Questions about initial stages getting your business off the ground.
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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 ...
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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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When a huge company copies your startup
What do you do when a huge online company (as dominant as say Google, Apple, Microsoft etc in their respective niche) has a big feature that's been lacking in their very popular product, and your ...
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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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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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Two services under one company. Is it OK to have this specific structure?
In my mind i have two companies. A in the A industry and B in the B industry. Even though in some cases those two industries may have things in common, they are different.
Of course, name branding, ...
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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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4answers
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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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How can I determine potential market demand?
I would like to determine the potential market demand for a non-software, travel product that requires significant up-front capital for manufacturing.
What open source software, if any, would you ...
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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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4answers
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How important is to have a focused startup?
I've been meeting with mentors and entrepreneurs to learn more about startups. I've been told that is better to focus in one feature and one sector in the market.
I have a service that can help more ...
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2answers
143 views
When to commercialize a product?
I am a young university student with a good number of years experience in both small/large software companies. This has put me in a good position to find strong student developers and lead/consult for ...
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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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403 views
Startup project - hide from employer or cooperate with him?
I am a software developer. I have a good idea and I'd like to create a startup. I am planning to invite one or two of my colleagues as co-founders.
I am concerned about the relationships with my ...
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144 views
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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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 get started in the defense industry?
I've always been particularly intrigued by the defense industry in general amongst many other industries as I have a pretty strong entrepreneurial spirit since I was a kid, starting my first website ...
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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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Do I really need an accountant?
As a new startup, do I really need a part-time accountant or can software like QuickBooks do everything for me?
Perhaps a bookkeeper to input data into the software is all I need?
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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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2answers
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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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Mother company in the US or in Europe
My question concerns a new business: I belong to a team or software developers. Up until now, we've each done our "own thing", as self-employed workers. Altogether, our business takes place in the US ...
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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 ...
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Minimum Legal Things to do before start pitching around
Imagine I am working on a start up that is at a functional prototype level and so far, I have not registered it anywhere and basically done no legal work whatsoever. Now, I need to be looking for
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Not an IT person at all and I want to start an online based company- any advice?
I want to start my own wedding and event planning business. My business will be very online based. I want to create a website where my clients can have their own log-in information on my site where ...
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How do web-developers do web-design when freelancing?
So I got my first job recently as junior web-developer.
My company creates small/medium sites for wide variety of customers: autobusiness companies, weddign agencies, some sauna websites, etcetc, hope ...
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What to consider when approaching a developer about a SaaS partnership opportunity?
First question and this is on behalf of a friend of mine. I'm a student developer, so I was hoping someone around here could provide some tangible insight.
My friend is not new to starting a ...
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Starting an internet buisness in the usa [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Foreign Incorporation utilizing USA
Can I start a business in USA and work from my country?
I am a UK citizen living in England. I would like to start an Internet ...
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Is it okay to shop around for incubators
I'm meeting with a local incubator tomorrow and I would like to know if it's okay to tell them I'm going to "shop around".
I want to talk to other incubators and see what they can bring to the ...
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Source code Buyout clause in contract
I have a small contract that I have to makeup, but the biggest importance is to make sure the the source code buyout doesn't have a set price. What would be the best way of wording this? Ideally, we'd ...
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Same company name, different country. What does the law says?
if the company name in country A is the same with the company name in country B, and in the same industry, does it have any regulations about it?
I am the one who comes second at that name.
Thank ...
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Im having the chicken and egg problem; What's the risk of focusing on one group first to attract the second group?
My website is a hiring marketplace focusing on events sector (ex. if venue looking for a dj. The venue will post the job and djs submit proposals).
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How much equity should I get for developing a site where the idea isnt mine
A few months ago, I was asked to join a startup for $85k/year. All the company really had was a pretty big angel investor and one guy with the idea (wealthy father and son with the idea). Before ...
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Getting projects for a software development startup?
I want to start a software company based mainly on web application development and designing. So my question is, to whom should I contact in a software company to get projects or how can i contact ...
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Doing the coding on my own then outsourcing the design
I had a free couple of weeks, so I wrote the PHP script for a website that I had in mind. To be honest, I am not the best - I am just an amateur. I have read a couple of books (o'reilly) and that is ...
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What it takes to implement ERP Software for SME's
I have a project to implement ERP Software for SME. Though I am a software engineer myself and briefly understand things involved, however as I am new to ERP platform and is not sure of what it really ...
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Intentions of Pre-Product VC Contact
A VC contacted me about a few weeks ago and he has been wanting to speak just about every week to talk about my business idea.
The idea is still pre-product,and very early on.
What are the potential ...
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What kind of knowledge do you need to start a company?
Surely someone must have asked this before, but I couldn't find it, so here goes.
I have a degree in computer science. I'm a software developer. But I love the idea of getting into business. But I ...
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I have a project from client, shall I open a startup or play a mid man and make a cut
I have a project from Client to implement ERP software(starting project of worth 450K$, and may get similar 2 or 3 more projects), I do not have any company for now and is doing a regular software ...
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How to evaluate my startup price? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do i determine a premoney valuation
How to evaluate my startup price especially at early stage to be able to choose between VCs offers
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DIY Payroll Processing?
I have tried (and been rejected by) a few online payroll solutions. As I am about to start (very soon) working with real employees, I need to find a way to do payroll more or less manually (though I ...
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Is it easier to find a job in a new industry or a co-founder?
I am not trying to flame or troll the board. :)
And putting aside for a moment the issue of whether someone who is looking for a job is cut out to be an entrepreneur.....
It seems to me that many of ...
