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How do I boil down my research into products? [closed]
Whilst studying I conducted valuable research based around ideas of gamification, design thinking, open source etc. I have a great resource at my disposal I feel. Some of it is directly related to a ...
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Need a service but I don't know much about it
As a decision maker in my startup I want to be better informed when contracting someone for a service, especially.
Years ago I was led to believe anyone with a computer and good eye could easily make ...
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Using Adwords for research
Sometimes, including on this forum, I read advice to use Adwords for market research. Looks simple: find a few terms that describe your product idea, see how many people are searching for it, put up ...
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Crowdsource Market Research
I have an idea for a business and would like to test the brand name. The business will be related to Crowdfunding and to that aim i would like crowd involvement in every aspect of the business where ...
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Where to find whole seller for main component of product?
I'm still at the idea stage. The product's main component is a towel. I imagine buying a bunch of towels at walmart or some other retail is not the way to go. Too expensive and probably will ...
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How do I discover local startups?
Have some ideas, but not exactly sure how do I discover local startups.
Any suggestions?
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research resources for starting a sports team/franchise
I'm thinking of starting up a minor sports team in the world of e-sports and I'd like to model it after the more well-known models in hockey and football.
I've tried going to the official websites ...
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What do I need to know about storing people's money in accounts for my website
I am developing a website where users will be able to transfer money to their account on the website. They'll eventually be spending some money and withdrawing money back into their accounts original ...
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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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How do you get immediate information about a product launch announcement? [closed]
How to be one of the first few to get the information of any product launch announcement?
How does the release or launch of any upcoming product or service get into the news?
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Calculating a company's market share without data?
I am working on a start-up, about a software programme, in the Augmented Reality industry and I have no clue about the number of sales of competitors or about their overall profit, so that I can ...
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What are key difference in the way SMEs and big companies buy IT solutions?
I am looking for reports/articles/research on how SMEs and big companies differ in their approach for finding and buying IT solutions. I would expect that ROI and the cost of the ownership play bigger ...
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What venture capital firms have a track record of backing law related websites?
My assumption, which I am perfectly willing to have challenged, is that these VC's would understand the industry and grasp pretty quickly the significance and value of what it is I'm trying to do. ...
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Anyone have (or can point to) a friendly Value Added Reseller contract?
I'm going to run a pilot with some value added resellers we don't have a long term relationship with.
These are small VARs with very low risk, so I don't want to shell out yet $$$ on my good attorney ...
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Is is legal to use research papers to build a product / service (and you're not the researcher)
pretty much as the title says...
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Researching a business idea
Where can one do research for past attempts at a business idea? Like if someone has already tried to start a similar business and failed...
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Where to do research on small to mid-sized companies?
Where does one do research on small to mid-sized companies (e.g., prior to making a sales call for instance)?
Besides their own website, twitter feed, or other content generated by them, where else ...
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Do research firms benefit startups?
If a startup sells into IT departments, is it beneficial for that startup to enter into a relationship with IT research and advisory firms like Forrester, Gartner, etc.?
Do these firms bring ...
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Where does Woot source their products?
Woot.com sells one product each day. Does anyone know where they source their products? If it's overstock stuff or items that manufacturers want to get rid of, how would I get in touch with these ...
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An idea to implement R&D in a software services startup
I have seen that working in a fledgling software services firm as a programmer entails a lot (in fact, all) of the time being spent working on meeting client specs and requirements on their software ...
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Founding research labs as startup company
I am thinking of founding a start-up company with a stress on applied research in some area of computer science. No any specific difference with other product-centric startup except for more research ...
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Sources of industry and benchmark information (free or inexpensive) [closed]
What are some of the best free (or almost free) sources of updated and historical industry data, analysis, and comparative benchmark information?
For example: Restaruant industry average food and ...
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Any local resources to obtain market research papers?
I own a startup software company and I need access to couple of papers which were published by an independent firm called datamonitor. Its market research papers and was recently released.
I am ...
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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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Seeking Mentor: Equity research advisory startup
I've started an independent equity research advisory business. Since the research is to be delivered from online mode, the clients can be located anywhere.
I already have the website. I am a ...
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What are the most common IT services needed by start-ups?
First of all thank you for checking this question, I wanted to ask another entrepreneurs who have an start-up what are the most common IT services needed by their companies and what they normally look ...
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Is there a resource where I can paste a URL and find out what states that URL's audience is from?
Lets say I have a website link: www._.com
Is there a way to paste this URL in a resource where that resource will give me a geographic breakdown of where the visitors are from? For example, I have a ...
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Who would I sell factoring (accounts receivable selling) leads to?
If business owners filled out a form on my website indicating they would like to talk to someone about factoring and they have given me the permission to relay this information to interested parties ...
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To Build or To Mockup?
I have a desire to build a software package in a niche area that already has some established competing products. I believe my Feature Set and ease of use could propel me well in the market. Most of ...
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How can I use google search insight to determine a market demand?
When I try to get how much users are interested in my new product, I will try to get some data from Google search insight. But there is a problem in the data, that is it is only a relative data on all ...
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Restaurant Market Sizes
I understand the restaurant market decently. $500 billion covers every food service location in the country, with about $180 billion of that covering full-service restaurants. Those full-service ...
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Lists of acquired companies
I am looking to make a slide for my pitch that shows the size of private companies in my field (wine distribution) and what they were acquired for, anyone know where I could find this information?
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How To Outsource Market Research?
What is a good way to outsource internet based competitor and or market research? I am interested in both quantitative and qualitative information and was thinking I might need a different resource ...
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Next Step for My Product / Business? Minimum Viable Product
I have created a minimum viable product that I'd like to turn into a business. I have used pay per click advertising to get:
10ish free subscribers
Then 2 paid subscribers
It is a monthly ...
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Know any SaaS Start up / ISV Ratios?
Many fields have standard guideline ratios for numbers. For example, in the catalog industry the rule I hear is that all costs excluding labor should never exceed 70% of revenue for a product.
Does ...
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how to analyze and make web research from exciting software sites
Hello
i will try to explain the topic more clearly , is it possible to determine what users likes in terms of statistics
just from collecting data from software download sites like sf.net (open ...
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whats the best way to reach owners or decision makers of restaurants and caffes?
any good tips how to reach this particular group of people?
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Heard of Any Good Social Media Business Growth Stories?
I'm curious if anyone has any examples to share of local businesses that have grown using social media alone.
Good examples:
Real Estate Agent facebook success
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Getting feedback on an idea
I want to get feedback on an idea for a solution targeted at an industry that I have no experience in. So I'm on the lookout for an industry insider, sufficiently senior to get candid feedback from. ...
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Marketing to a female demographic
I've a product/website in Family/Relationships segment and so far it attracts 80% women and 20% men.
Mostly adults(age 25 to 55) actually pay for it. Younger users generally want it "free".
I'm ...
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What's more important: releasing early or getting it right?
From your point of view and experience, what is more important when you are building a web based app:
release ASAP (eventhough it might not follow best practices) or
release it rather late as long ...
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How can I determine potential market demand?
I would like to determine the potential market demand for a non-software, travel product that requires significant up-front capital for manufacturing.
What open source software, if any, would you ...
