Questions regarding execution of business' long term goals
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Releasing software in different countries
I'm writing a software application that will be used by fostering and adoption agencies/organizations that I plan to sell in English speaking countries (at first). The application is a desktop ...
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Growing Successfully Using Strategic Business Alliances
Traditionally businesses have grown through hiring employees, building and acquiring assets, establishing branches and subsidiaries, etc. but with this comes high overhead, segregation of duties, and ...
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How best to deal with a rising Canadian dollar value for a software company?
My software company is in Canada. We sell our software for download from our web-site. Most of our sales are made in the US, though we do about %25 of our business in Canada and Europe. We sell our ...
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What decision you made in 2009 had the biggest impact on the growth of your business?
I started treating - information as a commodity.
This change in mindset opened up many more possibilities and opportunities. Basic idea is that much information can be treated like any food item. ...
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Shall I distribute a text application for free (to promote the brand) or sell it?
I have written a simple but powerful text application which can be plugged in into many existing projects. I think many people (individuals, start-ups and big businesses) would like to have it, but ...
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Baby steps: Local market with subventions
BLUF: Would it be better to use governement subsidises to help a startup take its first steps even if it mean limiting the product to a french-canadian audience or open it to the world audience and ...
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Should I open up my app's data so anyone can use it?
I've built a site for climbers - a worldwide, user editable guidebook for climbers.
Recently, I've been toying with the idea of making all of the data that has been submitted to my site open ...
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6answers
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Strategy for unveiling a social network?
I have identified a niche community, for which I want to build a social network.
From compete.com, I see that the TAM is at least 10K unique active users. Their web activites revolve around an archaic ...
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Website launch strategy with
My partner and I would like to lunch a new marketplace for products that, for obvious reasons, we can't disclose at this point. We don't have any patent or proprietary IP to raise the entrance ...
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How would you market your service to a start-up?
I run a web solutions business and have helped start-ups implement their web strategies. Although, at this point it is pertinent for me to proactively approach new start-ups that are cash-rich and can ...
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How to decide to fail fast vs sticking with your idea?
Many say you need to launch fast and then decide whether your idea works or not and then fail fast if needed. But how do you decide when to fail ( fail = stop working on current idea and start working ...
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How to take business on a global platform?
Hi
I run a startup in India which deals in Battery Optimization Technologies.
I would like ideas on how have you thought to expand your business on a global scale, in the shortest period of time? What ...
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2answers
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What are the best resources for learning about effective online advertising?
I know I can place ads on Google with Adwords, target ads to individuals' interests on Facebook, use an ad network that distributes my ad broadly, or even buy ads on specific individual sites.
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4answers
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Plan B In Case Development Source Goes Away
I’m building a SaaS product. My coding is outsourced to a development company I’ve worked with for years and have had great success with (on other projects). I have no issues with them and hope our ...
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4answers
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Starting an online travel guide, any suggestions?
I am helping a client/friend build a site where he'll post a "definitive guide for the upscale traveler" for popular business and leisure destinations. I've already visited many travel guide websites, ...
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4answers
910 views
How to find the right engineer / technology talent?
The question is simply "What approach should I take to find the right technology partner?"
Some background for context: I am currently employed full time in my industry and have been for over a ...
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8answers
628 views
Software start-ups: do you outsource your network admin?
For business, I tend to outsource a lot of things that I am more than capable of doing. Take, for example, office cleaning. Okay, I'm a slob, so in reality, it would never get done... but you get my ...
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What's are some good strategies to attract customers to a new website?
When startups launch a new web site or application, and initially have no customers, what is the best way to attract customers to the site? SEO? Adwords? Word of mouth?
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When you have a few ideas for products, how to assess them and make a move?
If you have quite a few ideas for products, but none are knock-out-most-compelling to dive into, how do you decide which one to pursue? How much time do you invest in each one's research and ...
