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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 buyers?

For example, should I offer a bigger range of features (Mobile Server Management, 24 Hour Live Support etc.) or should I focus entirely on simplifying the process of getting one's website online fast? I want to go from Good to Great.

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 the power of having a LAMP server of my own. Any advice?

Overview: Sounds like my new host includes a cPanel license, Centos install and remote reboot tools but it is self-managed with no uptime guarantee. Any red flags here?

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 dirt cheap bids? The last thing I need it to get burned by automatic bidding!

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 conversions?

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 good idea.

Background: Photos, videos and even messages are simply files accessible by one's social network.

Example: User A shares his favorite songs in an upload. His/Her friends may then listen to those tracks online.

Why don't we have a social utility that allows ANY file sharing/exchanging?

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 point?<p>2. Any more?

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 anything?

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 specific network?

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. Users with Wordpress/Joomla/Drupal hosting needs are offered managed hosting for $5-$15 per month.

Any drawbacks I should know about?