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Market wages are currently dramatically lower. Potential hires seem to speak really good English considering it's their second language. I still want to make sure there isn't some kind of catch!

I'm building a data hosting company with a vision for exceeding any one customer's exceptions. Besides fanatical support and decent hardware, what are some great ideas to make my hosting company attractive to serious…

Hey Hackers, I've finally built my base of hosting clients up enough to require a good, dedicated environment. I was on a reseller account which was cheap and good enough to build basic things. Just looking forward to…

Hi Hackers, Anyone here with PPC experience? I started a website hosting product website and now have an approximate conversion rate of 5% that I plan to milk using adwords. Is it a good idea to test the waters with…

I recently built a Website Hosting Provider website that converts approximately 5% of unique visitors. I know I need 400,000 visitors at this rate to hit my income goal - should I focus on getting more hits or high…

Starting a hosting site and I want to guarantee a simple experience by allowing shared hosting clients to use only one set of nameservers no matter where they are in my network of servers. For scaling purposes. Thanks!

Idea: A social utility that creates massive data clouds around a user's files and his friends files. I'm building a better social utility and need opinions on why file serving in a social network may be good or not so…

I'm ready to launch a social directory to give people simple tools to connect with the people they want to know. What can I not afford to miss?<p>1. A Good Domain Name. Short, Memorable and to the…

Looking for a good, managed server provider in the Silicon Valley. Good uptime, Open Source etcetera. All suggestions welcome.

Over the past 6 weeks I've put together a new social directory. Now looking for ways to structure the whole upvote/like/+1 button Any ideas? Options: Like(FB) +1(G+) Follow(Twitter) Upvote(HN)

What must a social network offer to be successful? Profiles: Myspace has profiles, Facebook has walls Communication: Messaging, Comments, Likes Search: Find friends by email Updates: Newsfeed, Email Alerts Did I miss…

Webmail has been the same old for too long. What do you wish your web mail had? Even better spam filters? Absolutely no ads? And, are you already happy with what you can do with IMAP across all of your devices?

My new social network can be ready for launch just after school begins this September. Should I launch at school(s) in the Northeast first? Or, should I choose a launch location based on how many people I know in that…

For hacker gamers like yourself, Are you a Civilization or Starcraft fan? And, Platform: PC, XBOX or PlayStation?

I've long wanted to give the managed CMS hosting market a shot. That plus basic file backup services. Is it worth my time? Why or why not? Short plan: Automatic hosting site setup using bargain servers or cloud servers.…

I've spent some weeks developing a new social network to make connecting with friends much more "personal". Now looking for a stellar name to compliment what I've built. My theme is something like "Built for You" or…

Never mind the site that most of your friends use... Is Facebook, Myspace, Orkut, Google+, Hi5, Twitter or LinkedIn your favorite social network? And, Why? Do you like your favorite social network for its features,…

Currently developing a social directory that will make connecting to your social network a snap. Fun+Easy+Powerful. Of course, a great product is only the beginning. We need the right users in the right places at the…

Currently developing a site which allows users to sign up, invite friends etc. My network's redeeming factor is that it allows active users to manually add people within their network to their list of "contacts" even if…

I'm developing a new social network: one that could change the way people communicate for the better. Good applications launch every year but that's never enough. What are your suggestions on how to drive users to join,…

I appreciate the Open Source community and all the positive things its doing for people and places. For instance, the GPL makes it easy to enter the market without a huge time investment into product development. That…

The very popular LAMP setup is persistent in the community. Its open source, its widely available and after all, past Social Networks have done just fine using Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Why PHP? Why not something…

Facebook will soon be a decade old and frankly, its starting to feel bloated and behind the times. I think I can do better. Besides the fact that many people are already on FB, what would you be happy to see in a new…

The latest version of the Joomla! CMS has been out for months with many, exciting upgrades. Is it as good as it looks? Wordpress just doesn't feel as rock solid in terms of extensibility. Drupal's administration seems…