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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? If you launched tomorrow, how many users would you forecast? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? What about other kinds of viral outreach? Tell me about the business. How are you funding this?

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

Forecasting is sometimes done by dragging the mouse based on many assumptions, because it’s hard to predict the future. While there isn’t a single magic number or set formula, understanding industry benchmarks can be really helpful to keep a finger on the pulse to measure the health of the company and make more informed forecasts.

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The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Steve Blank

If you’re assuming virality of your product, you will need to show viral propagation of your product and the improvement of your viral coefficient over several experiments. If non-web, build demand creation budget and forecast. Any IP you need to license? Get real costs from suppliers. How many people?

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