Questions about initial stages getting your business off the ground.
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Do i have to register with government for a Charity initiative site?
By profession I'm a software developer and recently me and my friend have thought of creating a web application that totally focuses on charity to underprivileged or providing things to the needy.
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Should I launch Beta product now?
I am 50% done with my startup and I am appying to Techcrunch Disrupt at San Fran this Sept:
http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2013/event-info/
They said that they will prefer companies who ...
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How to setup and start selling a product? [closed]
I have a product that I would like to sell. What are the steps that I need to do in order to setup the store? Please help
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“I like this place” - Is it a good name? [closed]
I am not a native English speaker, so I am concerned about the name of my project.
The name is "I like this place", and domain (not working properly yet) is ilikethisplace.co.uk
Does it sound ...
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What should be a good mission statement for a web development and seo company? [closed]
If I were to provide web development solution, SEO, content writing and open source coding then shall this be a good mission statement?
A startup dedicated to web development, open source ...
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With an new LLC, how best to accept credit cards? [closed]
I would like to ask the start-up community, on what my options are for the easiest and best ways for accepting credit-card payments for my LLC. (It is just me, single member).
A client of mine has ...
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Does ios allow companies to sell merchandise through an mobile app? [closed]
I am thinking of building a marketplace similar to ebay but unique in its own way. I would like to make an app that can browse products on my app then let people buy products on my app.
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Starting a review/rating website - for a social cause [closed]
After a lot of brainstorming I have come with an idea of setting up a review website. I know this idea is not new but I want to do this to help people, earning money is secondary
Now the main problem ...
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Incubator for pay? [closed]
Say, I have:
An idea for a tech company / product, that I want to get realized.
Sufficient time, right now.
Seed capital, which I am willing also to spend on guidance.
Citizenship in a country in ...
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Web Startup: Living in Florida, incorporating in Delaware/Florida? [duplicate]
I am running single owned web startup right now. Its not live yet so that is why I am posting this question. I am currently living in Florida for past 3 years and within next couple of months I will ...
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What are the processes and required steps to create new online company in Canada? [closed]
My friend and I planning on creating new company in Toronto. Both of us are founders. He funds the company in terms of creating the web application and I'll manage it, since he does not have time to ...
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1answer
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How to bring a simple product to market? [closed]
I have what I consider to be a simple and great idea. Like many people. Obviously, I won't describe it here, but I'll give a simple example of similar scale for answerers to work with.
Say my idea is ...
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How improbable is it that a founder with student loan debt will grab seed funding?
I noticed that student loan debt is almost never mentioned in articles discussing the acquisition of angel funding and funding from VC's. I have a hard time believing that investors will invest in ...
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Proof of concept research [closed]
I do have an idea for an ecommerce store with niche to it. Is there a way or any practices how I can prove there is a market for it before I put all my money in?
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Starting Online MLM Business! [closed]
Everyone in online marketing knows you got to have traffic in order to get leads. I am looking for free ways to get the ball started. I do free traffic sites, list builders, google email extraction ...
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Finder's Fee - How to structure the agreement? [closed]
I have a memorandum of understanding I have been asked to sign. The agreement is between my Ontario, Canada company and an Ontario real estate developer for which I will be bringing in funds (either ...
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Selling a web startup idea in India [closed]
I am involved in a startup which might be also helpful in micro economic countries like India/Bangladesh/Pakistan/Indonesia/Etc. Basically South Asian countries.
My startup is a web 2.0. I am living ...
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Getting divorce after starting a company in Florida
I am a married guy in state of Florida and I am in the initial phase of my first web startup. Well, the things are not running smooth at personal level and sooner I will be getting a divorce with my ...
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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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3answers
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The Road not Taken … where's the restart button?
If failed at a business startup, what does it take to have another go?
Precis: Left a safe academic job to start up my own services company ... just in time for the Global Financial Crisis. So now ...
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2answers
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Solving the chicken and egg problem: how to attract paying customers
I am having a bit of a catch-22 with my business model. I am trying to link employers to prospective employees based on personality/work ethic profiles (think eHarmony for jobs). However, I need a ...
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1answer
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3 links submits on forums, 300 signups, is it ok?
Basically, when you launch a startup, what's the sign whether you have a diamond in your hands or piece of... you know... ? I mean, basing on first days dynamic.
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Tax rebates when you start your startup firm [closed]
I am off-shoring my development work to another country (I live in USA) for the time being. I was wondering, next year when I will be filing my taxes, what tax exceptions will I get from Uncle Sam?
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Need direction on steps for continuing a bluetooth smart device startup [closed]
I have created a prototype bluetooth smart device and corresponding iOS app that I would like to turn into a business.
My rough business plan at this point is to patent this device and then put the ...
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1answer
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Pricing for Onshore/Offshore Product Development [closed]
I just opened a software solutions startup and I have questions about customer pricing. The business model is to use offshore engineers with a US project manager, as well as local engineers, with ...
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Best way to tell customers there will be a delay with their service request?
I completed a website for a client earlier this year. They are requesting additions to the site, and currently I'm quite busy. I thanked my client for her patience, and explained to her that I'm a ...
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Changing my publication name to another one
I have launched a publication last year August 2012. So far I have 365 readers. Now I realised that the market is changing and also need to get along with the change. I also want to incorporate a ...
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There's a troll in my space - now what?
I've spent the last 3 months full-time building an alpha version of a web app, and developing a business plan for it. The alpha version is ready to launch. Recently I've stumbled upon the fact that ...
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Promoting a startup website in early stages - help? [closed]
I am starting a website consisting of a info on products in the city and the best shops.
Now when I start out, such that in the early stage I want to aim at having little, but steady traffic
so I ...
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1 month startup for Y-Combinator/Techstars? [duplicate]
I am a software developer working full time in USA and my half paycheck is going to my startup that I just started this April 2013 (off shored to India - my home country). I am the Founder/CEO of this ...
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Event management business to cater wedding and other Social,cultural and corporate Events [closed]
I want to form a company for to start Event management business in tier-IV city in and
around my district in india. I do not have any previous expieriences and please advice me how
and from where ...
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Founding a startup while working [duplicate]
I am working in a banking sector as a software developer and I am in the early stages of founding a Startup. My Startup is no way near/similar related to banking market...
As far as ...
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Gathering ideas for startup business [closed]
I have a question involving gathering start-up ideas. I am a web developer of 4 years, over this time I have gathered experience in web development, some experience in internet marketing such as SEO, ...
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Is immigrating to the US really that hard for foreign entrepreneurs?
I keep reading about the high percentage of tech startups in the US that are founded by immigrant entrepreneurs (39% in California). I also keep reading about how hard immigrating to the US is for ...
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startup: work on something i personally like or work on something that would sell?
I am going to start working on a project, but divided between two project ideas.
The first one is interesting to me personally, and I have been toying with it for some time as an evening hobby, but I ...
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Should the first person in the pool pay for the water?
I am providing a quote for wireless service to a client. Without getting too technical, suffice it to say that their site will need a computer to perform this service. The interesting thing to note is ...
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We are 4 tech guys that have almost a MVP for our project, would it be good to apply for an incubator?
We are working at our MVP (we can develop app, server & graphic).
We got a business model but no business plan because we don't have a marketing specialist.
There's one incubator program that ...
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How to educate customers about importance of code quality?
I work as a remote developer for a small product development company. I always try to write code that is easily understandable, easy to manage, reuse and low on defects. I am quite a good tester as ...
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Oversea Ownership - Immediate Concerns [closed]
I live in the United States and have a potential business partner in the United Kingdom.
If we were to incorporate a business in the U.K., what are some of the immediate legal/tax concerns I should ...
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Launching a tiny local online store
I have a small boring (Boring in a way that it's not an innovation or anything, but it's still exciting to me of course) idea.
So, what I want to do is to create a "Experience gifts shop".
So, we ...
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Entrepreneur In-Waiting, valuing a start up business
After Years of having great business ideas and insight into the betting industry I have decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and start up my own business E-Commerce Business.
I have a number of ...
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is it bad idea to starting up on your own? [closed]
(actually the title may be misleading, but couldn't find better one)
I am planning for a start-up soon. I prefer to start it up all alone, but i have heard people saying start-up is a too-much an ...
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How to start a collaborative platform [closed]
I want to start a website, but its success depends on users.
So how can I launch it, knowing that without content, there are no users, and without users, there is no content ?
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Did I Make A Mistake On A 60-40 Deal?
I am a software engineer, blogger, marketer and upcoming entrepreneur. I just programmed an app to help corporate sites in marketing. I did all that alone, launched it and started getting clients. I ...
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Two Separate Solutions or One
I am looking to offer a software solution which can target public and private audiences. By public, I mean that it can used for personal use. By private, I mean that it can used by companies. There ...
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Next Steps…Web/Phone App idea [closed]
My partner and I have an idea for a web and phone application that we think would do really well. We've thought through what it would do, how it would function, and have built examples of how it would ...
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Foreign LLC vs Domestic LLC - Wyoming & South Carolina
Please help. I'll make this as simple and concise as possible:
I will be manufacturing my own parts, AT HOME, in South Carolina. I intend to sell the products exclusively online with an online ...
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How do I ensure any ToS dispute is handled in the country where I live?
I want any Terms of Service dispute to be handled in the country where I live, that is, in Swedish courts. Given this, which ToS snippet of the two below is the correct one? I'm guessing it's the ...
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Is it fine to post a job ad before finalizing the company name?
This might actually be a trivial issue but, I'm still confused. I am starting a mobile apps and games company, which doesn't yet have any name(s). I say names because someone suggested considering the ...
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Meeting with “right” folks?
I have developed a brand new product that meets all the financial (cost / price / marketetr size, etc.) hurdles, as well as the operational constraints (size, weight, strength, portability, ...
