Business Questions

Blue Ocean Strategy is a business methodology that says: instead of competing in a market with existing competitors (red oceans), why not create your own market (blue ocean) and dominate it? Here...

Strategy Business

asked May 13 '10 at 03:44

Mark Bao
604 points

If I were to start a business listing, and I want business owners to be able to signup for the service and edit/update their listing, what's the best way to validate that a person that calls is...

Business

asked Apr 10 '10 at 00:48

Brian Wigginton
166 points

Once the BizSpark program ends for me is there a low cost solution for getting access to tools like Visual Studio? I've seen before people talk about $300 or $400 annual subscriptions but I wasn't...

Business

asked Apr 12 '10 at 02:15

Paul Mendoza
121 points

I need your opinion on this: I'm from Europe but live in US for years. My name is a very difficult to pronounce here in US . Something like Timoleon Karaxtzidakis. I'm starting an online business...

Business Identity

asked Apr 14 '10 at 00:45

Tim Kara
98 points

Are there any advantages to banking at different institutions for your personal and business accounts? If so, what's your strategy? Are there any disadvantages? I was initially thinking along the...

Personal Business Bank Security

asked Mar 12 '10 at 19:23

Clint
695 points

Many professionals want to start their own venture but are scared of failing. Many of them do not know if they have a multi-faceted personality that is needed to run a business successfully. How...

Solo Entrepreneur Entrepreneurs Business

asked Mar 19 '10 at 02:48

Joydeep
185 points

So there's tons of documentation and books on project management, agile development, how to manage outsourcing projects, how to send our project offshore, etc... But I'm on the other side, I'm...

Books Outsourcing Consulting Business

asked Feb 26 '10 at 03:05

Rabble
141 points

Just curious how people feel about business names. Do you think the name of a company composed of the last names of the owners is "old fashion" (i.e Brown-Smith Web Services, Johnson-Nixon I.T....

Marketing Business Naming

asked Mar 6 '10 at 04:22

Big Tuna
349 points

So you are about to start contacting companies about licensing your product/technology. What would be the general elements of the presentation deck? I know what I've done in the past but am...

Partner Development Business Licensing

asked Feb 9 '10 at 07:03

Chris
4,214 points

I am looking for a co-founder now for a project that would love to get up and running. As an initial formality are there any documents out there that can outline in basic terms what each person is...

Co-Founder Legal Business Partnerships

asked Feb 17 '10 at 15:56

Aaron
124 points

I'm looking to join a very small company (5 employees) and run all of business development/sales and marketing. My professional experience lies in 8 years of Sales in the online media and...

Software Development Business

asked Feb 18 '10 at 10:35

Danny
113 points

I am getting lots of contacts (Law/Accounting/etc). And trying to find a good tool to keep all the phones/emails/notes together. Ideally, not just text, but something smarter. So it can show me...

Recommendations Tools Business Organization

asked Jan 22 '10 at 23:08

Murkin
184 points

I'm reflecting on the ideas of businesses partnering with other businesses who are targeting the same audience. The idea would be to "partner together" and help promote one another. eg. Business...

Ideas Business Partnerships

asked Jan 27 '10 at 06:15

Matt
460 points

I have experience in running a business, in marketing, research, strategy, customer service, business development, and I have some very important ideas that I want to transform into businesses....

Hiring Partner Business

asked Jan 28 '10 at 20:31

Kulpreet Singh
56 points

I was thinking of including the word "business" in a slogan for a new service but I was wrestling whether or not this is really necessary. I say business because that's the target market I'd like...

Marketing Business Branding

asked Feb 2 '10 at 17:47

Matt
460 points

I am interested to open an online shop for selling handmade craft ( something like those displayed on etsy ), but I afraid that there is a tendency for buyers to return and refund goods at will...

Strategy Recommendations Business

asked Jan 11 '10 at 19:27

Graviton
871 points

I've always been taught to have a competitive advantage. What makes my company special, different, better, etc. What prevents someone from doing what making something that mimics my business. Well,...

Strategy Competition Business

asked Jan 12 '10 at 09:42

Matt
460 points

If you are selling physical goods, you have to factor in postage charge in your product price calculation. What are the formula one can use to calculate the postage charge?

Business

asked Jan 12 '10 at 19:55

Graviton
871 points

I was wondering how good is selling components (.NET, ...) for uISV compared to selling program(s). When I look at the prices of components compared with prices of programs we sell ... Than again...

Business

asked Jan 12 '10 at 22:27

Spiro
105 points

Is it feasible if a recruitment website provides free service for both recruiters and job-seekers?

Recruiting Website Business

asked Jan 16 '10 at 11:53

Steven
1 point