Questions

Basically I have been lucky to get spotted by some angel investors and will be signing £60,000 for 60% of my current business come thursday, which will really boost my start-up massively and...

Contract Equity Angel Investors

asked Jul 4 '12 at 07:18

Owen O'neill
83 points

We outsourced development (out of the country) to get a prototype of our site put together. The developer estimated 8 weeks for the project, but admitted that they could not guarantee that it might...

Contract Development Deliverability

asked Oct 21 '11 at 20:17

D Moore
174 points

This might be a slightly long story, but I really would appreciate any help you can give me here. I am a young entrepreneur and currently run a struggling website development / software company....

Software Contract LLC Legal

asked Apr 26 '11 at 03:29

Shane
326 points

Before I ask, I just finished my undergrad degree in CS, so I have little or no experience in these things. So please answer accordingly! I had an idea for a startup and I discussed it with a few...

Beginning Identity

asked Jan 4 '11 at 19:10

Abc
81 points

My husband went into business with a gentleman who seemed to be very clued up (he's an accountant). He has numerous other businesses and was able to open doors that we would never have had access...

Equity Partnerships

asked Dec 31 '10 at 01:06

Rodders
81 points

I am working on a new software product, it is a web-based contact manager and I would like to know if I should register the name as a trademark? is it worth it? and if so, should I do it myself or...

Intellectual Property Trademark

asked Oct 17 '10 at 09:49

Ricardo
4,815 points

I have found two completely seaprate niches, and identified the target markets for them both. I have comprehensive ideas and details on how the applications should work. I have a developer that I...

Software Saas Business Plan Business

asked May 19 '10 at 08:00

Kerry
113 points

I have a similar question to this one regarding putting your "startup" on your resume. I have a full time job and started a small company on the side. My startup isn't a product company - I've been...

Hiring Employees

asked Mar 5 '10 at 07:17

George Jenson
108 points

Our product (desktop software, not SaaS ) price is about $1000. Shall we cut features and release a free lite version or just a trial with all features for a limited time? I see that lite version...

Marketing Software Demo

asked Jan 23 '10 at 19:52

The Dictator
2,305 points

How do you reject feature requests nicely especially when the feature request is made publicly via twitter, uservoice or something like ideastorm? For us general reasons to reject are: It's...

Development Features Customer Support CRM

asked Dec 26 '09 at 03:12

The Dictator
2,305 points

I'm a Software Engineering student, have lots of ideas and read technology/startup blogs like a maniac. I've been developing web applications and websites for many years and was looking forward to...

Saas

asked Oct 21 '09 at 08:25

Olivier Lalonde
2,753 points

A lot of entrepreneurs and founders have those 'down times' when they're in a strange funk, slightly burned out from the startup for one reason or another. Some of these reasons may be an...

Motivation Psychology Burnout Focus

asked Oct 10 '09 at 11:21

Mark Bao
604 points

AngelList sends almost hourly Tweets about Angels joining in, however I never heard anything about start-ups. Has anyone given it a shot or thought? How long does the application process takes?...

Angel Angellist

asked Nov 17 '10 at 04:33

Usabilitest
1,698 points

One of my new ventures is a site that will be Stack Overflow for predictions. Hopefully it will be a high traffic site with many inbound links and targeted keywords. Assume all the risks bear out...

Advertising Revenue

asked Jul 11 '12 at 21:32

Steve French
621 points

How long is too long for a website domain name? 3 words? 4 words? Also, how does the prefix "the" affect the domain. Sorry for such a stereotypical example but from what I have been told,...

Website Domain

asked Feb 23 '11 at 12:59

User6528
149 points

I want to start a new business but I don't know what business to start. I know I have certain talents and aptitudes, but how do you find a gap in the market? I want to go where the money flow is...

Ideas Market Opportunity

asked Nov 29 '10 at 21:03

Claire
76 points

I am looking to finally implement somekind of CRM here, as it get's more painful to run business without it. At the moment Zoho or Highrise seem like solutions I can consider. We're using Google...

CRM Productivity

asked Nov 20 '10 at 02:43

Alex
262 points

When I first co-founded my BtoB startup it was blissful. My eyes would sparkle each time I passed out a business card; every SVN commit caused my heart to flutter. Now it is two years later and...

Motivation Burnout Inspiration

asked Feb 2 '10 at 05:58

Fractal Guy
254 points

I Googled my idea and found another company that has been doing the same thing for a few years. It's for somewhat of a niche market, but everyone I talk to (including potential clients) says it's a...

Ideas Competition

asked Dec 24 '09 at 04:49

Coder Dennis
691 points

First-hand experiences only please, no books or blogs.

Entrepreneurs

asked Nov 9 '09 at 21:28

Ondrobaco
131 points