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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Do you need to provide RSS? What special data, content, APIs, etc.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach? See Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups. Do you need to provide RSS? What special data, content, APIs, etc.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows that coming up with a name is harder than you’d think. We talked to bloggers, social media gurus, linguists and naming experts (yes, they exist!) to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. How Do I Start? Ask yourself: 2.

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

Both Sides of the Table

First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! They had a lock on “distribution&# and were named AOL, Yahoo!, Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption.

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A viral "launching soon" form

blog.forkly.com

A viral “launching soon” form. We were still keeping forkly very much under wraps, and had practically nothing on our placeholder page but a plain, cryptic statement with our company name: Of course, that didn’t stop MG Siegler from writing the TC article (nice job on putting all the pieces together). Forkly Blog.

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Cannabis Marketing Without Paid Ads: How to Do it Right

Up and Running

Within your image alt texts and file names, as appropriate. Incorporating referral links into your communications and incentivizing folks to share them facilitates “viral lopping” and organic growth. So be sure to subscribe to RSS feeds, marijuana business outlets, and newsletters. Referral links. PR and media outreach.

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HOW TO: Connect with Other Entrepreneurs Online

mashable.com

The directory of other entrepreneurs, browsable by industry and name, is also helpful for locating someone who might be helpful regarding a specific issue. The replies are less frequent than on some of the other sites, but they tend to be of high quality. You also have the option to create your own private group. What will you find here?