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How do you get data on prices and deal offers from local merchants?
What the best way and economical to get updates about the prices and offers from local dealers?
I want to cover 58 areas local dealers/retailers from my city.
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Comunications Skills
I have technical background and founder of software startup. Now, I started learning the importance of Communications Skills in demos and meeting with prospective clients.
Any books or courses ...
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Where to find designers / programmers for equity
Investors want to see the finished project (+ maybe private beta results).
I came a long way, but I have the feeling that I cant run the last couple of miles without being surpassed by competition.
I ...
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Good ecommerce website for small transactions? [closed]
I want to sell some software online for about $10-15 per unit, probably very few units will be sold initially. Does anybody know any good ecommerce website for this kind of small and infrequent ...
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What are some of the recommended cloud services for start-ups? [closed]
What are some of the recommended cloud services for start-ups?
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Is StartUpToDo.com worth it?
Is StartUpToDo.com worth it?
Any members on this site?
The landing page is has really sold me, except that I have my doubts about whether following a recipe is the right way to go for starting a ...
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How to monetize established educational site with high volume traffic, good organic content, and high rankings
I have a website over 10 years old with over 300 pp of good organic content (all written by me), and have never advertised before. It's been up as an educational site, but I would now like to monetize ...
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Good startups resources on Europe? [closed]
I'm looking to expand my network in Europe. I have a good set of US-based sources that enable me to stay updated and in the loop about startups, funding and the sort of things I'm interested in as a ...
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Unsuccessful job posting, what did I do wrong? What should I focus on?
First, it is not my intent to abuse the Q&A forum to hire people, I'm asking about what I've done wrong. I've removed my company name, details, and industry from the posting below.
I'm a new ...
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wordpress or blogger
I am planning to start a blog that publishes information about our company and developments in the area of education and technology. Any pointers on which is better and more feature rich, Wordpress or ...
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Suggestions on sites for critiquing websites
I am looking for sites which enable users to give feedback or critiques on any sites for free.
Or for site owners to solicit feedback on their sites for site design and usability? Should not be fee ...
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What are other startup Q&A sites, and how do they compare to OnStartups? [closed]
I mainly use other SE sites, but I like the idea of a startup Q&A site. Do you have any suggestions on other sites? Also, what's the difference between the suggested site(s) and OnStartups?
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One stop shop for start-up tools and resources?
I'm looking for a website that has all the tools and resources one might need to start a company. Anything from business plan templates to legal docs to reviews on potential vendors (e.g. who should I ...
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Business plan with failure scenarios
I am helping a friend with some short to medium term scenarios/ projections for a business plan. I worked out some failure scenarios as in if the business folds in 6 months we will be able to salvage ...
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In this tough economy, what is the single best trick to survive or even thrive as a small business startup?
After all this time, it is still pretty tough to be a small business startup nowadays, but I know there are people out there who have not only survived, but are flourishing! If you had to pick one ...
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Will people still use my app if I have an alternative spelling for my domain name?
abcTech.com is already taken and I'm thinking about registering abcTek.com. Sites like de.lic.io.us (I don't even know where to put the dots) still succeeded despite their horrible names (or maybe ...
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What do you do when you have an idea _and_ money but no expertise or experience creating a technical product?
I know that seems like a "how do I cope with my spoil of riches?" type question and I apologize in advance for being the type of amateur class that for all I know has a popular tumblr blog dedicated ...
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Determining Feasability of Information Product
Having just been recently laid off, I would like to give some attention to an idea that's been incubating in my mind for a while for an information-based product. This is similar to the model of ...
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What is the best way to get commissions from transactions on my web site
I am thinking building web application where buyers and sellers could meet and buy/sell items/service. (There wont be any item to sell butthey will pay for service )
But i dont know how to get ...
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planning a full scale web application
I've been wanting to build a full scale CMS application that will target certain career workflows but the obstacle that has been in my path is that I would need to sit down and fully learn the career ...
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How do you fighting back against internet “Protection Scams”?
First this happened to a client -- and now it has happened in a slightly different configuration to me. We have become victims of a classic protection scam.
You know -- the hire us to keep bad ...
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Is it legal using virtual currency in a swapping stuff website?
The site www.listia.com uses credits as a way to buy goods through auctions. These credits are not real money with the exception that you can buy more credits with real money if you desperately want ...
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Entrepreneurs Ego clash with power game
We are a 7-month old startup, founded by three entrepreneurs with different backgrounds. We do not have any clients yet, but the product is ready and we are already in talks with four clients. One ...
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Our site sells an expensive product most people only buy once. How do we encourage word of mouth promotion?
Our start-up will sell engagement rings online. We recently discovered that a major source of traffic for the market leader is word of mouth recommendations.
We know that great customer service, and ...
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What is the most effective way to market a Local Small Business?
We have successfully launched a small business providing services locally in a couple cities. Uptake of new clients has been slow and we want to spend some of our (limited!) cash to market the ...
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How to introduce a new service to a conservative target?
We have a shop that sells to resellers. So far, we get the orders by phone calls or faxes. I have been tuning a website that will allow resellers to do all those common tasks online, plus some extra ...
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How do you organize your ideas and actions when starting something up?
I'm curious about how you guys organize your ideas for starting up a new business. I have a bunch of ideas that I never tried to implement, basically because I just don't know from where I could ...
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freelancers.com ,elance etc ask for portfolio web related
My basic idea here is for starting a software company
Well the people giving projects at freelancers and such sites basically ask for a portfolio, i have been in this field professionally for about ...
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What are must attend seminars or events for someone who is starting up?
What are some of the must go to events or seminars that someone who is looking to develop a startup company should attend.
Note: This question is location independent and goal is to find what ...
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How to startup an expensive idea?
Ok, so I've got (yet another) idea for a startup, which I think is pretty good. The innovative and most expensive part of it might just not be possible but the project could fallback to a good ...
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When creating custom products for resale, where do I go for merchandise?
If I want to have mugs printed, for instance, do I just go to the guys who print mugs for promotional uses, or is there some way to find a manufacturer? I've been looking online forever to see how ...
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Pros and cons of FatFreeCRM?
What are the pros and cons of using FatFreeCRM?
It appears to be a lightweight, open-source CRM package.
What important features in other CRM packages is it lacking?
How difficult is it to migrate ...
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Pricing model for sellers in an online store
I just finished setting up an online store that involves selling digital content, tangible items like clothes, events tickets etc. However, I have a little challenge on how to charge sellers to add ...
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What matters in leading a company?
I'm wondering, what are the main skills, knowledge, etc. for a founder/ceo/leader of the startup (this may actually refer to an already "made" company)? Does age matter or is it the thoughtfulness of ...
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Where should one register a company?
I'm not a US citizen but planning to start an international business. So I'm wondering if there's a benefit/profit/perspective of registering a company in a different country than mine, like US, for ...
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How to come up with a great idea?
Most essential part of any start up is a good idea. So what should you do (not specifically, of course), to come up with an idea (including day-to-day behavior, studying etc.)? Thanks for any answers ...
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Have you had any good experiences with training software?
There is a sea of training software out there. Many don't have open demos. I'm trying to avoid sales pitches from dozens of companies to demo their software. I'm looking for a good lead or two from ...
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Validity of Shareholder Agreement
We are a newly formed corporation in NY and have just drafted our first shareholders' agreement. There are five shareholders in all but only four of us have signed the agreement. We are acting as if ...
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Qualities Your Web design & Internet Marketing Company Must Have
Everyone want to have a website now but few of them prefer to outsource to companies in India, China etc but few want to get work done in their country, someone nearby.
Do you prefer to outsource to ...
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Website security
Last Saturday my site received an unusually high volume of brute force attacks. Yep, those darn teens from Western Europe or smart scripts from academic towns in Siberia, trying tirelessly to break ...
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What's the best automation trick you know that would relate to most startups? [closed]
Believe the question is clear, if you have questions, just let me know. All real answers will get a vote up by me, and I will select an answer in 24-48 hours. Cheers!
Example: MS-Word Mail Merge, ...
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When should a startup ask employees to sign NDA?
There are lots of contradictory opinions on signing (or not signing) an NDA. The position on this mostly depends on the point of view: is it an employee's point of view or an employer's one.
I think ...
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Rules of good email communication
What are the rules of good style in business email communication, regarding timeline of message exchanging?
I mean, how fast the incoming message should be answered? What are the most possible delay ...
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LinkedIn recommendations are great, but what can one do with them?
My small business gets a lot of LinkedIn recommendations to my personal LinkedIn account. How can I use these recos to my best advantage whilst maintaining the credibility of the nice words being ...
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Recommendations for Errors and Ommissions insurance carriers [closed]
Can someone please recommend a good insurance carrier for a comprehensive E&O policy? I have looked at Hartford but found their policy terms lacking. We are in Washington state.
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Recommend an online backup service? [closed]
Need to know of a good online backup service provider for storing some of our critical data. Anyone know of any from personal usage experience?
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Reports needed for ecommerce and advertising
I'm planning to have a develop build a CMS (in Ruby on Rails) with blogging, advertising and ecommerce integration.
Many types of reports/charts would seem necessary in such a system: Unique ...
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For mISVs that have a day job. How do you balance the effort with work, family and other obligations?
In the beginning there are so many things to do and so many paths that can take you off focus then add in that because you are a bootstrap and not willing to do a leap of faith your having trouble ...
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In the beginning.. What tools and techniques did you use to identify the market you are targeting, estimated size and who is in it?
I’ve used the following tools to get an estimate but still feel like I’m just polishing instead of verifying. So would love to hear how others have done it.
Google’s key word tool for traffic ...
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Creating an affiliate program - Commission Junction? Linkshare?
Anyone ever work with Commission Junction or Linkshare (or others) as an advertiser? I'm looking to set up an affiliate program for my marketplace app. We have the technical skill to implement an ...
