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Getting projects for a software development company
We have formed our company (that is, incorporation is in progress) this November (2012).
Our company focuses on IT service management (ITSM) solutions and have very skilled professionals in the ITSM ...
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What to quote an enterprise customer
I've started a software consultancy and an large fortune 500 company has approached us for a project. it's an internal CMS that will take roughly 5-6 months to develop with a team of 3. This is the ...
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Software consultants VS Software houses profitability
Let me preface by providing a specific definition of the two types of companies I am interested in.
Consultants: Software companies that generally provide their services on an hourly basis to create ...
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How do I protect myself contractually while providing software consulting services?
My partner and I are software developers. We have formed an LLC and are starting to take consulting gigs. We have spent most of our careers at larger companies and have never been involved with ...
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What are the steps to start a software consulting company to hire consultants
I would like to start a software consulting company to hire software engineers who can be contracted for larger firms.
How to start the company, what type of compnay (thinking of LLC - is that ...
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Best to market yourself based on technology, industry or system type?
In starting a small software consultancy and figuring out how to market and present ourselves to the world...
Does anyone have any experience as to whether it is best to market yourself based on:
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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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Super QA team business idea
(Intro)
I think most of us know the show House MD, with the brilliant doctor who solves super-hard cases with his A-team.
Is this applicable to software development? Is a borrowable super QA team a ...
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Is having a technical partner better than an in-house software development team?
I am starting my own IT consultancy and have a good product in mind, but I also want to be the one controlling my own project.
I have a few questions
Who has the rights over your software project?
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How do I convince a client to use a computerised accounting system?
This is marketing question but don't know where to ask it.
My possible client is relying in traditional manual accounting system. I want to convince him to use acomputerised accounting system.
As an ...
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Software development team troubleshooter/auditor. What do you think?
I have an idea for a business and would like some feedback.
The other day I was thinking about software development teams and how they function, the things they do right and the things they do wrong. ...
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Getting customers for a startup IT Services Company?
I just started an IT Services company here in Chennai, India. I would like to know the different ways in which I can get clients so that I can grow my company. I have not yet started the recruitment, ...
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What does it mean by productivity solutions? [closed]
I came across some company provide productivity solutions to customers , what does it actually means ??
example : www.redpriairie.com
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Marketing Emails to Clients for Software Consulting Company
I am going start my own IT consulting company.
I am looking for professional marketing email which I can send to potential clients and try to get projects for my company.
And also how do you decide ...
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How do you get involved with RFPs from government?
I am thinking that I should somehow find end users of my software that I had developed. I don't have lot of money for advertising but the software can be modified enough to fit the needs of ...
