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Starting a blog while product is in-development stage?
I am developing an online management platform for certain type of business and I thought that it would be a really good idea to engage possible customers from an early stage by keeping a blog about ...
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Is it worth using box shots for online product sales?
I am selling professional software B2B online to engineers. Price tag around $1k.
Many online software vendors include an image of their product's packaging, a so-called "box shot". Of course, ...
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What are some good ways to bring in people to create an online “community”?
I know this has little to do with software start up companies. But throughout school and research I've concluded most startups have to go through the same things. I'm working on an event group that ...
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What are the ways to sell desktop applications
I'm figuring the ways to sell software online. I want a service that is easy to use. PayPal is good, but I'm not sure if most of the people have PayPal. Also Fortumo is a good service, it works in ...
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Does using Fulfilment by Amazon in a different country makes you liable to charge local sales tax in the country?
My business is in Canada. I sell goods online that I ship by mail. I would like to use a fulfilment center in the UK to lower the cost of shopping for my european sales. Do I become liable for local ...
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Advertising for my ecommerce startup
We are an ecommerce startup into online services in India and are looking for ways to advertise ourselves. Is google adword or facebook ad a good choice? Also does getting big time into social media ...
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Starting an Online E-commerce business
Currently, I am working as a Web Developer and looking to start an online business in my spare time.
My Project is to create an ecommerce website, initially in the UK, for the latest mens and womens ...
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What kind of skills should I look for in a Head of Marketing?
IT used to be said that half of the money you spent on advertising was wasted - but you couldn't tell which half (bonus points to anyone who know who originated that). Online marketing is different, ...
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Online Meeting Software for a Startup
There are 5 other members in the startup and they work in different locations. We are looking for online meeting software suitable for a small distributed workforce. It has to support at least voice ...
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Online sales and startup
What is the best way to go about getting more profit and paying less tax when it comes to selling something strictly online?
Say I have a dual citizenship, to Canada and Mexico. And I do all my work ...
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Marketing - Competitor goes out of business
I've read that the online image editor app http://www.picnik.com closes.
How should a competitor react on such a message? What marketing measures are the right ones to reach users that are looking ...
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Charging U.S. sales taxes on product purchased online and sold from foreign location
We are building an online application that will allow users to create and purchase high-quality typographic logos and business cards. The application is taking a while to develop so we've decided to ...
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How to start a UK online business? (admin)
A few years ago I had an idea for an online business, its going to operate as a freemium model and simply deal with information no tangible goods. since then I have been creating the site learning ...
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Why is it necessary for online marketing to be mobile-friendly?
Can online marketing still survive even if it isn't mobile-friendly? What advantages can it give to online marketing?
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What is a fair equity offer when there is no salary?
A professional colleague/friend of mine is putting together a product that is in demand from Educators and students and has asked me to join in - he has funded the wireframing of the online venture ...
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What state do I need to file taxes in for my online business?
We have an online web development business with no true 'physical' address.
We have incorporated in DE, I reside in CA and use my address for the contact information and my partner who is a true ...
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How do I advertise the products in my rental business?
I am starting an electronic rental business. Legally, am I allowed to put advertisements in print and web for my business that feature a picture of the electronic and name saying that I rent these ...
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Making Account Creation Compulsory?
I'm hoping to start and finish a simple application (simple, so in 3 months?)
To declare the opening of a startup, and because I would like to incorporate communication between my application's ...
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Should company name include .com?
During the process of registering a LLC, it you are supposed to call it CompanyName, LLC.. My company is an online business. Is it best to register the offical name as CompanyName.com, LLC or ...
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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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Moving from one cloud-based CRM to another?
We're a small healthcare-related services company with one sales rep, whom I manage. We are trying out the Salesforce.com contact manager and it seems to do the job for what we need. We use Google ...
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Online Retail for the former Soviet republics
I am curious as to whether anyone has any insight into running a online retail business in the former Soviet Republics. Most of the western world is quite used to Credit Cards, and other electronic ...
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I have started an online forum for university students, how do I get users?
My website is rather unique in what it offers to users. Not only does it offer a forum specific for different subjects, but it includes Links boards and News boards for the subjects where users can ...
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Best companies offering good looking advertising online to include in webpages?
Does anyone have experience with serious companies offering good looking advertising to put on web pages. I am thinking about something like Google adsense, but the typical advert is really ugly:
I ...
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Register company on H-1B, registration process for California and online business requirement?
Three questions:
Can I register a company/ business in the US on H-1B visa?
Does an online business need to be registered with the state or country?
If answers to the above are yes, then what's ...
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Overview of online payment?
I know Stack Exchange is meant to answer precise questions instead of discussing a subject, so would like to know where to find a good forum to discuss issues related to online payments (eg. how to ...
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Advertising with buysellads.com
Anyone used buysellads.com? Do you recommend this provider or do you know of a better one? If so, why is it better than buysellads.com?
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I will live in 0% income tax zone, and my service is provided online, will I be obligated to pay any tax
Specifically I'm thinking of living in UAE. They don't have a tax treaty with the USA, but if the service is an online service, owned only by me and not incorporated, am I liable for anything? (I am ...
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How to earn incentive on my website?
I have a website named Digital Flicks and its a website on most of the Web technology updates. Now the problem I have is that I want to monetize the website soon. I want to know some Ad Publishing ...
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What is a possible net worth value for online start-ups 3-5 years in their existence?
I understand there is nothing like typical scenario for this, however what do you think is a possible net worth value for an online start-up in 3-5 years time, considering that the business is on a ...
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How should I list all the features?
I now have my website up. I have listed top 6 features on "homepage". I have 29 vital features to my service (Live-Chat) that needs to be listed on "features" page. I tried various templates but they ...
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How to be competitive on freelance sites
I am a web designer/developer in the US and I am very interested in obtaining freelance work via the Internet. However, sites such as ODesk and Elance seem unfavorable to freelancers who need to ...
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Are online incorporation and contract forms sufficient?
Myself and two others have founded a start up and would like to incorporate. There are several sites that set up and file online (LegalZoom being one example), and I was wondering if in early stages ...
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How should I accept payments from clients for my online business?
I will be offering services virtually through my online business. What options are there for accepting payment electronically? There is the obvious one PayPal, but are there any others worth looking ...
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Should I have a “presence” on Facebook & Twitter & Google+?
I have a habit of registering my own name on social sites, just to ensure that nobody impersonates me. Now, starting a business, I am doing the same with the business name and the product name:
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Beta testing free of charge? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Advice on getting early Beta testers
I am a representative for Movieggs, a Swedish IT start-up, looking for beta testers. As we are self-funded we do not have the ...
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looking for Accounting solution
I am looking for an accounting solution. I have an online store where I currently use PayPal, Shopify, and of course my own bank. I have not been able to find a good accounting solution yet. I am ...
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What entails conducting business in a state?
I am looking to form an Partner LLC in one of the tax haven states. I have been looking up the Pro's and Con's of doing this and it seems the major Con is that you still have to file and pay fee's in ...
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Sell Shares in a retail startup
I have a 50% stake in a retail online start-up that has been in business more than a year. I got accepted to business school and start in August 2013. My partner claims that I will not be motivated to ...
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How can I apply the Lean Startup technique to an online course
The course will be made up of videos and we're going to have them professionally filmed all at one time, and we won't be able to do them twice, so I'm not sure how I would make a minimum viable ...
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are lead lists still used? by whom?
have lead lists gone the way of the dinosaur or are they still used today.
I am asking because I became the owner of a leads database and i wanted to try coding a website to make them available ...
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Does anyone know of golfcentric angel investors?
I have been working on finding an investor for the LTPGA - The Less Than Perfect Golfers Association, Inc.
Finding a golf-centric angel who has a sense of humor would be ideal.
The basic math is ...
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looking for inexpensive solution for backing up files on hosted server
There are so many free and low-cost options to backup desktop files on the cloud (Moxy, CrashPlan, SpiderOak, etc.). Doesn't seem like any of these support servers (e.g. remote monitors). Anyone know ...
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What is the size of Advertising market in India?
Does any one know the size of Advertising market in India(2011) and what is the share of different mediums(tv, radio, internet, mobile)?
Thanks
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Can I change my online e-commerce store from Ireland to UK
I'm Irish and I'm in the process of registering my business which is an online store selling products which is currently being manufactured. I won't need a warehouse to store the products as I will be ...
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Partnering with Developer, is it a good idea? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
I am planning to do an online business with a web developer. In the meantime, I own a site which is ...
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Is there any licence to build online business where the admin can buy the products from wholesellers and sell through online
I had an idea of online business where the buyer can buy their products from the online store, called as e commerce website. In this the website owners will buy the goods from the wholesellers and ...
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Starting an online food retail store
Want to start an online food retail store selling mostly dried foods from all around the world. Start up capital is approximately $2000. I already have my online store application built, initial ...
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Marketing Education ERP with partners
We have an ERP product that is targeted at schools, colleges, small & large institutes.
We are looking to sell this product online with SaaS model.
The product is ready and we are now looking ...
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Is there such thing as a “real virtual computer” [closed]
Myself and a few others have been doing a bit of research and couldn’t find anything on the following.
A virtual pc, where I could use my not-so-good current pc but have access to a much better, ...
