector. (nice drawings, text for children, etc.)But our stats are not as...

Getting Started Marketing Sales Strategy Ideas

asked Dec 3 '13 at 11:12

Picibucor
69 points

I'm trying to work out the viability of a web service and I'm trying to wrap my head around the impact that increasing numbers of users will have on costs. This is mostly a concern about not...

Startup Costs Cloud

asked Feb 3 '13 at 13:38

Simon Gill
104 points

I run a software company selling downloadable software. Currently my site is written entirely in HTML, using a text editor. I upload it by FTP. The chief problem I have identified with this...

Website

asked Nov 5 '09 at 20:28

Dan Gravell
341 points

Where can I find a programmer in the Northeast United States to become a co-founder for a Web 2.0 startup? To provide brief background: I do not have a coding background but have a strong business...

Partner Partnership

asked Oct 28 '09 at 04:57

Kris
4 points

Here in Tanzania it seems that education is becoming less and less important. So I decided to design a "READ for SUCCESS" project which will convince people to back college/school and to motivate...

Development Education

asked Oct 23 '12 at 22:13

Kareem
6 points

I just wondering what is the reason for some companies to not obfuscate their product that written in Java/.NET ? I've worked with expensive enterprise software, and I helped since the software...

Software Development

asked Dec 23 '11 at 14:30

Jazar
123 points

I'm currently involved in a software start up with two other people. Abe started the company a couple years ago. He outsourced development for $100k. He's worked a lot of hours, but on a part time...

Co-Founder Equity Conflicts

asked Nov 5 '12 at 17:49

Robbie
62 points

The simplest way to blog is to write text. However, it has become almost as easy to record yourself speaking and post the audio to your blog. The same is true for video. If one was going to devote...

Video Blogging Audio

asked May 13 '11 at 13:59

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I am planning to start a web service. I really don't understand business stuff, for that reason I need to hire a marketing and another business person. I live in Brisbane, Australia and wanting to...

Funding Investors Australia

asked Oct 2 '13 at 12:34

Sarp Kaya
102 points

I quitted my job and started to preparing for my international trade business at the beginning of this month. But now almost one month passed, I have not gotten things into shape. I have not make a...

Ideas Entrepreneurs Business Model Business

asked Jul 26 '10 at 23:51

Jack
116 points

From what I have read on here it seems that there are mixed reviews on whether or not to use keywords in your name, such as software or games, since a Google search on your name with a popular...

Naming Domain

asked Dec 11 '10 at 16:46

Captain Phil
6 points

If you're based in U.S., it is not very hard to get in touch with the right people in order to transform an idea into a product. It's easy to get to conferences, to apply to different startup...

Getting Started Silicon Valley

asked Mar 21 '12 at 21:21

Claudiu Constantin
106 points

How did the Million Dollar Homepage became a hit?

Success

asked Mar 9 '11 at 07:51

Ashfame
128 points

In a startup, how do you deal with the main programmers, who are good in communication/designing and seem independently entrepreneurial? How do you get to work for you and not compete with the...

Software Development Entrepreneurs Leadership

asked Aug 25 '11 at 00:06

Parmanand
9 points

I have an LLC and developed a copyrighted program that I sell online. I frequently enter in various terms online and see how I'm doing in the search results vs. my competitors. All of a sudden, I...

Competition Copyright

asked Nov 6 '11 at 07:56

User6492
1,747 points

The only real competitor in this market, DogVacay, is focused primary on dog boarding.I feel there might be a bigger market for just dog walking, but how can I go about quantifying that market? Is...

Market Opportunity Market Research

asked Mar 17 '14 at 19:48

Jordan Vargas
45 points

I am a business translator and sourcing agent in Hangzhou, China. Recently a British businessman found me on the Internet and inquired about my service. He agreed on my service charge and I worked...

Payments Debt Collection

asked Sep 13 '11 at 11:00

Steven
1 point

In essence my question is: is a CTO supposed to provide the company vision and business strategy? I am bringing into a startup the following: vision, business strrategy, technology...

Strategy

asked Apr 23 '11 at 03:35

Aaron Smothers
56 points