Topics related in general to business ideas and ideation.
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From free to a little fee
I have a few web services on my website.
They are used by major financial institutions.
They are like little calculators specific to some complex math only required in finance.
I want to move from ...
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How did you come up with your business idea?
For those of you who have successful businesses, how did you come up with your business idea?
I'm trying to think of a business idea but none of the ideas I've come up with so far (currently about ...
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how to present ideas to a possible future partner without getting them 'stolen'?
I am planning into getting involved in a venture in an asian country.
I have a friend from this country that has an experience in the kind of business I want to be involved in and that has “ built “ ...
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I spent thousands of dollars creating a website. Now what?
What do I do next with a website I developed?
A little background. A few years back, I discovered there is no web directory of free email newsletters. However, virtually every organization of any ...
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How do I protect my idea before launching my web-service?
I have a unique idea about a web-service.
How do I protect against duplicating my idea before launching?
I'm afraid I'd end up rivaling against massive number of competitors like Groupon does now.
I'm ...
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How does my Entrepreneurship club arrange small events at local college? [closed]
I am a member of Entrepreneurship club and looking forward to arrange for small related events in the college itself ? Can you just suggest me some ways out?
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Should a pain point be unique
Should a pain point be unique? Not addressed by any others yet, or is addressing a pain point that others are already addressing enough if you have a single differentiator.
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Identifying a missed business opportunity [duplicate]
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Where to draw ideas from?
My hope is by asking this question, that many of you who are very proficient in doing a start-up would be able to enlighten some of us who just ...
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Is 50/50 partnership in an LLC a good idea when partner has idea and money?
I have seen similar questions, but am curious if this seems like a fair arrangement.
Partner and I have already started a 50/50 split LLC.
Myself: Technical vision, skills, no capital investment ...
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where to find a “dead” software product to acquire?
I'd like to have a software product for my consulting company. I have no idea what, but I figure there's got to be a lot of "dead" software products and failed businesses out there that people have ...
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Startup ideas: social networks aimed at specific interest groups [closed]
A startup idea has recently crept into my head which is basically a social networking site aimed at a specific interest group.
The rough concept would be a somewhat cut down version of facebook, but ...
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HP Touchpad/WebOS Apps?
I just bought a HP Touchpad on the cheap. I'm really loving WebOS, and I'm thinking about doing some WebOS development.
Are there any statistics/case studies about developers that have made money in ...
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How did you conceive your startup idea?
I think a lot of conceivable startups have already been conceived. A lot of workable business ideas have already been worked out. How did you manage to conceive your startup idea?
All is well if you ...
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What's the value of duplicating other's ideas?
There are lots and lots of startups that succeeded. They prove that the idea behind them was good just as much as the implementation and marketing and all that stuff were good.
Then sometimes a 'new' ...
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Platform to bring tech entrepreneurs to light
I've had this idea in my mind for a while now and I wanted some of your opinions on this.
I'm a PhD student in Computer Science. I feel like the inventions that many students do just go within ...
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My startup idea has been developed before we could do it. What now?
So the idea for my startup which we have been also sharing with few incubators wasn't well received during the last 3 months. And now we find out that during this time the same has been developed by a ...
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does ideas have a price?
I'm a software developer and some time ago, I've shared an idea to a friend. I've said, look, I think that this app will boost your services and someday I'll do it for you. That friend was very ...
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Whats next step? Am starting a Dropshipping company in India. I'll start with say 200 to 1000 shirts
I believe this will work here in India since there are more and more people willing to earn extra sitting right at their home. This gives a scope for future in dropshipping business. As am being in ...
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How do you start a software business when you have no idea about it
Let's say that I have come up with a good software idea that needs to be built and designed. Let's also imagine that I have no background in IT and therefore need to find somebody to build and write ...
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How do you decide whether to commit to a project?
I have several startup ideas waiting in a drawer, some of which are probably worth further exploring and continuing to a full business plan and start execution. A different person would probably label ...
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Product in Development - Seek Seed Funding?
I think this response gives me a good explanation for what to in regards to having an idea/prototype and seeking funding Is having a working prototype required for getting seed funding(first round)? ...
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Would this idea violate any law?
The idea is this :
My website would just embed videos from various websites like youtube, metacafe, etc.
I want to have users log in and comment or discuss on the videos I embed.
The purpose is ...
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Dropbox revenue will double even without single paid customer. How?
Recency I read an article about growth of dropbox. Drop is growing with an amazing pace with 50 million users already with only less than 10% paid customers. They are expecting that next year their ...
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What if Google+ stole my idea? Can I do anything about it? Should I?
From around March 2009 to October 2009, my sister and I built a website and dubbed it our "first startup": Jumpino.com. Truthfully, it was hardly a startup: we had no capital, no way of monetizing, ...
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Is sleeping partner considered as investor?
My partner and i are from different countries
(1) My partner will fund the startup idea
(2) I will be the working partner and the idea will be executed in my home country
Please give your advice on ...
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Anywhere I can submit a CV and get business ideas?
Does anybody know of anywhere I can send a CV to and get back advice for what kind of business I'd be best to go into? I know how much capital I have available and my skills, but I don't know about ...
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How to decide to fail fast vs sticking with your idea?
Many say you need to launch fast and then decide whether your idea works or not and then fail fast if needed. But how do you decide when to fail ( fail = stop working on current idea and start working ...
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How would you compete against Digg / Reddit
I think the time is right to launch a site that is similar to Digg / Reddit but stays close to Digg's original ethos of catering toward tech.
I wouldn't compete against Digg directly. Digg is too ...
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“Don't fall in love with your idea” Why?
I was wondering why do people suggest to not fall in love with idea. Is it so that we take criticism positively and don't get emotional at times or something?
But to me, it also looks like one ...
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How you look at all variables of a business case and decide if it's 'worth it'?
Given a business case with even a modest 20-30 variables/dimensions on which one would base the case, how does anyone going over it decide whether it is 'worth it'?
I mean if looking at a business ...
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Do you think web hosting market is over saturated?
It seems there are thousands of web hosting companies out there and the market seems saturated. Do you think it's a good idea to start one? I am not talking about becoming an affiliate of another ...
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How do you get immediate information about a product launch announcement? [closed]
How to be one of the first few to get the information of any product launch announcement?
How does the release or launch of any upcoming product or service get into the news?
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Should I delegate tasks to be done that require knowledge I don't have, or learn it myself?
First off, I'll start by saying I read a few somewhat related posts, but I will still ask my question as my situation is slightly different and may call for different solutions. Anyway, here are the ...
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How to present and sell a business/product (one in the same) to potential buyer (bigger company) without risking them stealing my idea?
I have developed my product completely, and have built a business for the product to be able to take to market. The product is unlike anything else on the market as of now and in my opinion would work ...
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How to decide whether an idea is worth pursuing?
You have a business idea, how do you decide whether it's worth pursuing?
i.e, say you plan to provide a SaaS service to users (which you think would be very useful for people), how do you know that do ...
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why Can't Yahoo/MS build a good search engine ifnot better than google
I know this sounds like a technical question, but I am asking from an entrepreneurial angle.
Both Yahoo and Microsoft have been in the industry for decades, but what prevents them from coming up with ...
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What do you think about the document management niche?
Is that market worth entering, especially for selling to small companies?
To build chipper document management systems?
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Where should I go with just an idea, no capital or product or partners?
I have read the FAQ and hope that I have added enough detail to my question that it will not be considered to vague or open.
I have a great idea for a software product that I think could make a lot ...
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How does one judge the merits of an idea?
I'm at the Imagine Cup Finals, and I'm getting to see lots of students' projects, and lots of ideas. For competitions like that, there are of course a set of objectives that are slated as part of the ...
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What are the ways to gain a monopoly? [closed]
Gaining a monopoly is of course something that is interesting for all entrepreneurs, is it still possible to make one? If so, how?
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Is it possible to patent a programming language?
I am considering inventing a new specialized programming language, which should increase the human/computer communication speed considerably. I, therefore, have two questions:
Is it possible to get ...
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Equity sharing over an iphone app
I have an idea for an iphone app. I want to develop this app. I took an iphone class and tried to develop this app. However, I soon realized you have to be very good to develop a really good app. So I ...
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How to figure out new business ideas? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Strategies for coming up with ideas
I am trying to find new business ideas but I have not yet found one. How to think up new business ideas?
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Do you have a “data-mining” guy?
Right now I'm in the process of bootstrapping a start-up, so I and my co-founder are working pretty long hours. My only source of new information seems to be Hacker News at the moment, but honestly, ...
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Feasibility metrics on the cheap
I'd like to track the customer's activities during the week to establish whether the problem I am solving is a minor annoyance or a big pain.
My full-time job makes it difficult to do the measurement ...
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Will employer invest in my idea?
Let me describe a situation I happened to be in by now several times. I work in the field of detector/electronics/imaging systems development. I often get some new technical ideas and solutions, ...
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How to identify the need?
I believe to have a successful product / service, you need to fill a need that clients and customers have.
My question is how do you find, spot, identify or realize a need is there?
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Local or remote partner, tech or non tech partner
Have any of you got experience with a remote partner, did it work out, and can you share any tips or arguments for or against working with a remote partner?
I'm currently thinking about a very ...
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How can I best utilize AdWords to test product ideas?
In order to test interest in a product, I've been told that its useful to use AdWords. What's the best way to maximize the usefulness of AdWords. How do I measure whether or not an idea is useful? ...
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Protecting a website idea
Feel free to redirect me if there's a forum this would be better suited for, I'm still unfamiliar with the functions of the different forums.
I'm going to begin a project soon that requires a lot of ...
