Getting Started Questions

I am looking at modifying a wireless scale that can transmit its gathered information wirelessly. There are plenty of patented products out there that do this, I am looking for a 'blank template'...

Getting Started Products Physical Product

asked May 17 '12 at 01:41

Bungdaddy
103 points

We have an idea and a proof of concept, the idea is pretty specific to stealthy debuggin and binary code analysis . The problem is that we are pure technical guys, we don't know the market and...

Getting Started Market Market Research

asked May 17 '12 at 04:39

Dot Dot
6 points

Situation I am in the process of deciding which type of taxation to choose for my LLC. Up until this point I was leaning towards Partnership taxation because that is what LLC For Dummies was...

Getting Started LLC Payments Partnership Tax Structure

asked May 18 '12 at 07:09

Viriato
144 points

An elevator pitch is a short summary used to quickly and simply define a product, service, or organization and its value proposition. What was the elevator pitch of Facebook when it started?...

Getting Started Marketing Ideas Business Model

asked May 20 '12 at 23:54

Anlai
375 points

We are a new start up and we offer several services (Mobile,Software development,CMS,Web,etc). The classic problem that all the start-up got is to face at the begin is how to get into the market...

Getting Started Promotion

asked May 23 '12 at 19:20

Massimiliano Peluso
172 points

I am about to build a proof-of-concept website, and I intend to build on it using "Lean Startup" principles. I have friends and acquaintances lined up to try it out, and I will solicit their...

Getting Started Lean Customer Feedback

asked Apr 28 '12 at 05:14

Dan B
118 points

Like many fellow startups that we know, we've started like with one technical wizard who know a lot of stuff and who knows now where everything is and how it works. The system has undergone a lot...

Getting Started Hiring Employees

asked May 3 '12 at 06:00

Michael Durrant
227 points

I am in the process of starting a website to raise funds for school supplies to be donated to local grammar school aged children and want to contact some local business about using them as a drop...

Getting Started Donations Fundraising

asked May 4 '12 at 07:59

Renae
1 point

I am trying to determine when I should quit my job to pursue a startup. Here is what I feel are the pros/cons of leaving Pros Can focus more / no time constraints Iterations are much quicker (I...

Getting Started Venture Capital

asked May 6 '12 at 01:28

David
51 points

We are a team of 3 people who are developers. We would like to offer services like website / webapp development mobile app development desktop app development We are only coders, we dont have...

Getting Started Website Web Dev Developers Mobile

asked May 7 '12 at 18:40

Ahmed Al Hafoudh
108 points

We build a social network.. We're not the expert on the market stuffs but actually it's as hard as developing a new stuff.. Anyway I'm just curious about how to grow a new social network.. I know...

Getting Started Marketing

asked May 8 '12 at 18:19

Tylerdurden
131 points

I want to take some of the revenue that I generate with the for-profit business I'm starting, and use it to provide start-up social enterprises that I think are interesting with some funding to...

Getting Started Investing Legal Tax Social Entrepreneur

asked Apr 17 '12 at 06:57

P.R. Pelrain
1 point

I'm a computer science student and have had an idea for a website for a while. Up until now, I haven't told anyone about it(even my family and girlfriend). Anyways, I decided to tell a friend of...

Getting Started Co-Founder Legal Legal Documents

asked Apr 17 '12 at 14:15

Logan Besecker
158 points

Two friends and I have run a website for a year or so and now we are about to add in our premium model so we can start bringing in some money. I have been advised that we should register an LLC...

Getting Started LLC Legal

asked Apr 18 '12 at 01:58

Mike
19 points

we are a start up and we have to make a decision on how to deal when we have to write any documents/presentation(technical/marketing/pps/etc). Let's say by instance that I have been contacted by a...

Getting Started Hiring Documentation

asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:22

Massimiliano Peluso
172 points

I am in the 3rd year of my university and I am thinking of a startup but I am afraid if it fails I'll be treated as a guy with no experience after two years or a guy with same experience than...

Getting Started

asked Apr 25 '12 at 22:35

Aditya Anjoli
123 points

I'm developing my business plan and I am trying to do some forecasting on my financials. Can anyone help me get a clue as to what is average electricity usage (kWh) for a startup. Lets say...

Getting Started Startup Costs

asked Apr 7 '12 at 04:48

Griffin
101 points

I am a software engineer and I am thinking about jumping into the startup world. I realize that at some point in my journey, I will need help from someone. This someone could be a coder, or a...

Getting Started Non Technical

asked Apr 7 '12 at 05:55

Denniss
116 points

I've developed iPhone and Mac applications in the past, with reasonable success. Back then, Apple would take care of the distribution, and sales were pretty constant. I just launched a website...

Getting Started Marketing Launch

asked Apr 9 '12 at 09:38

Boopyman
113 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