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Ethics: A competitor is not following industry standards
A sales lead is currently working with one of our competitors, and said they'd happily switch over, so long as we we could make the changes to handle things in the same way as our competitor is.
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A dilema of starting a company vs. doing a project for a client
I got a request for a proposal to create a web application. The application would be used internally by a company to manage aspects of their business process.
Coincidentally, the proposed application ...
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Is it ever okay to send marketing emails to a list of emails that didn't request them?
Is it ever okay to send emails regarding your start up to a scraped or purchased list?
Is this okay in any scenario? For example, if my start up sold software for managing mobile-hairdressing ...
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Prevented from seeing stock option plan
I've been working for large private software company (the last round of investment was very, very large) and my offer letter told me I would receive X number of options as long as the board approved ...
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What are the legal and ethical implications of this?
For a few months now, I have been developing a web application for a "non-profit" (unofficial, more on this later) of my own accord. I'm the only one who has written the code, it was my idea in the ...
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What is the elegant way to quit your current job for your startup?
I'm sure many of you have been in this situation before, where you want to quit your day job to focus more on the startup you have built.
Currently I'm having a hard way to tell my employer that I ...
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Is it fair to go home 5 o'clock sharp so you can have more time to do your startup?
I saw this response in other thread that in order for you to get more time to build your startup, you should go home right ontime (5 o'clok sharp) everyday if you're still working for someone else. ...
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How valuable is a targeted listed of 40,000 emails?
I'm about to release a software as a service targeted at university students. Through the university I currently attend, I was able to export the global email address list (this information is ...
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Is this an Endorsement?
Suppose there's a site that runs a blog about computer hardware and on one of the blogs about dealing with old hardware stuff, a blog reader asks something like 'Looking for possible online sites ...
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cofounder - she's not leaving
So I've got a startup with a three friends of mine cofounding and on board. We used to have a fourth. When we originally started and got all of our documents in order, the fourth girl received a high ...
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Ethical marketing?
I'm a bit confused at the moment... hope someone can help me out. I'd like to hire a temporary internet marketing team to promote my website on the internet.
I'd like them to promote it on ...
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Publicising the business-plan?
Being a libertarian, I am completely honest with all my business-transactions, business-offerings and partnerships.
From a marketing perspective, would it be beneficial to post my business-plan on ...
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How to protect yourself against the unethical business practices of a competitor like Nuance Communications?
I plan on working in the pattern recognition software industry. Some research into this industry led me to read about a company called “Nuance Communication.” According to this techcrunch article, ...
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Is it ethical for an employee to start a similar business?
Is ethical for an employee quitting to start a similar business?
What do you think?
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What are the key qualities you look for in a candidate for startups?
I know that it is very difficult to gauge a candidate's attitude / work ethics from the start. What are the most important things you look for a candidate that will be fit for a startup software ...
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Resources to Identify Bad Clients
One bad client is all that's needed to destroy the reputation (and possibly livelihoods) of any growing consultancy or service business.
It is easy for clients to spread lies, file complaints with ...
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Ethicality of leaving a consulting company to work for a client [closed]
I am currently an intern at a small consulting firm, and we do primarily web design. It's time for me to graduate and I've spoken with my boss and they want to keep me on.
The problem comes in with ...
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What exactly are the risks of using pirated software?
Adobe CS5, for instance. Is the risk solely that the publisher could sue, or is the property that I create with the pirated software also in jeopardy? And as a corollary, what if I use someone else's ...
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How to find statistics for a sales pitch?
We have developed a system that lets small businesses issue membership cards to their clients which can then be used as payment cards. The clients either preload the card with money or link it with a ...
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business ethics: Is un-illegal cheat ok in business?
In business world, many companies,salespersons, businessmen are unethical, they don't tell you the whole picture or they minimize or magnify some aspects, or they ignore some aspects on purpose. Some ...
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What Defines an Unsolicited Testimonial? (Ethical)
After an order is placed by a customer, I email them regarding their order, stating:
I hope the buying process went smoothly for you. We are a newer company and are looking for ways to improve our ...
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What are your moral limits in a new business?
Everyone has their own moral compass... Some sell weapons in war-zones, while others think that selling candy is a bad thing because of cavities, diabetes and obesity...
Where do you draw the line?
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