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I have a very small company and we all work from home. I am trying to setup a seamless backup solution for all of our machines. I am going to use Dropbox Pro to sync all of our important stuff, but we have large media…

Are there dos and don'ts when it comes to approaching someone to buy their business? Especially businesses that are going well and growing organically and the owner/founder is comfortable and has no need to sell. How do…

As a software developer, I know how time consuming all aspects of project management on freelance projects can be. From creating the initial Scope of Work to ongoing managing client expectations and general project…

What service have you always wanted someone to provide, product have you always wanted someone to build, skill you have always wanted someone to teach you, that you would pay $10,000 today for? Please don't say random…

I am a Ruby & Rails developer. I am starting a newsletter that focuses just on refactoring. The idea is to get a walk through from the developer that refactored the code, so we can learn about their thought process.…

I am building a novelty gift company, where we are selling our products in various retail locations. I live in Jamaica so I can't just get into Walgreens/CVS and fit into their distribution network. So my question is,…

As a freelance developer, I deal with the typical feast & famine problem of projects. Some times during the year, I get lots of project requests and other times I get none. When I have lots, I leave a lot of money on…

I am an experienced Rails developer, and I recently launched a service[1] targeted at non-techie business owners to help them increase their revenue by building new products. The issue I am running into is that there…

I am an experienced Rails developer, and I recently launched a service[1] targeted at non-techie business owners to help them increase their revenue by building new products. The issue I am running into is that there…

I did some crawling of a site that has lots of businesses, and so I have a TON of B2B leads (most of which I will never use for myself). So I was just curious about how I can monetize these lists. I have them broken…

I have a friend that runs a debt collections agency and he is interested in buying software to help increase productivity. Apparently the industry leader is Collections Max [1], which is the perfect example of what…

Hi HN, I am writing a series of blog posts (and potentially magazine articles) about existing small businesses that have successfully launched a new product/service. The only restriction is that your new product/service…

We have a domain name registered in Nauru (.nr) and it has been good for the last few years. However, this year, for some reason, we can't get in touch with anyone there. We wired the funds for domain renewal, but the…

I run a site that gets a moderate amount of traffic, see images below from last 3 weeks (Jan 27 - Feb 15): http://imgur.com/4KKTr7y http://imgur.com/kmbvjHE http://imgur.com/cEGwbDh http://imgur.com/1Usyjpv Traffic: 50K…

When you share an item with someone, Google creates a unique link for that resource and person. We always hear that security by obfuscation is bad - but can it really be that bad given that Google Drive does it? I just…

So I like Phil Libin. I think he is a brilliant entrepreneur and what he has done with Evernote is awesome. I love the service. But I don't get the marketplace idea. They are selling items that seem to be non-related to…

I know this is a weird route to take, but I don't live in the Valley. I only know you guys through HN. Check out my profile, I am not a new account nor am I scammer. I have a friend that is looking to raise some money…