Topics related in general to business ideas and ideation.
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Biggest challenge start-up's face after conceiving their idea? [closed]
I would like to know what your thoughts are on the challenges and limitations a person or a group of people face when they have conceived their idea/solution?
In particular this applies to the many ...
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What is more important passion or money? [closed]
Is jumping hierarchical channels good if I believe in my idea and also believe that my organisation founder will listen because it was because of him the company has kept on investing to keep a ...
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Disseminate site for free [closed]
I would like to know if you have tips for disseminating a site? It can be any kind of tip, like better ways of posting on Twitter, viralizing in forums, or even software that help you do this kind of ...
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Splitting equity between founders [duplicate]
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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Which is more important? The right people or the right idea?
As opportunities come and go one has to decide whether to get involved in each one. Some of those opportunities are about good ideas and some of them have easily recognisably good people behind them. ...
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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 do you find a gap in the market?
I want to start a new business but I don't know what business to start. I know I have certain talents and aptitudes, but how do you find a gap in the market? I want to go where the money flow is and ...
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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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New Business Idea - Who owns it?
I was looking for freelance work and met with a lawyer who had some work for me. The lawyer asked if I could build a product for him. I told the lawyer I can build the product and will charge him a ...
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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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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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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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Should I pitch my idea to Angel Investors?
We have an idea for a website. I am a software developer, but I don't want to spend all my time creating this site that won't sell or be marketable or popular whatsoever, and make us no money.
Would ...
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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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It is possible to startup a sucessful software company without being a programmer?
the idea is simple. How to execute, i don't know.
I have an idea for a software. Very good and simple idea, and I think it's simple to execute too. This software can bring to life a new company. I ...
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Music management , music recondition , music … music market what do you think about it? [closed]
Hello all
in my endless brain storming ( with my self ) i was thinking about the music industry how is the
music cataloging , or music recommendation or any other music niche it can be players or web ...
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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?
( I don’t care which ...
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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 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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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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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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How to implement “infrastructure” ideas? [closed]
I have several ideas that I label "infrastructure ideas" (both physical and virtual). This means that the ideas will create completely new infrastructure (I use a very broad definition of the term) ...
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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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Making money from Improving existing products
If I come up with an improvement to an existing product, how do I protect myself when sharing it, and get some of the revenues the idea generates?
There are many times when I look at an existing ...
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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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Barriers to truly global payment processing?
As a startup in Australia, one of the problems commonly faced here is getting a suitable payment service that customers world wide can use.
It seems that since the implementation of global AML/KYC ...
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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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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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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 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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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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What's the best business book you have ever read? [closed]
I need inspirational and pragmatic business books.
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What is better to start a business: a Great Idea or Skills/Expertise?
There are two alternatives to startup path:
A great idea (to solve a gigantic consumer problem) with enormous scalability, sustainability for long-term but in a different field/industry in which the ...
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Should I pursue someone who stole my idea?
I consult to companies. I specialize in problem resolution, project management, research and occasionally, if there's a call for it, development.
Recently, I was contacted by a development manager at ...
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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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Marketing for the initial community of a community-based startup
My team is soon to release a new website. Essentially, the site is a collaborative game that relies on the community to be sustained.
What are some techniques/ideas for gathering the initial ...
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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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Mobile platform of the future
We are thinking of launching some applications on the mobile platform. However, I am not sure which platforms we should target among, iPhone, Blackberry, Symbian and Android. Any thoughts on which of ...
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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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Thinking about creating small desktop games, who is this market?
I'm thinking about starting to build and publish small desktop games and
puzzles. My background is 10 years of server c++/java programming. No GUI experience, and no gaming experience. I just love ...
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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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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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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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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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How to source deals for my daily deals website start up?
Firstly, I know what you are thinking already, "Not another daily deals website!" - it's true, I am entering an oversaturated, highly competitive market of daily deal websites. It's going to be an ...
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While H1B can I work on my interested Idea as Startup with no intention of earning?
I am on H1B. I love technology and work on small idea while having time during weekends. I want to shape my idea and setup a startup but don't want to monetize it. Does it still call business as I am ...
