Questions about initial stages getting your business off the ground.
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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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Side Projects. Any Success Stories?
Any success stories out there where someone with a full time job managed to start a business in their spare time?
If so, how did you do it? How do you stay motivated? Did you do it alone?
On a ...
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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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Is it possible to start a self sustaining web design business with limited finances and experience? Do i need a partner?
I want to start a web design company, and ultimately a brand name. I am hoping to acquire skills, financing, and contacts simultaneously. Is this possible? Can one generate enough money with ...
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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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What are the steps for getting a tech startup off the ground when you're the only team member?
I'm a software developer with over a decade of experience writing code. I've recently had an idea for a tech startup and am in the process of creating a prototype website and a pitch deck for the ...
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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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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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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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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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I want to start an iphone repair business. What is the best way to tell if a parts website is legitimate?
I want to start a business fixing iphones/ipods. There is this site that I have been looking at that seems like the cheapest place to buy parts, but I would be buying them wholesale from China.
My ...
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How to get long time clients
We are a startup web development venture based in India,we have some one time clients from e-commerce industry but they will not benefit us in the long run.So we are planning to showcase the work we ...
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What do VCs look for?
I'm writing an article on a San Francisco startup competition featuring the young Japanese entrepreneur finalists (eventbrite info here) and was wondering what investors and judges are looking for ...
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Which country to incorporate web startup in?
If we have a web startup originally targetting users from country A, but the majority of users end up to be from America, is it sufficient to have the company incorporated in country A?
Additionally ...
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Starting a venture with zero capital of my own
Will i get seed capital / angel investment for my venture if the capital that i am putting myself is zero? I mean my venture has a fund requirement of INR 2 Cr for the next 2 years, after which it ...
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Do I need A Partner or a Team? Do I Keep The Company's Money?
I am a female programmer/software developer and basically a 'techpreneur'. I just finished work on a web app to provide advertising and marketing campaigns for companies. I coded everything from ...
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how to get money to open a retail store?
I am on optometrist and want to start my own business and stop working for others. In my world, the owner of the optical pays the doctor (me) a salary and makes a killing on my labor in the form of ...
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Most suitable US state to start Internet/online business [closed]
I have read somewhere on interent that Texas is most business friendly US state. Can some one guide me is it true that Texas is most friendly for totally internet/online based business and they have ...
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Name Prior to Market Research
A few friends and I have come up with an idea that we want to do some research on. I was planning on moving forward, whilst following the advice many people have given on here and elsewhere, by ...
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when invest in new ideas?
I've been working on a new product for a year. This new product allows me to start developing custom software to fit the needs of each customer but developing the same software isn't very interesting. ...
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Initial Result of Customer Development
Hope all is well. I just conducted a round of feedback interviews with 20 people(mostly students) about my startup. The results are 50% saying its a great idea and other 50% think its not worth it. I ...
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How do I ask help and search people for contribution for my git/open source project
I am basically involved in wordpress site development but a self starter for rails. I want to transform my idea into a rail app and I am contributing it on git(at a very initial level this time), but ...
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Starting an online bank
What is involved in starting a bank? I am aware that rules might differ from country to country. But let's say I wanted to start an online bank in the US. What is needed?
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How to pick a platform for a startup web 2.0 app?
I am looking for recommendatins from the successfull entreprenurs on this forum to advise me on the best software technology platform to develop my web2 webapp on.
The web2 app will potentially be ...
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Whats best MVP on Mobile app with a local developer or web app with outsourcing team?
I've been outsourcing for a while to create the MVP on a web app. I never get what I'm asking for from these outsourcing teams, they take longer than expected, or they just disappear. It's been a huge ...
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Online Advertising for Startup Website
I am looking to monetize my start-up website by adding advertisements to it.
After doing some research it seems I should look at Pay per Click (PPC) rather than Cost per Thousand (CPM) or some ...
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Is my approach to find a cofounder flawed?
I've gone to countless networking events, underground entrepreneur groups, cofounder sites like CoFoundersLab, etc. I'm looking more on the business-dev. end.
I've talked to quite a few 1:1 and met ...
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What's the negatives & positives of creating a mobile app with different functionalities from the web app?
I'm creating a marketplace website.
I was thinking keeping the marketplace exchange on the web app and a much simpler version on the mobile app providing only profiles with some other cool perks you ...
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Which is a better domain?
wordA and wordB are technical words with 500,000 keyword searches per month.
Which is a better domain to host my site?
(1) wordA-wordB.net ....or...... (2) wordAwordB.in
.net has hyphen,
.in is ...
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Sample partnership/cofounder contract clause for force-out payment schedule
I'm altering a contract between myself and another individual. The contract defines clauses for forcing another partner out but does not define how percentage of ownership shall be handled. I.e. how ...
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Do I have to have a company in order to hire school intern in CA?
I am self employed and have set up a company. I want to hire an intern do websites for my business and for my family. I am afraid of a lot of tax issue if I officially hire an intern.
Since the ...
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Is it practical to start a small business while still employed
I have a business idea and would like to start up my own company (providing solutions to theme parks). I could write the software in my own time however im worried starting a business whilst still ...
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Copyrighting an already existing name that is not copyrighted before
My friend runs a website called XYZ.com but hasnt copyrighted the name XYZ. I would want to use XYZ as the name of my startup too and would like to copyright it this time. Do i have to ask him ...
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Solar retailer business in india?
I am Sakthivel from india. I am willing to start a retail selling business on all solar products to general public in chennai. There are few facts for this decision.
My state is in deficiency of ...
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I don't agree with my social media marketing team. Please advice who is right
I am working on developing a platform that allows sports fans to interact with their star athletes. I have outsourced social media marketing for initial 2 months. Now we have developed differences ...
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Starting a business for the second time
Fifteen years ago my family purchased a franchise. Within five years we realized the books were cooked and the clientele we purchased was not there. We went to court and lost (in my eyes) and closed ...
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Use home address for business?
We are a tiny early-stage startup operating out of our own home. We would like to be able to give out our contact information to potential customers, but are not sure whether it's a good idea to share ...
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How can fewer features be better?
Just today I started to get interested in this field and I've started with Getting Real. I kept seeing answers here that recommend it and it also seems trustworthy.
However, one thing I don't get is ...
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How do I create and lead a startup team of game developers?
I have LOTS of game ideas. Not all are awesome, but they definitely are better than most games I see on Google's Android market and on Apple's AppStore commanding 100k+ downloads. I also have ideas ...
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Hiring own team or outsourcing
I have recently started reading the blog and I feel it has been really helpful and helped me anticipate problems that I would not have foreseen otherwise. My question is related to the decision of ...
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Product in Development what to do next?
My product is in development.
By Feb 5th a beta should be released.
For the mean time aside from getting traffic to prelaunch what else should I do ?
I am the nontech founder.
So Far I have ...
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'Using' others' ideas - what's the legality?
So a bunch of friends are always pitching ideas to each other.
One day, one of my friends does one of these "this would be a great idea for a site". It's blown off as another of his 'ideas', but to ...
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Starting a donations fund through a website and drop boxes
I am in the process of starting a website to raise funds for school supplies to be donated to local grammar school aged children and want to contact some local business about using them as a drop site ...
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How to protect myself from uncommitted co-founders
Two of us came together to work on an idea for a web startup. We end up killing the initial product and a third person joined. A new product is built and launched.
It happens that I'm the technical ...
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When is a business cofounder needed
I am technical founder right now of my own software startup.
Right now, I'm developing the software and am seeking a business cofounder.
I lack domain expertise in the various parts of the business ...
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a place to call work!
If your start-up is very early on how soon should your start-up leave a home office to leave for a office building? or should it be based on how many people are working with you?
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What does a company get in return for investing in a web based startup company?
I have always been curious to know what a company gets in return for investing in a startup company that makes a healthy profit while continuing to grow.
For example: Accel partners invested 12 ...
