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Planning for an Acquisition Strategy
I am a software developer half-way through the design and prototyping of what I believe will be a very successful new software product.
Soon I will begin development, and am currently planning on ...
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Tracking items to/from stock for warranty purposes
We buy stock from our suppliers, book this stock to stores, then call this stock off project by project delivering to the client and invoicing for it.
When an item breaks at the clients site it needs ...
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Tracking all work/items-delivered are invoiced
We are a small business and use Xero.com (which is an accounting system without ERP functionality).
What we have found that we have at times lost track of items requested by the customer, and have ...
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What's the best way to deal with a proforma invoice?
I have a supplier that sends me invoices in advance, with so many days to pay. I want to enter these invoices into my accounting software as soon as they arrive, so I know what my commitment is for ...
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Examples of tasks you have successfully delegated
I am looking for examples of tasks that you have successfully delegated to others - be it either in house staff, virtual assistants or outsourcing.
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What is an acceptable time period for a refund?
I setting up a marketplace style transaction system and I was wondering what an acceptable time period for refunds would be, On one hand it would be nice to get the money to them immediately on the ...
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Role of Business Partner While Developer is Developing
So... in a startup... im the techie/developer of the business, my partner is the business side.
While, I'm developing this elaborate application... what should he be doing? What do business people do ...
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Where to start?
So this is my situation:
I've got an idea and I don't have much programming skills - I'm 16 and about to start uni for the first time in a couple of months and I'm in for Software Engineering.
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What is affiliate tracking?
I was reading up on some stuff which may help me setup a start up. Basically I came across "affiliate tracking", read it, but was still not quite sure what exactly does it do.
What is the purpose of ...
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What methodology do you use to control business cofounders?
Here is a story behind:
We had our small startup found (me and my friend are so called technical guys) by one of the major VC. They gave us so called parental advisory, one of the managers form the ...
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Right action, right time--what's the next action?
I'm following the lean startup/customer development process (particularly Ash Maurya's 'Running Lean' book) and I have been implementing tasks in parallel rather than in a queue. At the moment, I am ...
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Considerations in outsourcing your website and app development
Before contracting a developer, what should be considered? Legally what documents are standard and recommended, and why?
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Steps to take after designing an app prototype
We are going to start creating an iPhone app prototype with Keynotopia.com. The app will be an add-on to our website which is currently in dev.
Once the app prototype is complete, what are the next ...
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Are processes and procedures only for enterprises?
I've had the opportunity to work at quite a few startups. One thing I've to be common in them is adhoc way of doing things and ignorance towards processes, best practices and known project management ...
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Wait to develop mobile apps?
I'm in the middle of developing a site that focuses on restaurant reviews. My dilemma is whether or not to develop a mobile app and release it at the same time as the site launch. The site itself will ...
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B2B ecommerce portal - transactions information [closed]
Updated Question:
Let's suppose:
Business A - Registers on the Portal and make some products/services available;
Business B - Registers on the Portal and make some products/services available;
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Looking for a solution/methodology to optimize communication & organization between sales and tech-support/development teams
Before I get into the question, I’d like to mention that this is my first venture where I am a decision maker, it's been great but as you will see below, due to some inexperience, I am stumped as to ...
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Merchant account charge back ratios
Anone familiar with the charge back ratios for merchant accounts?
I am starting a monthly re-occurring billing service that will no doubt have lots of charge backs from customers. I'm trying to ...
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Cheques made out in business name (UK)
I am planning on setting up a private limited company with my brother. We are going to register with the companies house with the business name (example) "123". Once we are registered, and have a ...
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Question on lean startup approach
I am coming across a lot of material (blogs, books and videos) about lean startup. The overall approach is nothing new but the availability of a lot more details, case studies and statistics are ...
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Should I use a PO Box to handle my companies returns?
I have a small online retail store and am trying to figure out the best way to deal with returns in terms of shipping address. I looked into virtual mail boxes which give you a physical street ...
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Developing and formalizing sales process
From day one and until recently our sales process was awesomely non-existent and very much adhoc. As we sell creative and web software development services, and lack of good process bit us in the ass ...
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Operations - Developing Processes for a startup
I'd like to know if anyone can recommend, a book, a blog, a document, heck even a contact who has some solid experience in developing business processes.
Our company is pretty small, we are 6 ...
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How does a business owner take money out of their business
Let's say I own a business selling widgets on the web. I'm incorporated, most likely an LLC. The business is doing really well and there is a lot of cash flow. Since I'm separated from the business by ...
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SaaS Startups: When Should You Separate User Controls To Web?
I am currently doing a SaaS startup.
Basically, I have a Java application in which the user does the work.
The work is saved on server, and jobs are run on the server.
I was originally thinking of ...
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What's the opposite of “Lean?”
All I hear about nowadays is the Lean Movement. I like it, but what is it rebelling against?
The status quo, I know, but what's the name of non-lean thought?
For example, the opposite of "Agile" is ...
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How can I prepare an invoice from the command line?
Making invoices in Openoffice, and saving as a PDF file is annoying and taking too long. Is there any command-line software for Linux that can generate a high quality PDF invoice?
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What have you done to ensure your entity functions after departure/death/incapacitation of a principal?
This is a question that was mostly theoretical for me until now. I just found out that the owner of a small company I did freelance work tragically died recently in a small plane accident. (His wife ...
