Topics related in general to business ideas and ideation.
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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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Ideas and experinces on startups in casino areas?
Recently, my home town located on the border between Greece and Macedonia (small town 20K citizens) is getting more new casinos (currently 3 average large 5 stars hotel casinos and 5 small electronic ...
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How can I align my business with my life goals?
These things I am bothered by my business. You know, every one of us needs to make money. I decide to do it by creating my own business and preparing to do investment. I want to live around developed ...
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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 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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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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Any examples of “positive feedback” startup ideas for production companies?
I am looking for examples of ideas, historical or current, where the output of a production process is also used as the input. An example could be something like this:
Magnifying glass is used to ...
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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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Choosing a business to dive into
Let me start by giving a quick intro to myself. I've worked as a Technician for hosting companies, Systems Administrator for software development companies, as a CTO for a very successful online ...
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Finding internet-volunteers from Japan (or a certain country)
Thank you for reading my question.
I want to address following issue: I want to start a commercial website
that needs some information from Japan. Since I'm in the very beginning
position of this ...
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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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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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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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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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what are the different websites which are helpful for startups? [closed]
What are the different websites which are useful for a startups. Like there are some website for funding like kickstarter some website for finding like minded people some websites like onstartups.
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Starting an MBA essay application consulting firm?
I'm a college entrepreneur (currently pursuing my bachelors in Business) and I've been studying/reading books about the different strategies that successful business school candidates use to get into ...
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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 does one know if it is worth to venture into a product?
I know that a particular product will be useful to a whole group of people. However, I am uncertain if once the product is made, the people will purchase the product.
Prior to making the product, how ...
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Advice on a social enterprise - Video Skill Sharing Encyclopedia [closed]
I’m after some advice regarding creating an encyclopedia of short videos tutorials on life skills to be shared freely on the web.
I classify a life skill as any human task that one person is ...
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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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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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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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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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What do you do when you have an idea _and_ money but no expertise or experience creating a technical product?
I know that seems like a "how do I cope with my spoil of riches?" type question and I apologize in advance for being the type of amateur class that for all I know has a popular tumblr blog dedicated ...
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Determining Feasability of Information Product
Having just been recently laid off, I would like to give some attention to an idea that's been incubating in my mind for a while for an information-based product. This is similar to the model of ...
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Suggestions for a video game site that deals with videos?
I'm about to launch a very (VERY) simple site for video games. It's basically a site that allows you to watch Youtube videos for video games.
I'm struggling with the "chicken or egg" problem. I was ...
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Is there a project starting/launching platform/community online?
I have a lot of project ideas (like many of you) but I have some issues. There seems to be no easy way to find existing project online or to ask people what they think of an idea. I'm looking for a ...
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Is there room for a service based on location?
... allowing businesses to post ads for local communities, getting info about public services, tourism information, and also memorable places for all users? I had trouble finding such a service ...
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Idea for product, is there such tool? Facebook visual statistics
I am looking for a product to help friend that is an internet marketing guy, something that will connect to your facebook account.
It should give you statistics about your friends - e.g. like, ...
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Reasons to not disclose your idea?
It doesn't appear that this site looks at it as spam. Is there a strong fear of having it stolen? It just seems like the feedback would be improved.
Are people this protective in the real world?
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Does going overseas help startups to grow?
I am a start-up and i am wondering if i should travel to silicon valley first before deciding on what business to do.
i have plenty of ideas for websites. and am still thinking what to settle for.
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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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Are there any “decision based” survey tools out there? [closed]
I am looking to build a "decision tree" survey tool, and would like to see if there are any tools like that already out there?
That is, a "decision tree" survey is a type of survey where your answer ...
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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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Am I missing anything or am I ready to begin selling?
My business is a New Zealand based IT hardware and support business focusing solely on small to medium businesses in my local region - Wellington.
I have built the website.
I have registered the ...
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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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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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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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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.
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How do you build a customer base before you have a product?
How can you build a customer base for your product when all you have is an idea (promise of value)?
I'm thinking about getting my product idea to a couple of forums to engage people in it's design and ...
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How can I combine asking questions on the Internet with money making?
My biggest hobby/interest is to ask questions on the Internet. I have to admit this hobby brings me a lot. I feel I am an innate asker.I'm asking questions on the Internet always every day. I have ...
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Looking for platform or market to develop for/on as single developer [closed]
Hello all
I'm looking for platform or niche market to start to develop add-ons or plug-ins
to it. Something that's suitable for single developer -- what would you recommend?
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crowd financing - any opinions/comments?
What would your SWOT analysis say for following kind of website?
phase 1: Get people/organizations who are looking for financing their projects.
phase 2: Get people who can provide finance to these ...
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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 promote a desktop Facebook app about music to get alpha testers? [duplicate]
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I made a product, now how can I find customers?
I built a prototype for a desktop music app that will keep you updated with music. It has real-time music aggregation, ...
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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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iphone app credit idea
I am looking to develop a mobile application that allows users to sell and purchase a digital asset using a micropayment credit system. We also may require using internal functionality of the mobile ...
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Where and with whom can I do product development?
Assuming I have an idea for an iPhone Gadget like this: Griffin-Simplifi-iPhone-Reader-Aluminum
I am a creative person or a designer. If I want to realize this product to whom do I have to go, to ...
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“Like” clone idea
I am adding new section to my site where students or alumni of a particular film schools can be associated with their schools. Facebook did something similar in the early days and later they went with ...
