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What are the best free resources for a startup?
Question's focus is: free + resource = value
So, far there have been a lot of answers related to software, have any other suggestions?
Examples: Books, Trial Services, etc.
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How to increase ad revenue
I have an Android game in which I've included ads from Millennial Media and Admob. Between these two networks, my fill rate is consistently above 95%. Right now, I'm getting over 45,000 requests for ...
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Music to use in screencasts
We are regularly making some screencasts to demonstrate new functionality to our clients.
It would be good to have some nice, engaging background music playing throughout the show.
Are there any ...
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Is 'free' a bad idea in business applications?
In the case of business SaaS, specifically in a market where this type of software is never free what are the arguments regarding launching your product for free?
More specifically the idea would be ...
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Any good free web based CRM solution? [closed]
I'm looking for a free web based CRM allowing me to contact my clients through that. When interacting with a client, I don't want to use Outlook but a CRM where I could find all the ...
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B2C - Should I have a free plan?
For a B2C subscription service, is it recommended to have a free plan? Based on my research, users who sign up free plan suck up a lot of support resources and a number of well known services have ...
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Startup giving away product early or hold out?
So we are a SaaS model new recruitng tool and weve been trying to acquire our first couple of major deals. I read alot of books on starting up and have advised start ups my whole career. At first we ...
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Tips on open-source project - should it be free, licensed, etc?
I have been working on this project seen here. It is a Photography CMS (like WordPress). I cannot visualize a business model to provide funds to support the project. I want to release it as a free, ...
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Question regarding contracts for unpaid work
we're starting a website that caters to a certain demography - and need some illustrations done. We have a few folks interested in contributing the illustrations for free - but we want to be safe in ...
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(Basically)Freemium?
There has been some great discussion on whether or not "freemium" (i.e. offering a lite edition) is a good way to go:
Lite Version or Trial?
To Freemium or not to Freemium
Free Trial vs. Freemium
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Free or not free
We're developing an idea for a product that we can give to retailers at no cost by subsidizing the cost through advertising. Retailers don't pay much for it, but it is still an expense to them. The ...
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Transition of a mobile app from free to freemium
I'm about to release a mobile app I wrote. Since the first version is somewhat bare-bones (aka a MVP), I'm making it free. However, in the future I want to use the freemium model. Do you think it's OK ...
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How to deal with unsatisfied clients in a free application
We offer a free, cloud based B2B application - it offers the same and more functionality than most if not all of the paid equivalent applications out there at no cost. We offer awesome support (most ...
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Exclusivity on a free platform?
Im developing a business model that brings a new feature to its market. the idea itself is new and nobody is doing it today. in order to enable this, Im using an existing platform (free at this time) ...
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Selecting a Pricing structure-How to offer free membership?
We are nearing the launch of our website which is a wholesale marketplace and network, which hosts transactions between Buyers and Sellers. We are deciding between two offers for a period of free use ...
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Moving customers from free to paid
I've got a subscription service with a free tier. Initially, the free tier was far too generous. We've since significantly lowered what that free tier provides. However, we had grandfathered in ...
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Where do I find startups that want student UX User Experience help?
I'm a vet UX who now finds myself teaching graduate students user experience design. One of the lessons I want to provide my students is a real life application for their work.
How do I find ...
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Need advice on getting the word out about an open source and free site
A few months back I got tired of doing portfolio tracking in a spreadsheet and sat down and made a site. I got a few friends and family to start using it as well for their portfolios but have been ...
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Is there a website dedicated to attracting *free* help in exchange for equity?
When you are starting a new company, its often hard or impossible pay everyone for services they can provide. Some people may be willing to work with\help you build your dream in exchange for equity ...
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Smaller Project for Free Open Source as Leverage
Is it smart to release a small project as free and open-source to display my abilities as a programmer.
I don't mean that in a "Hey, look at me, I'm awesome!" way.
I mean it in a "This is the quality ...
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Hosted Scripts Web Startup
I'm starting a web startup that hosts open source scripts such as wordpress, joomla, phpbb etc for free, any user gets a working website, with a sub-domain.
Users get free sub-domain and hosting, ...
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Freemium in user generated content/social service?
Could freemium be a good model of earning profit from user generated content services?
Let's take same hard example - www.trapster.com. It's a mobile phone application for exchanging information ...
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MVP: include price right from the start or test first
I have idea for the file sharing site. Now, I was thinking to first release the service without pricing options and users base, basically, to offer free but limited service, kind a like free sample, ...
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Free ESPs (Email Service Providers) for Tax Exempt Non-Profit organizations?
My Tax Exempt 501(c)(3)non-profit organization is launching a new web application. We will be generating large amounts of emails between our users. We estimate that we will be sending and receiving ...
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How effective it is to give away prizes to increase subscriptions in a blog?
For example offering a gift card, t-shirt, etc... to people who sign up to your blog or website in general... does this work? is it worth it?
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What motivates investors to put money towards free mobile apps?
I'm a student in CS, and I was assuming that all the apps which are delivered for free on appstore (or other markets for android, windows, blackberry) were made by enthusiasm programmers which put ...
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When to consider Free or Paid model for website product
If you had an online product that filled a significant nitch, would you let members use your site for free instead of following through on a paid model?
Inline with this question, assume that this ...
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How do sites like ifttt earn money? [closed]
I don't see advertisments, Freemium model, limited promotion model that they use. They just provide their service free without any monetization. How are they being able to earn money? Are they earning ...
