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Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything

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What channels will you use (e.g., Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? What already exists in your space?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

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What channels will you use (e.g., Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? How do you measure success? Who are your big competitors?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

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What channels will you use (e.g., Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Other types of users? Administrators? How will you be taking this to market? SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? How do you measure success? Who are your big competitors?

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

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Maybe twitter as the channel for the follow-up? It’s the follow-up questions to the responses that really create the dialogue and valuable nuggets beyond the information. Anyway, that’s my initial reaction. I like the idea. I didn't execute this time. And I can capture that and post it?

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Startup Metrics

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We'll need to look at different customer acquisition channels, figure out how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels, and apply cost to those channels. The other thing that I think he's really done well is his look at value of different marketing channels.

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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

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Maybe that would make sense as a marketing channel. Lots of online marketing before that, but we had some great results when we were picked up by a national radio program. Hey, radio. What are you working on now?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Tech support answers the phone; a job even salesmen don't want. Tech support keeps angry customers at bay while having no power to effect change. Yep, that sounds lowly. Tech support is sales.