Have you seen any examples of startups who replicated another startups feature set, and then added onto it, and succede?

Absolutely. Facebook wasn’t the first social network, and Google wasn’t the first search engine. It’s all about execution.

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Have you seen any great example of community management in financial services orientated consumer websites or tools? .. if so, what do you think made these special, effecti...

Answered by Scott Rutherford – Founder, UserVoice

So, I guess Mint is a great example of that although the community there was to some degree the business. Outside of that, not especially. TradeMonster uses UserVoice, but ... (more)

What's the deal with QR Codes? Have you seen any good uses of them? Examples? Every use of them that I have seen has been so lame.

Answered by Saul Colt – WOM Expert

In my opinion QR codes are still at the gimmick stage. Until phones are pre-installed with QR readers they will be reserved for the highly technical folks who go out of the... (more)

I'm trying to figure out the viability of my startup's current revenue model... does anybody know any examples of websites that subscribers have to pay to become a member?

Answered by Shahar Nechmad – Founder, NuConomy Posted in Money

Event at times where most services are free there are quite a lot of them out there. One of the very successful ones Angies List. is http://www.angieslist.com/angieslist/ ... (more)

Five Founders. One technical, One industry, One Legal, One Strategy/IP, One Marketing...how would you structure it and would you have a board of directors in year one? Also...

Answered by Benjamin Yoskovitz – Partner, Year One Labs

Hard to run a company without a CEO. I've seen some examples of co-CEOs, but generally someone has to be ultimately responsible. That's a lot of founders. A Board of Direc... (more)

Have you encountered any difficulty being a woman in a male dominated field? Do you have any advice for women who might be timid about getting into the game?

Answered by Laura Fitton – Founder, oneforty.com

Don't be timid about getting into any game for any reason ever. OK that's overstating it, but if you're hung up on reasons why you'll have a harder time (geography, gender... (more)

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