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Silicon Valley No-No's [closed]
Leo Widrich begins his recent post "The Pitch Deck We Used To Raise $500,000 For Our Startup," by saying, "One of the big no-no’s we’ve learnt about early on in Silicon Valley is ..."
What are the ...
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The Road not Taken … where's the restart button?
If failed at a business startup, what does it take to have another go?
Precis: Left a safe academic job to start up my own services company ... just in time for the Global Financial Crisis. So now ...
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Backend software for - pre-sales, sales, offline bookings cycle [closed]
I'm helping a friend out who is starting up a business providing bookings in independently-owned serviced apartments (in Cambodia) and I'm trying to find out what software (open source or otherwise) ...
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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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Copyright infringement issue google play (An android app)
Today I received a mail from Google which state that your app has been removed from Google play due to copyright infringement. The person who register this copyright issue is a person who run his non ...
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when invest in new ideas?
I've been working on a new product for a year. This new product allows me to start developing custom software to fit the needs of each customer but developing the same software isn't very interesting. ...
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Is it practical to start a small business while still employed
I have a business idea and would like to start up my own company (providing solutions to theme parks). I could write the software in my own time however im worried starting a business whilst still ...
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Create website promotion video
How can I create a promotional video explaining "How to use my website"
a) It should show the screen movements of my cursor explaining different features of my website.
b) There should be a ...
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getting reviews on a new website?
I am starting a price comparison website of a niche product category. when I go live I want reviews of the products and the vendors to exists. I see a lot of reviews on yelp and other review sites, ...
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Would you recommend any business insurance provider? [closed]
I need to purchase general and professional liability business insurance and I was wondering if there are any insurance providers you would recommend. Located in Atlanta, GA.
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Recommended Web Site Host
I am working on developing a website for our startup organization...
I have been researching possible website hosts that would be good for us.
The hosts which I have ran across which are appealing ...
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Is there a video conference app that will allow you to share screens? [closed]
Is there a video conference app(preferably an iPad app) that would allow two people to view the same screen. For example, revising a slide or browsing while chatting and collaborating.
Ivisit do it ...
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FLOSS licensing: should I force copyleft notice in footer?
I'm developing a fairly large web-application with a public-facing JSON REST API, mobile apps for every platform (using AngularJS with Apache Cordova) and specialised e-commerce configurable by users.
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CRM/support software recommendations? [closed]
Up until very recently we were doing all support through our support e-mail address. However, as the business grows, it is getting harder and harder to follow through support requests and dispatch ...
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Recommend a good support ticket system that integrates with Salesforce [closed]
I have a question similar to the following
http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/1876/low-cost-issue-tracker-maybe-with-crm
I'm looking for a issue tracking system that integrates with Salesforce, ...
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Best affiliate programs? [closed]
Does anyone have experiences with Affiliate programs? I have signed up and started using LinkShare but I am not thrilled with the companies and banners to choose from. Any other good options out ...
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How to build a productive websites sites like elance, vworker and other?
If I want to get a website build like elance where companies and users post their jobs looking for online bidders.How easy/tough it is going to be considering that its not any new idea.OR is it a very ...
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Can you recommend an alternative to google Adsense for on-topic ads? [closed]
I am running a website and wish to get some revenues from ads. I tried google Adsense but I do not like the fact that the ads are completely off-topic compared to my site. I checked google adsense faq ...
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Legalities of company rating system
I'm thinking about starting work on a system that allows companies that have previously done business together to essentially rate their experience. Allowing other users to see if their potential ...
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Does a visible sales tracking board have a positive effect on the sales team?
We are considering tracking sales in our business and within the company publicly displaying the performance of the team and each member.
What are good ways to implement this and is such a strategy ...
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Terms and Conditions for a Meetup.com-style network?
I am about to open up registrations to my open-source meetup.com alternative, but am worried about the legal side.
What sort of things should I put in the Terms and Conditions, and do I need them to ...
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Is Micropreneur Academy worth it?
Is Micropreneur Academy worth it? Any members on this site? Also, what does it cost?
Background:
I read the 'Software by Rob' blog and think he has some very good advice for the whole micro-ISV ...
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What's the simplest way to calculate my tax burden?
I'm looking at starting an online game, with revenue coming in through the purchase of in-game bonuses. I've got a team of four people, counting myself, working on setting it up, and it should be ...
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Has anybody tried commissions on deviantart?
I'm extremely interested in this artist: Breisa. Her artworks are really good, and I'd like to commission her. Has anybody ever tried commissioning on deviantart before? How did it go? Were the ...
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What's a good book for learning business law? [closed]
Most books on business rarely talk about the legal side of business. After reading some business books I have realised that there's so many things about legal side of business that we have to ...
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Sales pipelines. Should you only have 1 in a B2B software development company?
So you understand our scope: We are a custom software development company who have 2 primary markets
Mid sized companies who have ongoing internal needs for automation
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Finding website developers for multi-site e-commerce integration
I am associated with a number of electronic bulk suppliers who have their own website.
I plan to develop a site that shall work as search engine similar to cheapflights.com where they search for ...
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How to get name recognition for your startup?
I was wondering what is a good way to get your company/yourself a known name? Meaning that there obviously several methods to achieve popularity and to provide people a good quality so that they would ...
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How to get permission/integrate with ERP legally?
I created my own product(P) which is pretty much standalone but would benefit a LOT if it integrates with existing ERP package(ERP). Integration can be done 2 ways:
read only where I pull data from ...
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Are there any viable alternatives to Paypal for a small site?
I don't want to have the hassle of dealing with credit card or direct payments directly on my website, the volume and amount of transactions don't justify the effort.
I've set up Paypal on the site ...
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What specific metrics should I collect as I'm monitoring an early stage web startup?
I'm looking to measure performance of a web-service, and collect meaningful information. What metrics should I be looking for, in order to measure how well the startup is doing?
What have you used in ...
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Collaborating with virtual marketing teams?
I understand there are a LOT of project management tools out there. But they all seem to be focused on development teams. Now my startup will include a distributed marketing team, so i would like to ...
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Sales Commission website with Geolocation?
I'm looking for a Customer Relationship Management solution with an easy to use interface.
The simplest way to describe what I'm looking for is through a [very rough!] mockup:
The idea is that the ...
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Am I missing anything or am I ready to begin selling?
My business is a New Zealand based IT hardware and support business focusing solely on small to medium businesses in my local region - Wellington.
I have built the website.
I have registered the ...
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Best offshore merchant account
What is a good options for an offshore merchant account? I'm not located in the US where it is easy to get a good merchant account, do you know of any good options in offshore locations?
The country ...
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Fulfilment services?
I have started an online business and was considering using a fulfilment service but all the providers seem to be to expensive for my needs. The majority of the products we sell weigh less than 2g ...
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Which web design Agency to help design a product website / launch?
We got a product and during the launch we need a good, well designed website with product features etc.
Now we wrote all the features and prepared some scenarios for product showcase, videos, ...
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Project management software
My, to put it mildly, understaffed and overworked startup is trying hard to not reinvent the wheel and outsource as much tasks as possible. So we are currently on the look out for a great project ...
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Writing a Company Profile for a early stage startup?
Some key aspects include:
1] Writing the product desciption (obvious).
2] Describing unique features of the product.
3] Adding some personality to writing.
4] Describing use cases for the product.
5] ...
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How to start a web development/design business without appearing too “corporate”?
These days, I've noticed that a lot of the one man (woman) shops all try to appear larger than life, i.e. go for a corporate look. I find that given how Social Media has progressed, this isn't a very ...
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Recommended toll-free teleconference provider [closed]
What providers are recommended for a toll-free teleconference number?
Requirements/Capabilities
Toll-free call-in phone number
Recording made available via MP3 or other openly available audio ...
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Are future earnings always about your reputation
Are future earnings always about your reputation. To get my start-up up and running I will need to short-circuit a relationship I believe is flawed.
This basically means cutting out a middle man and ...
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Does using DISQUS make people comment more?
I am feeling the effect of seeing DISQUS on certain blogs in that it makes me more likely to comment. Is this true for others here? Does any blog/site owner have data on increased comment counts after ...
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Cost-effective but good Business VOIP providers [closed]
Similar topics have been discussed before, but I was wondering what startups are using now for a good reasonably priced VOIP service. I have heard about most of the players in the market, some are ...
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Anyone recommend a startup-friendly PR firm? [closed]
I'm looking for a a recommendation for a startup-friendly PR firm. Anyone have a firm they'd recommend?
I see this question but there aren't any recent answers to the question. Anyone have any new ...
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Reliable Windows host, with PHP?
I have a client that has a .NET saas. We're looking for a reliable Windows/.NET host with Sql Server 2008 host that has good support. The gotcha is it also needs to support php and mysql for a ...
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What should be the typical starting amount for an Adwords campaign?
We are looking to start an Adwords campaign for our startup. We are keen to know what levels of spend people started at and what responses they found to be typical. for reference this is a service ...
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CRM / lead management software?
Can anyone recommend CRM / lead management software?
We have a bunch of customer leads, and managing them using a Google doc is getting unwieldy.
We are looking for an inexpensive solution, ...
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What is better, apply early to accelerator programs, as a single founder, or wait until I have a team?
I am in a conundrum. Accelerator programs such as YCombinator and TechStars advise entrepreneurs to apply as early as possible for additional consideration. However they stress out that they are ...
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How do you make people start searching with your keyword phrase?
I have found a good keyword phrase to target, however, there is no global or local search for it. How do I make a user start typing my keyword phrase, which is almost at zero according to the Google ...
