Software is a set of computer programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation.
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Where should I promote this product?
I built a tool for myself and some relatives. It's a windows keyboard tool that allows someone to instantly type accent marks, other diacritics and often used special characters. No key combinations ...
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How to get started in the defense industry?
I've always been particularly intrigued by the defense industry in general amongst many other industries as I have a pretty strong entrepreneurial spirit since I was a kid, starting my first website ...
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Getting projects for a software development startup?
I want to start a software company based mainly on web application development and designing. So my question is, to whom should I contact in a software company to get projects or how can i contact ...
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Is it worth using box shots for online product sales?
I am selling professional software B2B online to engineers. Price tag around $1k.
Many online software vendors include an image of their product's packaging, a so-called "box shot". Of course, ...
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Software systems that need certification or approval
I am a self taught programmer and web developer, planning to become an Independent Software Vendor. I am creating a software for Accounting and Inventory Management to sell in my local market. Right ...
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Is it possible to get funding to buy a Canadian non-profit company and turn it for-profit [closed]
I'm going to be vague and have used a new anonymous account to hide my identity because I don't want the other parties involved to know about my question.
I'm a developer who has been working on ...
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How bad is not to have e-mail campaigns?
I'm working to "relaunch" my diagramming/modeling software product in november and wondering about having or not a user-approved e-mail campaign (with whatever these types of campaigns should have for ...
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What is the law covering the intellectual property rights of software developed during internship/employment without signed contract/agreement?
I am a software engineer who "invented", and developed alone an integrated ERP software solution over the past 2 years. I got the idea and coded much of the software as intern at small wholesale ...
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Distributing Windows virtual appliances
Complex Linux solutions are commonly packaged as virtual appliances.
I'm interested in the Windows side of this, but haven't been able to find much relevant information on the web.
We are building a ...
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How could I validate a product that saves large SaaS biz money on bandwith?
My business idea deals with compressing the traffic coming out of web apps to the client. I can show the bandwidth differences with and without my software.
How do I know validate if companies will ...
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Mobile App Name Trademark
In December 2008, I paid for a one-year developer agreement with Apple. In February 2009, I released version 1.0 of my app (call it "App Name"). I made a few updates to it that same year. In ...
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When to commercialize a product?
I am a young university student with a good number of years experience in both small/large software companies. This has put me in a good position to find strong student developers and lead/consult for ...
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Outsourcing to software development team vs an individual developer
We are developing a relatively straightforward Windows software application, and the question has arisen of whether it makes sense to outsource to a four-person development team (Project Manager, ...
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What is the current trend for software start-ups?
I had this question in my mind long ago. Now I'm daring to ask that. ;-)
What I have learnt from current trend is that, "Internet or e-commerce is the only field for the software start-ups to get ...
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Shares to programmers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
So I friend of mine has this idea for a kind of social network based on video blogging, for obvious ...
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How to start Selling Software
I have been looking around for a guide or some advice on what I should do next with a program I created. I have been programming as a hobby and I finished making a small program that I am thinking ...
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An 'any software you want' approach to marketing?
I want to start a software business. It's probably been said a million times before on this forum, and software start-up's being in such abundance is one of the reasons for this question.
I don't ...
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What format for a software homepage will result in more sales?
Currently reviewing two types of homepages for software products:
Stylish with minimum content on the homepage: boxshot, download button, buy now button and sometimes features listed as small ...
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Is it better to approach companies that you think would buy you out, or let them find you on their own?
I am working with a couple of people and we have created some software which, despite being a strong stand-alone, would be even better if integrated with another existing product. This has always kind ...
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How to improve the conversion rate of a software?
We have introduced a new software.It has been only 25 days since the launch,we have got only a single sale.I'm just concerned about the conversion rate.What can i do to improve the conversion rate?
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Complete Rookie Here. I Need Advice On Where to Begin From Only an Idea
I'm a complete web/entrepreneur rookie with an idea that I believe in passionately and don't know where to begin. I know for a fact that my idea is unique and will fill a huge hole in the market and ...
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How to find business ideas and marketers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What's the best way to find/evaluate a Marketing co-founder?
I work full time as an asp.net developer. I have more than 5 years of professional experience in writing ...
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Setting up a subsidiary of an Italian software house in the UK
I am currently researching the opportunity to open a foreign subsidiary of my software house in the UK. I am interested in a few issues:
Accounting help: Do I need to hire an accountant? Approximate ...
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Software product with very limited support or without it, what is better?
I have a recently launched software product but still have no support options, because of my resources constraints (time, money) plus other priorities (website, SEO, marketing).
So, I'm considering ...
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How to share equity among early investors, CEO and product developers in a technology startup
We are planning for a software startup and following is our setup.
There are 4 people who came up with idea. But these people can NOT code and build a product.
These 4 people are also going to ...
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Startup Enterprise Software License Agreement for the UK
I've been searching the valuable info in the posts and most suggest to use a lawyer to get a license agreement, especially for the enterprise software we've developed. It's costed by the number of ...
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Export Control Classification Number
We are a software vendor and provide tools for other software developers. One of large companies requested information in order to determine whether our software is subject to Federal Export ...
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Should I take royalties or a stake in a startup in return for writing software for them?
This is my first visit here, so hi.
I have been asked to write some software for a startup which has an exciting plan. All options are open and in the first instance about 6 months of work is ...
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Turning a University project into a business
A good friend and I had an idea for a software/mobile device related business last year, but haven't had the time to develop it yet.
He is currently taking a software engineering class at his ...
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Can employers claim intellectual property even if employee has an LLC? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare time?
I have my own LLC. I created it during my time of ...
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Should I sell my software application or giving it for free?
So I just finished the development of my software application. This is a tool intended to help webmasters to promote their websites in order they may get more traffic. I must add this software is not ...
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License model for University/Colleges
We have a product that is sold to schools as a site license. It is used by teachers and students alike. We found that entry was a lot easier when the purchasing process was perceived as simple and ...
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Market validation for expensive, enterprise software
I have a working prototype for an enterprise software. It is basically a very niche product catering a subset of the engineering firm. Now, what I need, is to validate the market as soon and as ...
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Does 20,000 free downloads mean at least 10,000 paid sales?
I have found certain shareware software products have large number of downloads. My question is if there are some 20,000 free downloads, how many of the downloaders would have actually bought and ...
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Starting a software company without registration
I want to sell a software product. I would like to use a brand name e.g. mysoftcompany in the EULA (End User License Agreement) and in the contact details of webpage. So that the software is sold ...
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Amazon Payments for B2B Software
We sell B2B software, and receive most of our payments by bank transfer or cheque. We're currently using Google Checkout to take online card payments.
We have some issues with Google Checkout though:
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Becomming an app developer
I'm currently in the process of creating a game for the WP7 marketplace. I havin't been throught the process of publishing it to the market place yet but was wondering if there are any pre publishing ...
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Advise on profit share for freelancing startup company
Three of us want to create a freelancing company and work via most popular freelancing sites nowadays. We've been working like this for 2 years and we need more people to help us.
I see many such ...
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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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One man company looking to expand already built in PHP. Is now the time to switch to Ruby?
I'm a website owner and I develop in Yii so in short, I think I'm working with more or less the "best" PHP has to offer (e.g. PDO, OOP...etc). My primary website (which is not built in any framework ...
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Can I sell an open source project to my client?
i have one open source project, i want to sell this to my client by making some modification in the existing project. Is it good to sell or is it permissible to sell the open source project to ...
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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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It's ok to launch a software product when Beta testing is not fully finished?
I'm having trouble finishing the Beta testing period of my software product.
In particular it hangs/crashes in some laptops with low to moderate memory and speed capabilities.
This problem is hard to ...
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Formula to evaluate the earnings potential when joining a startup
I'm trying to come up with a rough formula to help decide if I should join a startup. I'd like to weigh my current pay vs joining a startup, taking into account opportunity costs and possible final ...
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What is a reasonable amount to ask to investors?
I asked a question about this before, but things have changed.
I developed software for basketball and football teams. I have sold 32 copies @ $20 each doing virtually nothing. I wrote a few articles ...
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Going to be on national television to pitch my software - Need Advice
This Thursday I will be filming for a Canadian TV show where I will be pitching my software to 5 Canadian millionaires to invest in. The TV show won't air until September.
The software is ...
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Paying App developers in equity?
I am starting a software company. We will start with one service in particular, but will expand from there. My question is, is it reasonable to pay developers in equity alone? Also, seperate question, ...
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How do I make sure that my company owns my software?
This seems like a silly question, but I want to make sure that my interests are protected. I own a software development company, LLC in Virginia, and I have a product that I developed and have ...
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Using Domain name in EULA of a software rather than my name in the Licensor field
I intend to sell a software solution.I have already registered a domain but i dont have a registered company.Can i use my website/domain name eg:myproduct.com for the licensor field in the EULA rather ...
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$1 Per Download
What do you think of $1/download idea ? For example if you've designed wordpress theme its still basically free to use but to download it you would pay $1 for it. This eliminates the need for ...
