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9answers
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Business Bank Account Suggestions
Recently, my partner and I created an LLC and have secured about 30K in capital to start our online company. We are in the process of choosing a bank to work with and would apprec …
6
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10answers
265 views
How do you know if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
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 suc …
6
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2answers
111 views
Books / Advice on running an outsource software development shop?
Hey Folks,
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 …
6
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6answers
169 views
Inexpensive or Free Tools to Organize Your Contacts
Hello all
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 s …
6
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8answers
369 views
How to get the passion back and to stay focused and organized?!
I've been running my business for 3 years now. It's grown substantially and doing quite well but I seem to be losing the passion of running the business. I'm interested in doing n …
5
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6answers
229 views
Changing my name for business
Hi,
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 start …
5
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3answers
220 views
What are your greatest tax season pain points?
As we think through new features to offer our small business and entrepreneur users, we're looking to the coming tax season as the time of year when most prefer not to have the dis …
4
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5answers
177 views
Once BizSpark ends and I’m not making much money with my startup, is there a low cost solution to still get the software?
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 subscript …
4
votes
5answers
60 views
Business Owner Validation
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 …
4
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2answers
76 views
Brainstorming the idea of Strategic Alliances
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 …
4
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7answers
191 views
How can non/coders contribute to a startup?
The subject is the question. How can someone who does not know how to code contribute to a startup? Do you recommend that that member attempt to learn some basic coding so as to co …
3
votes
5answers
129 views
How do I structure a payment plan for my website?
I plan on making my website a paid one and have a question about structuring the payment plan. Think of the website as an ecommerce site selling very low ticketed items (as low as …
3
votes
7answers
266 views
Have the ideas, found the niche…what to do first?
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 …
3
votes
5answers
146 views
When should I register a LLC/S Corp?
I currently have a website in beta. I am not earning anything (for now) with this site. It doesn't have terms of service or the privacy policy listed on it.
It appears that some …
3
votes
6answers
155 views
Enterprise software
With the proliferation of web-based applications in the small business sector, it's tough to gauge the purchasing trends for enterprise-level or mid-size business server software.
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