Topics related in general to business ideas and ideation.
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A Gumtree for enterprise [closed]
We all know ebay and gumtree. The business is to allow you sell second hand things to anyone. I wonder is there website targeting special social networks for this business, for example, company ...
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How to determine market saturation
I am a student getting a computer engineering degree, and I have always wanted to develop my own software and sell it, essentially building a startup company
I really don't have much business ...
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Is there any point in making another social network? [closed]
I have an idea for a social network and I think it is quite unique and very different from facebook or twitter, but it is still a social network and it focuses everyone and not just one niche.
I've ...
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How do I validate an idea for a service with infrequent, time-sensitive users using the 'coming soon' page method?
I have an idea that I would like to test using a 'coming soon' landing page. In my instance, the idea is for consumers looking to research, plan and arrange a holiday (vacation).
I can see why this ...
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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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how secure is sharing business idea for investment
I've a simple idea which I believe will definitely yield good returns.
Now how I can share such simple idea with multiple potential investors. I fear they may say no to me but implement my idea on ...
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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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Some places for support [closed]
I am an entrepreneur, have been self employed my whole life. I am also a single mom and have a mortgage. After many years of starts and stops, I launched a new venture last year. Unfortunately I am ...
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What should get a friend with an idea to smartphone app? [closed]
My start-up team knows someone who has come up with an idea for a new social application.
The potential is hard to forecast, and we can't be sure the effort will pay off.
We consider to implement his ...
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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, ...
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How to get ideas for inventions that don't already exist?
I know, this is a very open-ended question, but hear me out please.
I'm a 17 year old boy, and I'd really like to start a business based on an idea.
I've had lots of ideas, probably a dozen or more, ...
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On finding “pain points”: what forums do professional developers and designers use? [closed]
I'm looking for business opportunities developing software for professionals. The fields I am most familiar with are software development and design, so I thought I would start there. I'd like to ...
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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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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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Post Hackathon hack theft :(
I competed in a Facebook hosted hackathon at my university and my team and I were able to create a product that won second place in the competition - and for discussion's sake lets call it AppX.
The ...
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How Do I Prevent Somone From Stealing My Idea On KickStart
I have a great idea for a new product and I am thinking about launching it on Kickstarter, but I have one major problem. I am afraid that someone will steal my product and/or accuse me of stealing ...
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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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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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I have an idea that I am almost sure that it will be successful but no time to do it
I live in Athens, Greece. I have an idea that is really simple to do. It just needs a blog, a twitter account and a facebook page for support.
The problem is that i don't have the time to work for ...
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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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What happens to unredeemed coupons on group buying sites — can there be a business model around these? [closed]
Was wondering what happens when people don't redeem their coupons from sites like groupon or livingsocial etc.?. Can there be a business model to solve this problem for customers? - or is it free ...
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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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How do I validate an iPhone or iPad app idea for restaurants?
I have an iPhone/iPad app idea for which I can build an MVP pretty quickly (about a week or two at most). My target customers are local restaurants.
How do I approach local restaurants to validate my ...
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What are things customers could do for a discount?
I have a friend who runs a business that decorates special events. He deals a lot with customers who's budget is much less than his normal prices, but he normally just gives them huge discounts ...
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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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Should a great project to solve one problem become a start-up?
Some time back, I set out to solve a specific problem:
How can I help people who haven't met yet collaborate to create great ideas ahead of weekend startup events?
I couldn't find a site out there ...
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When to compete on an idea?
I spend a lot of time thinking about potential start up ideas. I come up with a couple every now and then, but when I go searching online there is always quite a few competitors. I don't think I've ...
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How to work on multiple ideas?
I have multiple projects of different type and in different status, some of them are more like a business and some more like a hobby. In total there are 8.
Some are started, other are launched ...
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I have an idea but no free time - can I pay offshore developer?
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.
Problems:
1) Free time
I realised it is very ...
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Complete Rookie Here. I Need Advice On Where to Begin From Only an Idea
I'm a complete web/entrepreneur rookie with an idea that I believe in passionately and don't know where to begin. I know for a fact that my idea is unique and will fill a huge hole in the market and ...
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Does the concept of “Unlimited Vacation” increase productivity and attract talented employees?
Does the concept of "Unlimited Vacation" increase productivity and attract talented employees ?
I've read about it here, specifically:
Unlimited vacation fosters productivity and loyalty because ...
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How to propagate and fund business ideas by consumers
Looking for an easy way to create an USB-to-cloud-bridge (just one example). I once again found that the market fails to deliver some simple products I am willing to pay for. If I had time and ...
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Stuck with poor ideas, how do I find good ones?
Startup execution is by now a well understood process. The Customer Development model does a good job at delineating the different steps necessary to determine if something is a scalable, repeatable ...
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Selling an idea in the public sector
Me and my partner are working on an idea for a text (SMS) service that we intend to pitch to the National Health Service in the UK as it could potentially save them a lot of money. However, minus the ...
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Consultants offers
We are a small marketing consulting company. Usually we are invited to solve some kind of problem or task. But we face a large problem. Our offer needs to have an idea of how to solve a particular ...
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How to publish a new technology without having patent?
I invented a new software based hardware technology which can solve many problems. I know getting a patent takes a very long time and is not an easy task.
Do I have to apply and wait to get a patent ...
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How to determine the business potential of an idea?
I am an IT engineer, I am familiar with programming and website development (not a complete expert though), I am also good with servers, OS, security and networking etc (whole 9 yards of IT).
What I ...
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Meeting with potential partners: should I make them sign a NDA?
I'm a Web developper and have a dating website idea.
I'll meet in the next few weeks some webmarketers that could be my potential partners.
I'll talk about the idea of course and make them an ...
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What is/was the elevator pitch of Facebook?
An elevator pitch is a short summary used to quickly and simply define
a product, service, or organization and its value proposition.
What was the elevator pitch of Facebook when it started?
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selling an idea - urban legend?
Quite some time ago, I heard two stories about genius ideas. Both of them were allegedly coming from outside the company and sold to big corporations, with those ending saving a lot of money (and also ...
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How to avoid idea “contamination” when soliciting advice on a product
We've got a software product going into alpha release and want to invite some super users to test and give feedback. I wonder if there's any sort of steps we should be taking to prevent the issue of ...
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How do you verify the viability of your idea?
I would like to hear from those folks that have gone through their initial market research and idea validation stages of their start-up and would like to share how they went about making sure their ...
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How can I get my friends and family to support my startup aspirations?
I have a well paying job, kids, wife, and a mortgage. However, I got an idea that is not big, not hard, totally doable. I'm interested in the start up as a hobby but see it as potentially a long term ...
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How do you manage ideas effectively?
I've been working on an idea with a while now and plan to go full startup come the summer. However, every now and then I'll get another awesome (at least, it seems awesome) idea. I'm never sure what ...
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Idea Validation ideas
What are some good ways to do low level idea validation before you get into the thick of developing a business concept? In other words, I am trying to find a system to prevent my habit of chasing all ...
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What is the right way to test an idea using a landing page?
I know there is a method to test your product idea using a landing page that describes your product, and asks for the user to enter his email if he would like to register for the beta. Then there is ...
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To stealth or not to stealth?
I'm currently working on a startup in stealth mode.
Right now we have a pre-launch page with our tag ine. But I feel like I should redesign to give further explanation of what we are doing in order to ...
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Wealth Dynamics, is it actually useful or just overhyped?
I have just been sent a link, from a somewhat trusted source, to a system for catagorising Entrepreneurs and before handing over the money wanted to see if anyone else has heard about it.
From ...
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I have startup in education[forprofit] domain what should I do next?
I have made a start-up, we are a group of 4 members. We are trying to build educational service model in which we provide animated materials, audiobooks, e Learning service to schools. Animation and ...
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How do we split the equity when one partner simply provides the idea while the other partner builds the software [duplicate]
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Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
A friend of mine came to me (I'm a software developer) with a software project idea that he had and ...
