Questions about initial stages getting your business off the ground.
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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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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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Developing VCVC.net or LongKeywordRichDomain.com
We are confused between choosing a domain for our small niche website. We've following options:
VCVC.net domain (V = Vowel, C= Character)
It is 4 letter, pronounceable, and abbreviation of our ...
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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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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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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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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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Percentage allocation for my startup reasonable?
I've developed a new product that I am going to be selling and putting on the market. I had been planning on funding everything with my own personal savings. I have a friend (Mike) who believes in the ...
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What are charges/taxes to open LLC in New York as foreigner/alien
I am from India. I want to launch e-commerce web site. For that purpose, I want to open LLC in New York. What are charges/taxes to open LLC in New York as foreigner/alien.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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133 views
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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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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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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Splitting equity between founders
X was working part-time on an idea and after about a year and a basic demo in hand, he talked to two potential people (A and B) who would become co-founders but would work part-time just like X. The ...
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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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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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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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283 views
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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'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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How to get samples manufactured to showcase in front of clients?
Scenario: Currently we are starting to sell merchandising products to our cold call clients by meeting them personally. Our vision is to build a company that has a site portal where people can opt for ...
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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 ...
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How to value design service from a relative?
I have a couple of design ideas for travel bags in a niche market. As it happens, I have a cousin that has worked for Dakine, North Face and a few other companies designing outdoor wear and packs, and ...
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Can a minor form an LLC in North Carolina?
I am 16, and live in North Carolina. I want to start a software company. I have made some programs that could make some money, and I would like to start an LLC. Is this possible? If not, is there ...
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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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How to start a company for my website and hire programmers without risk of losing my code?
I have a gaming website that is making me around 3000 Euros monthly. I see great potential to expand this website but it's not a 1 person job and I need to hire a programmer to help me speed up the ...
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Using Phones Abroad
I have just started a company and making sure I get all the phone calls about the business is vital. I am going abroad for 2 months and need to be able to answer these calls. Is there any way to use ...
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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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Do people consider gamification a feature, business concept, or strategy?
I took a course on gamification it cleared a lot of thing up but I'm still confuse. A gamified app or website has to be build from ground up through the lens of a game designer. So, I think is a major ...
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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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How to fight with distraction problem?
I am a web entrepreneur and programmer. I am good at generating new ideas and refining them but now, my strength is being my weakness as when ever I am close to completing a a product, I get new ideas ...
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Would it be beneficial for an internet startup to give money to twitter followers?
I need to generate some traffic for a internet startup and have been brainstorming ideas. My budget is limited, so I came up with the idea to give money to people who follow my startup on twitter. Not ...
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Why investor require start-up having a co-founder?
I contacted a lot of investors and accelerators. I found most of them don`t care about the product itself too much, but strongly requiring start-up should have a co-founder.
Why?
Perhaps some of ...
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How to deal with unsupportive parents while creating a startup?
I've been telling myself for many years now I've wanted to create a company of my own and get out of the corporate misery.
I am a software developer by trade, and have worked with a few startups in ...
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Seek advices for equity distribution about our situation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
We are still in the early stage of a company doing seo syndication tool and I would like your ...
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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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CTO, what are the key elements that define your vision?
Maybe i'm mixing CTO with VP of Engineering here. But as a CTO early on in a 5 person startup that haven't built a prototype yet...What are the key topics or areas that you must have a vision for once ...
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Start up competitors and user base
I'm a qualified software engineer and I've been reading some articles about start ups.
Y combinator Coming up with Start Up Ideas
How to get start up ideas
12 Rules For Building Your First ...
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Funding Prototypes
As an interaction designer, I see tons of opportunities for great new products and solutions every day. Some of these solutions are easy to prototype. Eventually I will create a startup with the goal ...
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Strategies for gaining mass adoption for a web startup
Say now I develop a web site that requires a large number of users to work. eg. StackOverflow which requires collaboration between many users.
Whart sort of strategies could I employ to gain mass ...
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What are some good ways to find early adopters potentially interested in your new business idea? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best Place to Get Good Constructive Feedback on New Site
I'm thinking about practices to get early adopters before you have actually built a functional version of your ...
