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Where can I get cheap barcodes for product? [closed]
I know there are a lot of sites out there offering UPC code leases, but the price seems astronomical per product. I have about 16 products that I want to get UPC codes for, but I can't justify ...
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Should I trust software development companies from Asia?
There are lots of sites around the internet that offer cheap labour from an offshore location. What do you think about using this type of site to speed up your local business? Is it a good idea? Has ...
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How generic a product name can be?
Let's say I created a software that automates the creation of Joomla CMS templates (this is just an example, I'm not into that). I manage to buy the domain name joomlatemplate.com. Great. But what ...
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Small office phone solutions - what do you recommend? [closed]
My company has 3 full-time people including one salesmen who makes a fair number of phone calls. Currently we all use our cell phones and I am trying to figure out a good small office solution. The ...
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Which pricing model to use for a product that requires a lot of support?
I am developing a product that potentially requires a lot of support. I am developing documentation and tutorials to remove the need for support as much as possible, but I can still see the need for a ...
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Frustrating objection to lean startup strategies
I said: "We should build a minimally viable product, push it out and see how the market respond."
Biz partner said: "No, we should build a full featured product and give a good first impression."
I ...
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Do you love your product?
It's not just a simple question. It's about how passionate you are for your idea.
Since the conception.
I'm fully passionate for my idea. Thats what turns my product into a greatest, easyiest to use, ...
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How to decide whether an idea is worth pursuing?
You have a business idea, how do you decide whether it's worth pursuing?
i.e, say you plan to provide a SaaS service to users (which you think would be very useful for people), how do you know that do ...
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Should I start talking about my future product, or should I wait till its ready?
I've registered my small consulting company about a year ago and since then we provide consulting and support for several clients, one of which is one of the industry largest organizations in the ...
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How can eCommerce (catalog) sites increase conversions?
How can sites that sell consumer goods in catalog eCommerce shopping cart websites improve conversions? Would love to hear your tips on what you feel would encourage users from simply searching for a ...
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How do you decide if your product is a “must have”?
How do you know if your product is a "Must have" or a "Nice to have"?
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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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Resources or guides to software product pricing
We found product pricing to be the hardest part of launching our product. What resources or guides (online or offline) have you found useful in thinking about pricing your product?
I'm interested ...
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How can I best utilize AdWords to test product ideas?
In order to test interest in a product, I've been told that its useful to use AdWords. What's the best way to maximize the usefulness of AdWords. How do I measure whether or not an idea is useful? ...
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Is building a better product good enough?
By building a better product I mean taking what is an existing product area that sucks and making what you believe is up to modern technology standards in terms of UX and deployment model (say web and ...
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commercial applications for visual search?
This is a video of the google goggles app which does a good job of explaining what the current state of the art in visual search can do. its also being applied to searching patents, product ...
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Customers feel good / hate about your products or services is better than no feeling?
I was watching a slide from a very successful entrepreneurial, in which his argument about users feel about products totally surprised me. Here is his idea:
How users feel about your products and ...
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Improvement of existing product
So I have (what I think) is a good improvement for an existing pet product that I use daily. There are also many people who use the same product that I think would like the modification I've thought ...
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How can some companies offer low shipping rates using FedEx?
There are companies that are able to ship a mattress with a shipping charge of $5. There are many, like Amazon, that are able to offer free shipping.
Logic tells me that you achieve this by ...
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Best time to launch my software?
Our team has been developing a product which we initially wanted to release in early November. Although we are nearing the final stages, private beta testing is continuing to reveal new and annoying ...
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I need to sell a product with my friend who funded the hardware costs, I funded the software costs
An old friend of mine suggested that I develop a piece of software so we can sell it. He has the contacts, and I am technical with no contacts. I have now finished the project, and he now needs to ...
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At what point do you cut features?
I have a couple of features in my product that are really important but, as it stands, are not fully implemented / designed or integrated.
At what point do I remove them from the product?
I know ...
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Channel Partners : How to calculate their Cut/Commission
We are developing product which is SAAS based and is expected to launch by August 12. I am in the process of finding Channel partners/*.Partners, who would help me sell the product in respective ...
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How much say should technical co-founder have in deciding features/look of half-technical product?
Consider a startup that offers a specific technical solution to a generic problem in a certain creative industry. One core part of that solution is a website, and it caters to customers mostly coming ...
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Starting New School Revenue Streams
Hey guys, it's me again. As was to be expected, I've run into funding problems with Idea School.
The quality teachers I'm looking for are worth about $50-60K per year. Now, of course, they ...
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Am I Infringing on their trademark?
I have a software program launching in approx three months. Yesterday I found out that the desired name of my software is very similar to another company's software product.
Although the products are ...
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Separate company for an unrelated product
Our main business line (software company) for the past few years has been consumer-based utilities for a very specific platform. We've built a bit of a following in the space, and are known (by folks ...
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Your experiences outsourcing product fulfillment?
I am looking for feedback from people who outsource their product fulfillment on the pros and cons of their service providers! I think the information will be helpful to the community. What should ...
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Is creating a mobile application actually a good business model
Lots of people I know think that their idea for an iPhone app is a great business idea, and could make them rich. I think it's a nightmare, akin to two-level pyramid scheme that generates revenue for ...
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First Product Launch - help!
I'm hoping to launch my first product of my first start-up in the month or so (New Year time-frame). Any advice as to how to avoid problems and get it out there quickly, easily and effectively? What ...
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Revenue sharing in Software Product Collaboration
My friend and I are planning to collaborate in developing a mobile application. We are on to the discussions on the revenue sharing. Following are details to be considered.
My friend is the owner ...
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Enterprise Software Promotion on tucows/softpedia
Does anyone have any experience to promoting enterprise software on download site like tucows/softpedia? Is it worth to try?
I'm looking a site where I can promote my product (enterprise market/web ...
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Is there a marketplace for selling original source code?
I want to sell my product, source code and all. Is there market places to list your offering?
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Commercial product name similar to open source product name
I have a commercial software product that will be launching soon.
It has a very similar name to a piece of open source software in a non-English speaking country. The only difference is a space.
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How Do You Go About Defining and Releasing a Product
Marketing your startup takes many forms. The classical marketing approach revolves around the 4 P’s: Product, Price, Promotion and Place.
For this question and answer, we will tackle your Product ...
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How to attract users for a physical product?
This probably goes along with how to attract customers to a website. But im just curious if anyone knows how to market a product thats available in the physical world and not some web service online?
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Given several similar product ideas, how do you decide which to develop?
For the past couple of weeks, I've been working on a couple products in the event/ticketing market. I need to buckle down and focus on one specific area, and I'm having trouble deciding which. Let me ...
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Strategies for finding potential customers for a tiny app
Background: I used to work for a software consulting firm. For obvious reasons, one thing that was critical to both our company and our customers was keeping track of the time spent on specific tasks. ...
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Evergreen dilemma : Product Company vs Service Company
From the title itself some of you might have guesses the question. Yes it is an ever green dilemma of entrepreneurs especially in our field. Of course I am not an exception here.
I run an IT service ...
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How do you know your product or service is market ready?
Is there a checklist or some stats that anyone has used that gives a comfort level to getting to a minimum valid product?
I'm a lone startup ISV and find that I need to take extra effort to mistake ...
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Release duplicate versions of SAAS product?
I have an SAAS product that competes with a number of others.
I thought of an idea to create a duplicate product, that does exactly the same thing but with a different name and look-and-feel (the code ...
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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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How to go about doing market research
We are looking at developing a new product but want to get the market research right first up.
It's a time keeping application with some secret sauce.
We have brain stormed a range of vertical ...
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I have a new idea for a hardware product, how do I get started?
I have a new idea for a hardware product. Unfortunately, I only have experience with software and would only be able to develop the software side of the product. I have no idea where I would start. ...
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Calculating loaded labor cost for ROI?
I'm curious if any of you calculate 'loaded' labor costs for use in ROI calculations, and what multiplier you use vs the salary.
The 'loaded labor' cost attempts to reflect the true cost of a person ...
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using consulting experience to create a new product
I provided consultancy to a client to develop a product. Its been a couple of years now and I think there is a market to build that product for other clients. My question is how does it work. Is it ok ...
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Product Internationalization: How would I do?
My Website is out and think it is a great product that makes link between professionals and individuals about jobs: you can look for quotation or propose quotations.
(I'm not trying to advertise it, ...
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What to focus on when pitching, product or underlying platform?
I'm working on launching a startup based on a new computing platform developed by my co-founders. The platform itself is very powerful and flexible, and we envision it being used as a foundation for ...
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What's the best tool for keeping track of inventory
I have all one-of-a-kind inventory, and I am struggling to keep track of it. I currently use an excel spread sheet, and have long descriptions of each item and I have about 300 items. Once I expand ...
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Business brand vs Product brand
I'm starting out building my business and plan on only ever having one product. I'm wanting input on the branding of my business and of my product. I see two ways forward. One I brand my business ...
