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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

How will you differentiate from these? Search Does the application include search? Accounting Beyond reviewing transactions, what accounting support do you need? Team and Process Are you using, or planning to use any software development methodologies? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money?

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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

New enterprise resource planning software (ERPs) – new startups that build software that helps businesses run. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

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Who’s lying?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

If you use five web analytics tools, they’ll all give you different numbers; this could be due to differences in definitions of things like “visit” and “session,” but is that truly all it is?). Google Trends on how search-traffic for your keywords is changing). Gerry used to say: “Who’s lying?”

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

For sustainable, valuable search traffic, you’d better provide it. Satisfying search intent is Google’s fundamental goal. A page that’s well-matched for user intent can outperform those that optimize primarily for search engines—in search and after the click. How Google (and others) define search intent.

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5 Common Small Business Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Up and Running

If you’re looking for a way to differentiate your business in your space, expertly written copy is the way to do it. According to Search Engine Journal — “Taking proactive steps to keep your site clean and running smoothly can help buffer against external factors, supporting your long-term goals for your site and marketing strategy.”

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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

While platforms like Instagram offer a great starting point, the key to differentiation lies in the age-old strategy of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Implement clear product categorization, intuitive search functionality, and a streamlined checkout process. Thanks to Priscilla Christine, The Little Catholic ! #7-

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.