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Need help to understand the pros and cons between open source vs closed source license for webapp?
I'd like to ask you for the help/advise to come out of the problem that came out recently in our group.
We're working for 3-4 months on the web application similar to http://instagram.com/ or ...
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Should we add “About -> The Team” when our company is only 5 people?
It's widespread among (mostly web development) non-huge companies to add a page about the team members of their company, like SE's Team page here, where they have separate page for their team, or ...
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Changing my publication name to another one
I have launched a publication last year August 2012. So far I have 365 readers. Now I realised that the market is changing and also need to get along with the change. I also want to incorporate a ...
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Appropriate equity for marketing / development work?
Looking for a little guidance on an equity offer for a project I'm involved in.
I was approached six months ago by a founder-developer who has written software to accomplish an idea originated by a ...
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How much equity should I give up to the app developers?
I am in the process of designing a mobile app and i'm at the stage where I need to finalise the cost with the developers. They have sent me a quote which I believe to be quite high, however they have ...
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Help with SaaS and bookkeeping
I am going to start a company for a simple online service which should sell digital goods to customers. Since I am new in running business world there are few things I need to learn. I've tried to ask ...
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Small fee service and bookkeeping
I want to minimise startup costs so by reading many useful posts here I've came to a conclusion that bookkeeping and accountancy are the biggest cost if you are starting small.
My service is going to ...
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How should we compensate a non-founder in a new web-based business who is critical to the launch of the business?
We are in the very early stage of organizing and launching a new web-based business. There are two co-founders - one who is CTO and one who is CEO. In addition, we will be including a third person ...
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One person Startup SaaS
I am currently in planning phase for a SaaS application for the UK market. The idea is it will be a small application with few functionality to begin with and then add new features as we go. Initially ...
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Starting local (non-English) news portal, where to get free content? Paid content at reasonable price?
Starting local news portal on specific industry. Lets assume, that this is healthcare news, and portal is in French.
Question is: where to get news sources for that portal like latest news and ...
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'Using' others' ideas - what's the legality?
So a bunch of friends are always pitching ideas to each other.
One day, one of my friends does one of these "this would be a great idea for a site". It's blown off as another of his 'ideas', but to ...
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Using Verb as Prefix in company URL
I have came up with a term for the company I want to make. Please read it's company not a Product URL. The names that usually came in my mind were:
MyCompanySoft
MyCompanyTech/Technologies
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CTO, what are the key elements that define your vision?
Maybe i'm mixing CTO with VP of Engineering here. But as a CTO early on in a 5 person startup that haven't built a prototype yet...What are the key topics or areas that you must have a vision for once ...
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What are some good ways to find early adopters potentially interested in your new business idea? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best Place to Get Good Constructive Feedback on New Site
I'm thinking about practices to get early adopters before you have actually built a functional version of your ...
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Reasonable split for non money making start up
A friend of mine has a website that is generating decent traffic. I'm a web designer and he has asked me to re-design it all and build part of it. Part of the work involves helping him make decisions ...
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Fired from startup, vested equity
I was recently terminated from a startup without cause, where I was one of several founders owning a decent percentage of stock. We also had an angel investor (incubator) in with us for a small ...
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How many times can I use BizSpark?
I just learned about BizSpark and found it quite perfect for bringing my ideas to life as startups.
I have 3-4 ideas, but I want to start with 1 at a time. Suppose I work on an idea for 1 year and ...
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Does one man startup require signing any legal documents?
Ok, let say. I have created a web based application, registered a domain name, and hosted it on the Internet. Can I say it's a one man startup?
If not, then: What will it be if I just host my app on ...
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Subscription billing for a B2B SaaS
I understand I can either go with a combination of:
Payment Gateway (ex: Authorize.net)
and
Subscription management service (Spreedly, Cheddargettar)
or go with one solution that provides both these ...
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1 man coder/designer/marketeer best practice/strategy for launching social network startup?
Is there a best practice roadmap based on proof of concepts methods when you release a webapplication / startup as a 1-man "company" ?
There are several options I have been looking at for getting out ...
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How to get vendors to be on a coupon site
I'm woking on a startup where we will put coupon codes on our website and in return we will get 3% of the net revenue of that sale. My question is how could I get vendors on this website? I don't ...
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Advice on software startups
Well, I have an idea, which I think it is very cool, and also have potential to package as a service. But it is only the idea, I need a product or service to make a living or earning cash flow, also, ...
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Getting Paid in Equity - what is the simplest way to structure payment for consulting work in equity?
I'm opening a small start-up consulting business and would prefer to be paid in equity. It's unusual, I know, but it's my preference.
What is the simplest way to structure an equity-pay transaction ...
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has anyone applied “lean business practice” to the initial startup team?
Instead of thinking about the "product" and iterative cycles of prototyping while building a community who will be your future market, has anyone played with simultaneously iterative cycles of company ...
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Choosing between startup, juicy job offering, or both
I'm kind of in the dilemma of choosing between continuing with my startup or accepting a very well paid and intellectually motivating job offering from a multinational company who just opened a local ...
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Are there any blogs or websites introducing new website? [closed]
I want to know is there any blogs or websites introducing some of new websites?
New start-up websites are always looking for report and introduction by other famous websites.
As we know, ...
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What is the state of (desktop) micro ISVs in the U.S. now?
I'm interested in understanding the state of what I'll call "desktop micro ISVs" in the U.S. in 2011. By this I mean one-person computer software companies, creating desktop computer software, and ...
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It's a very new concept and struggling to convince the world in 3 seconds- help?
We have a very unique platform - connecting people by analyzing their wishes, worries, desires & dreams. People are not used to it, but when we speak then people get it. People spend 3 seconds on ...
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What advantages do tech startups with tax exempt 501(c)(3) status enjoy beyond tax exemption, if any?
This past March I co-founded a (for-profit) NV corporation, which created a Facebook App in the C2C social gifting space. This software, however, can be used in multiple industries, and I wanted to ...
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Where to find a part time coder who will code for free with me in return they become a partner?
I am a developer and I have a few ideas for web apps to build which can create revenue.
I work full time and can only work on a project in my spare time. Because I am alone, I figured it would take me ...
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What are basic steps to creating a simple marketing strategy for a small startup?
I have started a small startup online business. I need to drive traffic to the site and create new users - a classic "inbound marketing" problem. I have seen that people have asked similar questions ...
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Adding LITE version to current product
I have a web-based service that requires a paid subscription. In fact I have the following subscription levels:
3-day trial
1 month
1 year
In my personal opinion, the main value of the service ...
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Startup Equity Disagreement
I was recently a member of a small startup. I made the mistake of waiting too long before discussing equity/payment. Once we did discuss everything there were many disagreements and I eventually just ...
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Low Barriers to entry
I am looking to start a service business that has very low barriers to entry and I am concerned with competition. Has anyone had a similar problem or concern? If so, what have you done to overcome ...
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Should we purchase Twitter an Facebook followers to show interest?
We have our presentation at startup weekend later today. Is it a recommended strategy to purchase follower lists on our Twitter and Facebook fan page sites to show interest? Or would that be ...
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Freelance or Small Startup in germany
I want to open a small company (potentially just Freelance) in germany and am unclear about some of the laws. What i need to know about are billing and tax laws, like how much am i required to pay in ...
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If you're working on a project that's not yet a company how do you give ownership to others?
I'm working on a personal project that I hope to be able to turn into a company onwards into the future. If I incorporated now I feel it would bring in a lot of legal issues I'm not capable of dealing ...
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Is it better to pay more up front for a custom coded website, or go with open source CMS?
Is it better to pay more up front for a custom coded website, or go with open source CMS, which is a much more economical alternative.
Specifically for this bootstrapped micro startup, there is one ...
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How do I price website advertisements?
We want to start selling ad space on our niche website, however are unsure at what factors make up the ad price.
We will start offering ad space once we are getting 3k-5k visitors per month. Based on ...
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Good options for credit card processing
I'm bootstrapping a micro-startup hosting service with very, very little capital.
All of my customers will have recurring billing with a possible trial period. Initially I integrated with ...
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What to do next? Micro startup existential crisis
I built a small web app based on the freemium model. Free accounts are free forever, paid accounts have 3 tiers: 5, 15 and 25 bucks a month. I'm the only person behind the app, 100% self funded.
The ...
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Can I publish a website or sell a software product personally?
I am wondering that if I want to publish a website or selling a software product, is it mandatory to register a company?
Since website and software can easily sold cross countries boundaries, is ...
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How to start spread the fire
I've gotten a page up and running. It's some what appealing but not the best in the world. I am wondering how I can start spreading the word, fire, using Facebook.
I've gotten the site up, I've ...
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Startup: What now?
I am currently planning a start up. I have got the following things done.
Register the Inc.
Make Email accounts
Make contracts and sign them with Co-Founders
Competitor Analysis
Marketing Plan
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Is Employer's Liability Insurance necessary to operate in the UK?
After doing a bit of research into sponsoring foreign workers from a UK based company, I came across something interesting; according to the UK Border Association, a small business must have ...
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Benefits of private vs public beta?
Here's the scenario:
There is a product with a high learning curve while it's still in beta, but this will be alleviated in the release version.
The product is at a point where it is no longer ...
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What are small projects that generate tiny amounts of recurring passive revenue?
What are different techniques for generating tiny amounts of recurring passive revenue?
Bonus points if the techniques is not glamorous or web 2.0. Consider the success of things like Bingo Card ...
