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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? What about other kinds of viral outreach? Who are the other stakeholders involved?

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. 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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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Viral marketing. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. You are now reading one of about 50 million out there already.

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7 Ways To Improve Return On Your Marketing Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Contrary to popular opinion, viral marketing has not eliminated the need for old-fashioned lead generation to bring customers to a startup. Here is my summary of the seven most successful lead-generation vehicles he and I still recommend today, despite the popularity of viral marketing: Search-engine marketing. Marty Zwilling

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Internet Business Lingo Quiz for Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

A blog is basically a journal (“web log”) that is published on the web. Viral marketing. Viral marketing costs real money, but is often worth it. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. You are now reading one of 50 million out there already. Crowdsourcing.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

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. Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? If so, are specific software development processes necessary? Refer a friend?

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