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Outsourcing Services
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Fashion Online Store is my paid customer. what is the first step to approach?
Our paying customers are online fashion store owners.
This is a hard task for me to approach them for the very first time.
I went to their online store and can't find any appropriate department like ...
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If I have Google adsense enabled, is it fine to say we are affiliated with Google?
Is it fine to use it in marketing? Is it ethical enough?
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Equity/Profit share split for small projects with unknown levels of contribution
Alright, I have a pretty clear understanding of how to split equity for real startups, but how to do it for a smaller project (an app), with little acquisition potential (just profits), and a team ...
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"Which entrepreneurs have made $20mill+ in under a decade with a balanced lifestyle (no more than 50hrs work/wk)?
Do you think it’s possible to do it all? Myself and entrepreneur Martin Bjergegaard are making it our mission to find this out in hopes of writing a book outlining the lessons of our findings. We are ...
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How to become more of a risk-taker?
I hear stories all the time about entrepreneurs who take out a second mortgage to start a business, run their personal credit cards through the roof, and put a whole lot on the line for success. But ...
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“I like this place” - Is it a good name? [closed]
I am not a native English speaker, so I am concerned about the name of my project.
The name is "I like this place", and domain (not working properly yet) is ilikethisplace.co.uk
Does it sound ...
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Owner of Home Prep Detail Services [closed]
If I have a bussiness that targets Realtors. Property Managers, Bank Owned Properties, Landlords or Individuals that need property Move-In- Ready (cleaned) and want to refer other improvements through ...
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Contracting with existing LLC - How to payout wages
A friend of mine and I have recently taken on a part time consulting gig. The job involves building custom software, and we've agreed to work 16 hours a week on the project. The contract was made ...
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How do entrepreneurs start their first bootstrap startup?
I really want to start my entrepreneurial career, the problem is I don't have money. I am mid-level IT manager, read lot of startup blogs, articles and books and keep planning (aka dreaming) about ...
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How to get more Software Business? [closed]
Hi my name is Nandish Patel. I am the Founder and CEO of InfoDynamite.com. We are service providers in software application and mobile application development I started this company about 5 months ...
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What is a lean startup and why should I go this route?
I'm considering a startup that starts with a minimum viable product. Despite what I've read, the lean startup feels contra-effective.
My question to the community is, what exactly defines a 'lean ...
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Incorporate company for running a web2.0 website to be used globally
I live in India. I need to start a social networking site here for the indian users as well as spread it to users abroad in USA, Europe, Australia. As of now, I start as a 1-man startup. I need to ...
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Should we add “About -> The Team” when our company is only 5 people?
It's widespread among (mostly web development) non-huge companies to add a page about the team members of their company, like SE's Team page here, where they have separate page for their team, or ...
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What should be a good mission statement for a web development and seo company?
If I were to provide web development solution, SEO, content writing and open source coding then shall this be a good mission statement?
A startup dedicated to web development, open source ...
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How can I encourage participation in a survey?
I am about to do a customer development survey, which will be promoted either via AdWords or via an email campaign (maybe both).
I did a few tests with AdWords ads and it seems like responses level ...
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How to determine the cost of acquiring participants/beta testers for market research?
I am working on a proposal which will include the cost of acquisition for market research participants. The participants in this case will using a chrome extension and reporting back on their ...
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How much do market research firms charge?
We need to determine if there's a market for our new idea. Has anyone ever used a market research firm to determine that before? How much do they charge?
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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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How do you charge for consulting services of varied amounts?
We charge a monthly fee for customers to use our service. On the sign-up form the calculation for this fee is done and the cost is shown to the customer. They can then complete the billing info and ...
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Do I need to send out press-release if my company launches new website? [closed]
The website we are launching is absolutely new and more functional and richer in content. Please advise what is done in this case.
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How do you find a gap in the market?
I want to start a new business but I don't know what business to start. I know I have certain talents and aptitudes, but how do you find a gap in the market? I want to go where the money flow is and ...
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legal advice, incorporating
My startup is based in Latin America (Mexico), but it will cater to the US market, so at first, should I register my company in the US while remaining at Mexico? I am close to the Arizona border, but ...
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What exactly are the risks of using pirated software?
Adobe CS5, for instance. Is the risk solely that the publisher could sue, or is the property that I create with the pirated software also in jeopardy? And as a corollary, what if I use someone else's ...
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Why do startups tend to offer fashionable “cool” job title names? Is it sane?
Since a few years I've seen job title names like
Javascript Assassin
Rails Master
PHP Guru
Python Ninja
Lisp Middle Earth Wizard
Perl Golfer
which are usually offered by startups. What's your ...
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Tax haven in Delaware with a single-member LLC formed by a non-resident alien?
While I'm researching what I need to pay in taxes for my LLC formed in Delaware (I'm a non-resident alien from China), I found this page which is very interesting: ...
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Form 1 Corporation for Multiple Small Businesses?
I am currently doing Freelance work as a programmer. I also would like to try a few ideas for some small Drop-shipping style eCommerce websites.
What I am wanting to know, is can I form a single ...
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Foreign LLC vs Domestic LLC - Wyoming & South Carolina
Please help. I'll make this as simple and concise as possible:
I will be manufacturing my own parts, AT HOME, in South Carolina. I intend to sell the products exclusively online with an online ...
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With an new LLC, how best to accept credit cards? [closed]
I would like to ask the start-up community, on what my options are for the easiest and best ways for accepting credit-card payments for my LLC. (It is just me, single member).
A client of mine has ...
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Percentage allocation for my startup reasonable?
I've developed a new product that I am going to be selling and putting on the market. I had been planning on funding everything with my own personal savings. I have a friend (Mike) who believes in the ...
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Delaware LLC loan to member
A Delaware LLC has not elected S or C corp status. The manager owns most of the member interests. The operating agreement gives the manager complete control to do as he sees fit. The manager wants to ...
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Question About C-Corp, Shareholder, and Officer
Person A wants to start a C-Corp in California operating a news website. He is wondering if the following form is legal?
A is the only Shareholder and the only Director owning 100% equity.
A will ...
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Is there a way to fulfill product sold on Etsy through Amazon Fulfillment? [closed]
A customer of mine is looking to syndicate her handmade products and Fulfillment by Amazon is a great solution. She wants to sell through Etsy (in addition to other channels) and I'm wondering if we ...
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How to integrate promotional code ad network w/ online retailer?
I would like to create a print ad network for online retail advertisers with the following features. The ads will be distributed as posters.
The printed ad includes a URL with a link to the ad ...
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How to find Angel/Early stage pitch events
We are an early stage company with a working product. We would love to gain some seed funding to help us market the product. However, we seem to hear about pitch events either in the paper or past ...
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Any recommendations for getting listing in DMOZ.com directory? [closed]
We've been trying for a long time with no success. I've heard all sorts of stories. Anybody have any suggestions?
Appreciate it,
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Charge clients for listing in a directory website [closed]
I created a website to list restaurants. I deployed it locally in my country and I had nice reviews in general. The design is nice and the code is totally custom programmed by me. I am planning to ...
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Late founder equity allocation
Guy is late coming founder, the company not yet incorporated.
I designed the product (several biomed multisensor devices) and taken it from concept to a mature prototype ready for manufacturing (1 ...
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Restaurant POS Systems [closed]
I got a question on what POS Systems most of restaurant startup uses for their businesses.
If anybody knows.
A good info on the differences of POS System would be great
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Microsoft's BizSpark program and their acceptance criteria
Microsoft's BizSpark is a program to help startups use Microsoft's software.
There are issues with this program:
They don't explain clearly what the requirements are to be approved
If you get ...
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Starting a website and wondering if I can use companies logos or product images (in a praising manner)? [duplicate]
I am seeking to start a promotional website for a specific business platform and have descriptions of companies and their products on it. These descriptions include what type of products they have, if ...
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Does ios allow companies to sell merchandise through an mobile app? [closed]
I am thinking of building a marketplace similar to ebay but unique in its own way. I would like to make an app that can browse products on my app then let people buy products on my app.
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Niche financial markets software product : How much equity in return for £100k?
Over the last two years or so I've been developing a software product in my spare time(I'm still currently consulting at an investment bank). It's fairly niche in that it's targeted only at banks and ...
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What should be the role of other person I involve in Startup given my scenario
What shall be the role of the person I am involving in launching my start-up(about to register and launch), As initially I see me and him performing project management part of it(as implementation ...
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What is the best way to find a marketing partner in the real estate industry? [closed]
What is the best way to find someone interested in partnering and helping market a startup regarding real estate? Specifically, a site where buyer and sellers choose their agent based on ratings as ...
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How can i get expert people as early adopters? [closed]
I'm working to validate an idea. The prototype is live and we are working to launch the beta soon, but i'm looking for ways to approach bloggers to be early adopters.
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Selling a company for an earnout structure? [closed]
I have to be very cagey here as I'm under confidentiality, hence the throwaway account -- my apologies.
OK so I run a startup in a specific industry vertical. Big Player X in that vertical approached ...
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Employment vs Sole Trading - UK
In the UK, is it possible to be in full time employment and be a sole trader at the same time?
i.e. Work a full time job as an employee. Do contract work as a sole trader on evenings and weekends.
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Want to launch a new website in India [closed]
I wanted to launch a new website.
Can someone help me in knowing the cyber rules and regulations in India.
I'm currently working as a software engineer in India. Is it ok to launch my new website ...
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Is there a book like crossing the chasm but for B2C web startups [closed]
I know of crossing the chasm, i haven't read it but from what im aware its not focused on web startups of the B2C type.
So is there a book that is?
