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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks?

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

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And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. For example, if you are trying to determine viral coefficient (see Startup Metrics ), then the focus should be around those aspects of the MVP.

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Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction

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" In Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Startup Founder , I mentioned that before you build your Minimum Viable Product (MVP), you need to be really clear on your purpose. But never forget that traction is necessary, but may not be sufficient, to lower the risk perception of investors, and assure an investment.

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Challenge of Predicting Winners

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As I look at more and more start-ups predicated on viral growth, and at the use of social marketing, its becoming simultaneously easier to understand some aspects of viral growth and still a gap in understanding whats going to be that "hook" that will grab people at the end of the day.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

In this talk, we spent most of our time on Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One and how they should be helping you: Specify the right things to be built. Investors my tell you that, but what they can look at your product on paper and tell what it does and they will understand if it can be built.

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When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

SoCal CTO

One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms. Obviously, the goal is to get viral spread through these actions – and to facilitate value for users. How well will I get publishing/viral behavior with third party authentication as compared to a Share button?

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