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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Are there other founders, business leaders, partners, or administrators? Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? How will you be taking this to market?

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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. Other types of users?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. Other types of users?

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). The iPhone was released.

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These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money.