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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., Do you need to process user-contributed media? 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?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What channels will you use (e.g., Do you need to process user-contributed media? 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?

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Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – Steve Gilison

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I’ve always respected your work and perspective on internet businesses and social media so I wanted to pick your brain about opportunities in this space for consulting and full-time employment; how do I position myself? Maybe twitter as the channel for the follow-up? Anyway, that’s my initial reaction. I like the idea.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. There is a much better technique.

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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. Are you leveraging social media at all? 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? What's working and not working for you?

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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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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

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That’s @MeganBerry to you, blogger and social media expert, marketing manager of Klout.com. Here’s an example in a direct sales channel. So I asked her this: “What do I do with my 1,000th post?”. Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg , July 25, 2010 I was once a wannabe entrepreneur.