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Susan Jones is the author of Ready Set Startup - a blog that helps new entrepreneurs develop and evaluate their business ideas and get their new ventures ready to launch - and can also be found on Facebook and Twitter offering practical and profound daily startup tips.

Susan loves to travel to developing countries and share her entrepreneurial skills. Her strength is strategic thinking and asking the important questions. She has won national and international business plan competitions and has helped many business people develop business ideas and write successful business plans. She has successfully started and run businesses and is presently a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University, Australia. Susan holds a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation


Apr
13
comment Is It Ethical to Poach Customers
Can you give us some more details on how you get competitor customer info? It really depends how you go about it. You need to be very careful legally and ethically. It could also backfire on you reputation wise if you are not careful.
Apr
8
comment Co-founder wants to leave, do I pay him back the money he invested into the business?
And get an agreement in writing that he no longer holds any share of the business
Apr
7
revised Compensation for employee participation on internal community site
community tag added, removed thanks
Apr
1
answered Is charging 20% - 30% a standard, accepted practice for acting as a service provider?
Apr
1
comment How can I set up a way to automatically calculate (goal number/new visitors) in Google Analytics
Unique visitors and new visitors that have never been to the site are not the same thing
Mar
28
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Mar
28
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Mar
27
comment Is it good practice to promote product to contacts using LinkedIn direct message
Short answer: No, don't send direct messages if you haven't interacted with them before. I HATE this personally.
Mar
27
answered Paid Market Testing
Mar
22
awarded  Announcer
Mar
16
comment How to make US Software Patent Application by UK-based startup?
I'm not sure that it's possible to get a patent for software in the US either. I think software is covered by copyright laws rather than patents
Mar
16
comment How to make US Software Patent Application by UK-based startup?
Talk to an IP lawyer. One based in the UK should be able to help you.
Mar
16
reviewed Approve suggested edit on intellectual-property tag wiki excerpt
Mar
16
reviewed Approve suggested edit on intellectual-property tag wiki
Mar
15
revised Should I pitch on This Week in Startups when we aren't yet ready to launch?
edited title to more accurately reflect question
Mar
13
comment Email blasting worth it for small group?
If it's a targetted group then FB ads would be more worthwhile I would have thought.
Mar
12
comment Does the Lean methodology make sense for B2B and if so what are the important aspects to consider?
You might want to take a look for similar questions such as this one here: answers.onstartups.com/questions/18298/…
Mar
8
comment Secondary line of business
+1 great answer!
Mar
7
answered Do I have to use real personal name when signing checks and/or legal documents for my LLC?
Mar
6
comment Off Shore vs “Self Development”
Forget VC funding. It's not right for the stage you are at.