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Starting a hotel [closed]
I would like to start a hotel over the next few years. I know I will need a lot of capital to do so. I am working on getting the capital right now but I would like to know what a realistic amount to ...
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How to outsource a software development process?
We are having a good idea for a software product. Since its complexity surpasses the capacities for a one man army or perhaps of a small software team, it will be necessary to outsource software ...
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Software Development Project - Early Estimating Help
I work for a private investing firm that is looking to move from a face to face business to online business. They want to create a large, scale-able website that can handle thousands of accounts and ...
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Accurately Estimating the revenue of an internet company like StackExchange
This question is a bit of an abstract thought experiment, so if you do not like such things I encourage you to stop reading.
I tend to have no intuition on the profit and revenue of internet ...
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How to estimate the cost of a service?
Let's say I build a service, a map for example. To build a map service costs me around $1,000. But a service isn't a one-off investment, it's like making a product, when I sell it, I don't need ...
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How to answer questions about estimates?
I have startup company and we have SaaS application which we sell as subscription.
There is a lot of competition(which is good) and often first question I get from prospectives is "How much?"
With ...
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What is the correct charge for a single buyer?
We have a somewhat specific app/module that is requested by an enterprise so we don't know how much to charge, we are able to calculate the stimate of resources & time used, but being developers ...
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How can I estimate the cost of moving one ton of earth one kilometer?
I am early in the process of making a radical invention of equipment for moving earth. At the moment I am having trouble estimating the cost of moving one ton of earth one kilometer in a setting where ...
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Price, cost, profit, on-demand software by enterprise to “us”
we are 2 developers that have been working for a consultancy doing a mobile app for about a year, now we are ending our contracts. The enterprise that has contracted our actual/anterior ...
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What do you do if the actual costs or working hours are well over your previous estimate which is agreed upon by both parties
If you offer a service or a product(make-to-order), a prospective client asks you for a quote.You quote a price for your product or service based on your estimate. Your client agrees on your quote so ...
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How to properly estimate the cost and necessary income for a new SAAS project?
I will launch a new SAAS (software as service) invoicing app for the iPad. This is in late-stage development.
My startup is small, and I want a clear picture on the cost of the project, and correctly ...
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Do I have enough money?
I have a budget of $10,000 with a generous $5000 emergany bank to build an information/data site which i want to have ecommerce/video streaming/large forum area/gallery and how to areas etc. the site ...
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What exactly take takes up a lot of time and effort starting a business
I have heard (and believe) that starting a new company takes huge amounts of time and effort. Having never done it myself I don't know where this time and effort is normally expended. Say for a tech ...
