Questions regarding the presence on various aspects and applications available on the network known as the "Internet"
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Startup Documentaries for IT industry
I am looking for more startup documentaries/movies. The ones I have seen:
On Startups
E-Dreams
Startup dot com and its follow up ABC News UpClose Kaleil Tuzman
The Social Network
On PC industry
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Is there any categorization or in-depth analysis of business models based on the Internet?
I was searching for some information, analyses and categorization for business models that are used in Internet-based businesses (basically: in the businesses that are conducted through the Internet).
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I have a great idea for a web site. I created a prototype. Now what?
An idea came to me a couple years ago. I saw a good opportunity for a web site, something that doesn't exist yet. I created a working prototype. Now what?
It's going to take a chunk more money to ...
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Do testimonials have any significant impact on sales?
Testimonials seem to be a great idea (social proof, etc), but I'm not sure they have any meaningful impact on sales. And they could actually be causing problems for our existing customers. For ...
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Accurately Estimating the revenue of an internet company like StackExchange
This question is a bit of an abstract thought experiment, so if you do not like such things I encourage you to stop reading.
I tend to have no intuition on the profit and revenue of internet ...
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Selling a high quality domain name
What is the best way to sell a high quality (dictionary word) domain name?
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I'm not a geek but I want to start an online business
I have no web-building background but I genuinely believe in an online business. I wish to build an online directory and I have little budget as of now.
So should I:
1. Go get educated
2. Rope in an ...
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2answers
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Your business website experiences a bad crash; what's your protocol for communicating with customers?
Having my business website crash (bad) recently was one of the toughest few days since becoming a Founder. My former hosting company experienced a major server issue. A planned re-boot caused a couple ...
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What is the best book on marketing you have ever read?
What is the best book on marketing you have ever read?
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Does it matter which state I incorporate in if I don't live in the US?
I'm a US citizen, and would like to start an internet company in the US, however I don't live in the US. As my kind of work can be done virtually, a physical presence isn't necessary. Typically when ...
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Picking a domain for new company
There are so many domain names taken, but the sites there are like haunted houses. Is there a way of repossessing them? Like offer to begin an auction?
Best,
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How do you hire your first people to your startup?
I really wonder how do you hire your first employees if you were working on an internet startup alone. I really wonder if there are experienced people which started their startup alone and expand it. ...
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How do I attract users to an empty website so that they can add content?
I have started a website that I believe will be very useful, however it requires the public to report their own experiences. The problem is that when people visit the site they see that it doesn't ...
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3answers
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How Much Work Is Too Much Work?
I'm a freelance developer, formerly from the business sales world (Capital One Bank, HSBC Bank). About six years ago, before I knew ANYTHING about programming, I got involved with an internet startup ...
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WhoIs- what is the meaning of “Record expires on 06-Sep-2010”? [closed]
I'm looking to buy a domain name that is currently held by someone. The record info (WhoIs) on GoDaddy says:
Record expires on 06-Sep-2010.
Record created on 06-Sep-2006.
Database last ...
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7answers
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Is it a real pain? Should I spend a couple of month of my time on it?
I always hear that a good idea is to solve people's pain. Here I have one:
Pain: When I really want to talk
to some one. His/her phone is always
busy/no answer/please leave message
... etc. So I ...
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4answers
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How will HTML5 impact the internet landscape?
I attended Geek Fest today in Charlotte, NC and attended a session from Hunter Loftis (@hunterloftis) Along with some new cool features of HTML5, I learnt that HTML5 has huge potential for being used ...
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4answers
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Datacenter internet UK? (Where to get 1GBPS?)
I'm planning to have one good server computer (Intel Xeon processor) running some linux server distro handling all the files for my file hosting website. I can buy it plenty of space (I assume I can ...
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3answers
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Where to start business. I am planning to move countries - can my business when started relocate easily?
I currently live in South Africa, but I am an Australian citizen. I am planning to relocate to the UK for 2 years and then Ireland indefinitely. I am building an online business to market a product ...
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2answers
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How to sell advertising space on the website during initial stages?
I'm building a web application for an academic community. I'm relying on advertisements as the revenue model for my business. My website is currently in its very initial stage so, how can I get the ...
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2answers
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Should I Incorporate in Nevada for Internet Business?
I have an internet based business with no physical location and my business partners all live in different states.
I want to incorporate and was thinking about doing it in Nevada or Delaware. The ...
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2answers
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Domain names price trends?
What should I expect to pay for a domain name that is held by an owner (in Panama, for what it's worth), but is not used or well monetized? It's a single dictionary word that was used as a movie ...
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What is needed to digitally sell and distribute software (videogames) to the US?
I'm currently developing a game with a few friends and have plans to sell it and distribute it worldwide via digital means. I'd like to know what I should take into consideration if I want to sell the ...
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Are there any genuine online job/work that can earn you some money?
This may be a vague question but i was always wondering this, of course i am not talking about spamming nor things like that but about genuine and reliable online job/work that can be done from your ...
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2answers
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What is consumer internet?
Can anyone give me a one or two sentence definition of the term "Consumer Internet"? I feel like it is a phrase that is getting thrown around an awful lot, yet it seems extremely ambiguous. In ...
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Should the time devoted to development be proportional to the market share?
Should the time spent on developing a new software product be proportional to the market share of the platform? For example, if Android is 50% of the market share and Apple is 25%, then for every 2 ...
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website still active although supplier and trading office cancelled agreement
How can one legally make a company remove the website due to false representation. The domain belongs to the trading company as well as the company name. But the supplier has terminated the ...
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Legal procedures of starting up an internet company
What are the legal procedures that one has to complete after he has done coding the great idea?
Do you suggest launching an idea upon completion of the project, and see how people react or shall one ...
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Will video replace all images in the future?
In this day and age, images share a peaceful coexistence with video on the Internet. In the future, as download speeds get faster and broadband access reaches all 3rd world countries, is it possible ...
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What is the best way to market on the internet when you're a business to business startup?
I'm in the process of launching my start-up and I just finalized my website today. I'm beginning to enter the initial marketing stage of my business but I'm not sure what strategies I should ...
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Can I outsource myself?
If I plan to do a purely internet based startup, could I outsource myself to the cheapest place on Earth, and manage my startup from there?
This way, my cost of living would be minimal, while my ...
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2answers
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How to spot a good social media marketer
It's a bit subjective but helpful and on-topic IMO, mayebe should be made community wiki
I've been in contact with some guest bloggers lately which are interested in publishing posts on my website's ...
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How to Start-Up and Internet marketing company?
We would like to start up an “Internet Marketing Company” to market our own product range. We have minimal experience in online marketing. We are not sure even where to begin with this.
What would ...
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Browsing Internet by Satellite is a good idea? [closed]
Is it worth to apply for an internet subscription through Satellite?
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At what stage should I approach a business mentor to join my company?
I have an internet business that I am going to pursue. I am just at the Business plan stage and putting together my team. I have got an excellent internet entrepreneur in mind that I would like to ...
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What is more important: Uniqueness of Idea or Marketing?
It would seem to me that users would more likely frequent a site that is well marketed (SEO, etc.) rather than one that is technically superior but has less exposure on the web. Going by this it would ...
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For an educational service startup, what would be the effect if we provide expert-exchange through webinars?
We are making a I.T based framework, which contains
visual learning,
MCQ-exam,
student performance analytic.
We think to put expert-exchange service in our business model.
Here experts means the ...
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views about the competition between Internet Companies in Chinese
Nowadays the hottest top about the Internet is the competition between "360"(a Free Antivirus Software in China) and Tencent(the ower of QQ,a famous IM software in China),The take computers of ...
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Internet Marketing lessons/course for a startup founder [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to promote my business using social networking
Hi All,
I am going to roll up my sleeves and learn internet marketing to make my startup succeed. Need help with ...
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What to do before offering e-services from EU to US?
Planning to export e-services (online services, Internet-based, SaaS) from a EU-based company to the US market, what are key things to consider ?
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How do you use web data with heuristics to group customers
I've read a few blogs on identifying a customer type from how they get onto your page. I'm not familar with these techniques but the implications I find intriguing and would like to incorporate onto ...
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how to describe and market web applications creation service to Internet newbies
I am a web applications programmer and having created web applications for education, health and private investigations industries and seeing the value in doing this, I feel I am ready to start my own ...
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Domain squatting Business illegal?
I was thinking about this, is domain squatting illegal ?
I've initially thought that it was illegal, and there are people quoting various laws and stuff that says it's illegal, but after looking at ...
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Finance questions for an Internet Startup and getting a seed investment?
I was wondering if there are any guides to helping set a seed finance budget. I have a few questions I guess.
I have a friend that is willing to invest into my idea, but he wants me to put a business ...
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Where can i find the book “America's most successful start-ups: An entrepreneur's handbook”
I'm desperatly loooking for it, and I can't find it anywhere online.
FINGER, M./SAMWER, O. (1998): America's most successful start-ups. Wiesbaden 1998.
Thanks a lot for your help
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Can I incorporate my internet business in California/Delaware without a “physical address”?
I am planning a startup in internet space and I live in California. I do not wish to use my home address as the place-of-business (physical) address in the incorporation documents due to concerns ...
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How could I validate a product that saves large SaaS biz money on bandwith?
My business idea deals with compressing the traffic coming out of web apps to the client. I can show the bandwidth differences with and without my software.
How do I know validate if companies will ...
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Where to set up an international internet business?
We are expanding our danish internet business to other countries (Germany, Spain, UAE...). This means that we will hire a couple of sales people in each country. The question is if we should register ...
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Business opportunities around IPv6?
(I asked this a while back on startups.com but didnt receive any response. I hope its not a problem posting here)
There's a coming shortage of IPv4 addresses, for which IPv6 is the solution. eg: ...
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Satellite wireless internet for your laptop? [closed]
I want to get satellite wireless internet for my laptop, so I can get on the internet even if there is no standard wireless internet connection.
I want the satellite wireless to work in the US, and ...
