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Selecting a Web Development Company

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Don''t be swayed by big name firms or other kinds of name dropping. Have they worked on projects that are similar to your project? Have they used the technologies that are involved in your project? And make sure you see those projects. I (and TechEmpower ) have worked with IBM, HP, Xerox, etc. That says something.

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Registration Form Design with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Authentication

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However, if you sign-up with twitter, it puts a check mark next to it and leaves you on this page still requiring you to enter your name and email address. Even with Facebook, where you can get a name and email, it still needs to ask you for your user name and password. It grabs your email.

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Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything

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Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? What special data, content, APIs, etc. are you going to leverage? What’s the state of the relationships that brings you that data? What’s the state of those systems? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

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Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? What special data, content, APIs, etc. are you going to leverage? What’s the state of the relationships that brings you that data? What’s the state of those systems? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

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Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? What special data, content, APIs, etc. are you going to leverage? What’s the state of the relationships that brings you that data? What’s the state of those systems? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective?

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Startup Mentors

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From Why Every Startup Founder Needs a Mentor - And How to Find One Don’t just fall in love with someone’s reputation, perceived celebrity or name. An early-stage startup is a different animal. Identify someone who could be directly relevant to what you want to do, or who is pursuing a similar vision.

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Find and Talk to other Startup Founders of Similar Startups

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And save names of of companies that match your criteria. Acquisitions and competitors can often yield startups that took similar approach to how they rolled out, had some success. Worth looking through these for some interesting parallels. Again look for founders. Second Stop LinkedIn Advanced people search in LinkedIn is a beautiful thing.

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