Technical Questions

Having my business website crash (bad) recently was one of the toughest few days since becoming a Founder. My former hosting company experienced a major server issue. A planned re-boot caused a...

Customer Support Technical Customer Service Internet

asked Nov 2 '11 at 03:56

Richard H.
175 points

How do I approach this situation? I m a non-technical guy, but I want to set up a very basic search engine which would search for data from a MYSQL database of data collected by us.The data is...

Getting Started Co-Founder Technical Non Technical Search Engines

asked Sep 26 '11 at 18:30

User13528
16 points

What's the deal if you are: The only technical person on your start up / and or the one doing programming. Haven't made a penny 'on-the-books' in terms of your startup Is the code you write on...

Co-Founder Development Technical Copyright Copywriting

asked Jul 21 '11 at 03:59

User9968
229 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I would be the sole on-site tech person, along with being 'tech-co-founder' There are two...

Co-Founder Equity Technical

asked Jul 7 '11 at 03:26

User9968
229 points

I developed a neat but admittedly techy application/engine that could be used in conjunction with other services to enhance user satisfaction. I wrapped it up into a nice Web 2.0 app but as of now,...

Marketing Web 2.0 Technical

asked May 25 '11 at 08:18

David Titarenco
405 points

I know this question has already been asked in many ways, but I'm looking for a more general answer. I'd like to know which is the best place to find technical people to work with. Has anybody out...

Technical Partnerships Non Technical

asked May 17 '11 at 19:49

Calixte
137 points

I am an MBA that has worked at several startups/technology companies. What are the best resources in LA/NY to connect with like-minded technical people and explore opportunities? Thanks!

Entrepreneurs Technical Business

asked Apr 18 '11 at 06:48

Am7
16 points

More specifically, has any of you managed to convince both financial support, and getting additional technical talent to support the expansion of a startup concept/prototype? If so, where and how...

Recruiting Venture Capital Angel Technical

asked Apr 18 '11 at 08:50

Stanigator
133 points

I came up with an idea for a business web application and teamed up with a coder to build it. He has a lot of strong points and built a good product (it's 90% done) but to cut a long story short,...

Co-Founder Web Technical Apps

asked Apr 23 '11 at 14:24

Highlander
26 points

First time posting to this Q&A so please be kind! I and a partner are looking to build a web community. However, my partner and I are both business folks. We understand to build a successful...

Co-Founder Technology Equity Technical

asked Feb 11 '11 at 01:55

Li Zhou
323 points

I am an entreprenuer, who has always been keen on IT, but having no background of programming. I have several ideas which i would like to implement one at a time. These involve combination of...

Technical Team Project Organization

asked Jan 29 '11 at 15:37

Kartik
21 points

A person I have been working for as a contractor has at one point entitled me his "CIO". He has been wanting to be his full-time developer for sometime, and I believe would be willing to make me a...

Co-Founder Technical

asked Oct 5 '10 at 16:13

Nowarninglabel
125 points

Ok so I've left my job, I've got a business plan, I have a blue ocean idea, I've spoken to a few industry people about the idea and they think its a good idea. I have a designed and paid a...

Funding Partner Development Saas Technical

asked Aug 8 '10 at 23:57

Jdeleon
70 points

I am a non-IT/techie professional and have created a website through a web designing firm. Although, I have learned about various aspects of designing and running a website through reading, I am no...

Co-Founder Partner Development Technical Non Technical

asked Mar 19 '10 at 01:18

Joydeep
185 points

I'm working on a venture that combines straight forward forum functionality with Facebook like real time community discussions. The Facebook-a-like part uses news items to drive entries and...

Infrastructure Technical

asked Dec 10 '09 at 07:04

Puk
81 points

While many people talk about the new paradigm of outsourcing technical skills to India or China, there is much derision among technical blogs and people about business people getting into the job...

Website Technical Web Services

asked Dec 12 '09 at 09:28

Seth
21 points

I've read a lot of questions asking about how an MBA can find a technical person to implement their idea, but I haven't seen the other direction. As a technical person, I know that I can get my...

MBA Co-Founder Hiring Technical

asked Oct 27 '09 at 05:37

Paul Mc Millan
601 points

I have been programming for 14 years, in several languages, and I think if I am going to be serious about doing consulting work until I get my application done, then I should start a tech blog, to...

Blog Technical

asked Oct 31 '09 at 11:56

James Black
2,642 points