Acquisition, Early Stage and Web Development

Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

APRIL 2, 2012

Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. These companies are very early-stage and definitely have not shown product/market fit. The problem is you don't yet have product/market fit, and until you do, you don't really know what to build.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2021

They want to snowball their customer acquisition, attracting thousands of new people to the brand, and reach diverse new audiences in new locations. Developing your company’s website is one of the most important investments you’re going to make. Every startup entrepreneur wants to see their company grow. Or is it? . Dead Weight.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Business funding can help entrepreneurs tackle some of the financial problems at an early stage. A buyer persona is a fictional or imaginary character that represents a business’s potential customers, based on what you know about customer’s behaviors, and customer acquisition. The Role of Social Media Platforms.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Challenge of Predicting Winners

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Sunday, February 25, 2007 Challenge of Predicting Winners I just read a bit on the payout to YouTube from the Google Acquisition ( Internet News , CNN ). Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -.

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Map of VC Investments

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

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8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

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Interesting Model for University President

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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About this Blog

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

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Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

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A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

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Open Source Business Model

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MARCH 5, 2007

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Events and Networking in Los Angeles

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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Twitter Link Roundup #220 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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APRIL 25, 2014

Corporate Acquisitions Of Startups — Why Do They Fail? Early Stage Startups: The Biggest Killers | Forbes – crowdspring.co/1mtenKl. Advanced web typography: Responsive web typography – crowdspring.co/1m4knXa. Avoiding common data-interpretation errors – crowdspring.co/RNprpc.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

April 20, 2007 8:32 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Books that Shape Common Early Stage (Startup) Culture – crowdspring.co/1fLefAN. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. Websites with Exceptionally Creative and Unique Navigation – crowdspring.co/1fn1c8y. What’s up with the Series A?

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi. Graham was happy for his client. But he wished he had been able to share in some of the upside.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Reply web Development Company , on November 18, 2009 at 5:30 am Said: Hi This is really nice article, Thanks for sharing to us.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t great web customer acquisition tutorials. web analytics from the borg. real-time web analytics. Web Development Tools. VC & Startup Resources.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea. Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life? Building a scalable, profitable, customer acquisition engine. Adrian Seeley if you actually need a web developer - use elance.com.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. I would add that having a business such as a web development contract service would bring in cash-flow allowing the main founders to keep alive and grow the vision and initial beta.

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F2F Still Matters

SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

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A Systematic Guide on How to Start Online Marketing in 2020

Innovation and Geography

Challenge of Predicting Winners

Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

Map of VC Investments

Kevin Federline Search Engine

8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing

Google Maps Mobile

Interesting Model for University President

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Entreprenuer Network

Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

Stanford Podcasts - eHarmony - Greg Waldorf

A Different Kind of Incubator - The Hive

Where LinkedIn Works for Me

Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

Open Source Business Model

Events and Networking in Los Angeles

Twitter Link Roundup #220 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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