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    January 27, 2020

    Startups How to handle trolls review bombing our app?

    How to handle trolls review bombing our app?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 12:29 PM PST

    Hey,

    So we have an app that grows really good but scammers review bomb us on AppStore when we don't fall for their scam.

    Sometimes we give out products and users says that they haven't got them but we have evidence that they have.

    They say that we don't respond to them but we do and have evidence for that to.

    Should we respond in the AppStore review section and tell the truth?

    Thanks for the help!

    submitted by /u/magicmetagic
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    Listing the main solutions for free domain email addresses

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 01:57 AM PST

    Hi folks,

    As most startups have a website or at least a domain name, founders usually want a professional email address, ideally for free.

    I thought I'd outline the main solutions for that here:

    • postale.io (simplest but 5 mailboxes per domain max),
    • Yandex Mail (most capabilities but ads and not as intuitive),
    • Zoho Mail free plan (5 mailboxes max, 1 domain only and webmail only),
    • Migadu free plan (not so great IMO as it's limited to 10 outgoing emails per day max and adds a "Sent via Migadu" at the end of every email).

    Overall I'd say postale.io is probably the easiest choice for the vast majority of people due to its simplicity. The creation process is fast and simple, the UI is intuitive, and the most technical part (DNS setup) is handled for you if requested. However it's currently limited to 5 mailboxes per domain.

    Yandex offers unlimited mailboxes per domain, but is harder to grasp (partly because its UI is all over and partly because there's a lot in russian).

    Hope this is helpful to startupers! What do you think?

    submitted by /u/doobled
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    (EU) What to think about when selling a company?

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 01:16 AM PST

    Hey.

    We're a company in the EU that's been operating for around 2 years, not hugely successful but we managed to create a good presence online.

    We have started to advertise that we're interested in selling the company, however, as this is completely new to us we are not 100% of what to care about.

    • What do we need to inform the potential buyer off? In terms of potential issues there are two cases:
      • We had 1 client we had to take legal action to secure payment, this was settled
      • We had one client threaten legal actions when we stopped providing extra support for free, this threat seems to be empty as it came after us supporting them for 3 extra months without any extra charge for this support.
    • The company hasn't been very active the past few months and owns no real assets other than a website & brand.
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    Looking for a business Cofounder in the Amsterdam region

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 02:23 AM PST

    Not sure if this is the right place, but I figured it was worth a shot!

    Recently I started my startup, AI-Architects. We help companies in the first phase of their product development step. In 10 weeks we build an AI prototype that can be used to validate their idea and quintifty it's value (cost reduction, time reduction etc.. ). All of these prototypes are built by AI master students, this means that these students get valuable practical experience (and a nice payment) whilst the whole package is still relatively cheap for the company. Furthermore we provide the companies valuable introductions to their 'future" employees, (Now they are students, but in 2 years their not).

    I have experience with AI (bsc in AI and doing my AI msc right now) and I have the network of interested students. I'm looking for a business(wo)man that is able to do the business side (CSO) of things (acquisition,marketing, packaging of the product, branding etc...) to eventually become my cofounder.

    If you are interested, or want some more info, please send a reply or a dm!

    submitted by /u/mistabuilder
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    News From The Email World

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 02:15 AM PST

    Pay Attention! 11 Critical Ecommerce SEO Errors which may get your business disappeared...

    Posted: 27 Jan 2020 12:45 AM PST

    No eCommerce site can be perfect at the first stage, especially when it goes live. It requires continuous observation and efforts to create a perfect eCommerce website. Like that SEO of eCommerce store is not an easy task. Webmasters often do silly mistakes that significantly affect overall website performance... https://www.krishaweb.com/ecommerce-seo-errors

    submitted by /u/krishaweb
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    Is Debt Financing Round a Positive Sign?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 07:35 AM PST

    Hi all,

    I'm considering a job with a new company that has gone through its Series E funding of 55M and had D funding of 73.5M. Between its D and E rounds (about four years), the company received 20M on Debt Financing.

    I'm trying to better understand the story a company is telling based on its funding rounds. From my assumption, Debt Financing round is a pretty ballsy move in that the company basically feels very confident that they will be profitable in the near future and that's why they would take the risk of a Debt Financing round.

    Is this true? What does this usually mean in startup world.

    submitted by /u/Wunderbaer93
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    How did early-stage video/courseware/book publishing startups like Pluralsight/SkillShare/O'Reilly/Etc. afford to pay for content in the beginning?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 02:28 PM PST

    I'm wondering how companies that sell subscription-based access to on-demand video courseware or books, such as Pluralsight, Lynda (LinkedIn Learning), SkillShare, O'Reilly, etc., afford to purchase courseware in the first place when first starting out as a startup company.

    Look at Pluralsight, for instance. Their model is to pay a Video Author/Instructor an advance as well as royalties depending on the popularity of the course in later months.

    When Pluralsight was a very early-stage startup, what can you imagine their payment model might have been? What would be some options for similar startup companies with relatively little capital?

    Thanks for your time.

    submitted by /u/JamieCorkhill
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    My pricing strategy vs the competition

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 11:57 AM PST

    Building an information service in a niche where I have one competitor.
    The target audience are not big spenders.

    I'm looking for advice on pricing strategy.

    My competition:

    • subscription lasts only 1 month.
    • Charges 9$/Mo.
    • If a user has new information to contribute, he can get 50% back of his money.
    • He has about 10 times more information than what I have.

    My strategy will be:

    • subscription lasts only 1 month.
    • I don't want to create a pricing war. I thought pricing it at 12$/Mo.
    • If a user has new information to contribute, he can get 100% back of his money. That's how I will motivate people to use my service and increase my information..

    All helpful advices are welcome!

    submitted by /u/reCAPTCHA_shape
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    Looking for guidance: what's my next step?

    Posted: 26 Jan 2020 03:11 PM PST

    Hello,

    I'm slowly getting traction through word of mouth and professional contacts in the industry. I'm the founder and have bootstrapped the operation with a little help with friends&family, I'm still looking for a technical co-founder since the business is software based.

    I've pitched federal/provincial (Canada) groups for funding which I've used to pay for lawyers, accountants and to offshore the development for the application. I am now aggressively marketing the application through a few mediums.

    We have not launched the application yet, I am pre-revenue, lack the appropriate traction which would entice investors but I need funding to grow the company and our services. What should I be doing?

    submitted by /u/Unconscioustalk
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