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Including a demo with your pitch email. Good or Bad?
Recently I've been emailing local VCs with accelerator/partner programs (With only "contactus" and no application forms) in order to apply.
The mail was the standard small bit a of background about ...
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How should I launch an API demo as an MVP?
I have an API that I would like to launch as an MVP, to gauge market interest.
It extracts keywords from text.
Goals:
Acquire users on my mailing list, so I can market other products and services ...
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How to convert a pet project into a startup company / product?
I have been in software industry since Aug-2005. In beginning of 2009 I got a nasty memory leak related defect to solve from my employer. To help myself with such kind of errors in future, I started ...
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Full Version Trials or Limited Versions or Both?
Here's a dillema I am having for a desktop java application.
Do you offer a full version with a 30 day trial?
My concern is that people setting back their time inside virtualizations or somehow ...
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Using mock data until real users show up
I just beta launched my website and right now there is only one user signed up for my service (it's only been a day and I'm not marketing it yet). It is highly data driven so without much context, ...
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Should we attend the fall 2011 DEMO Conference in Silicon Valley?
Our startup got selected/invited to attend the fall 2011 DEMO Conference in Silicon Valley. We didn't get the free pass/scholarship. The organizers are asking for $8k to attend the conf to demo our ...
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How should one prepare for a screening interview with startup conference officials?
If an individual is contacted by startup conference (eg TechCrunch Disrupt/DEMO/Launch) officials considering about their application to launch at the event, how should the person prepare for the ...
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Swimming with sharks
I have a software package that works in concert with other systems that are similar to CRMs. (sorry to be vague).
Our clients will always have one of the "crm"'s installed and our product bolts on ...
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Software for capturing mouse actions [duplicate]
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Need to create a professional Demo / Video Tutorial for my Software Application
I'd like to create a video for my site that shows users how to use a particular ...
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Video demo of my software product?
I need something short, like 1-2 min long video to catch attention of my visitors and highlight the best features of my system.
I have an accent myself and would rather outsource the development of ...
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Should we demo with a half-baked product?
I asked this question over on hacker news, but I thought this might be a great place to ask as well.
I'm working with an early stage startup, and one of the co-founders wants to demo our mobile app ...
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Need to create a professional Demo / Video Tutorial for my Software Application
I am creating a desktop application and i'll need a video tutorial / demo for the app, to put on my company website.
The purpose of the video is to obviously explain how to use the program, but to ...
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Auto uninstall demo
Let say I have a Demo and Full versions of my software. Demo is like a Full but with some missing functionality. Someone installs Demo, try it and decides to purchase Full version.
He downloads it and ...
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Webinar software (Displaying video of desktop, My Audio, attendees can IM chat, etc)
Looking to do some interactive webinars.
These are the features I feel it needs to do:
1.) Share my desktop so the people watching can see what I'm doing. They don't need to be able to take control ...
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Online product demo environment for Windows applications
I'm looking for a way to allow potential customers to try my application before they buy it.
The product is a windows forms application that requires an SQL Server database to operate.
Although I ...
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Letting potential new customers (and competitors) try your web application for free or not?
Let's say a company developed some easy to use web applications: a CMS an eCommerce, etc.
Do you think it should place a working DEMO on their website for these applications or NOT?
The question is: ...
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Really low conversion rate, what does it mean?
My startup sells a fairly expensive (2500$~) desktop product, we are new in a well-established market and it's been 2 months that we are selling the product.
We do have an evaluation request page ...
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SaaS for Handling Sales, Demo Requests, Leads, Follow up emails
I know similar questions have already asked but I think we need something slightly different:
Capturing user info from our website to the CRM directly via an API
Sending welcome, followup emails to ...
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Lite Version or Trial?
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 can ...
