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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” What are your big milestones?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? What already exists in your space? Who are your big competitors?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? What already exists in your space? Who are your big competitors?

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. .

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How and Why You Should Validate Your App Idea Before You Build

Up and Running

Some believe in the all-in approach to product development: build an advanced app. Early stage idea validation can be accomplished without building an application. An entrepreneur can quantitatively test potential buyers’ real intentions and develop a genuine understanding their needs before building out the product (app).

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How to Expand Your Business

The Startup Magazine

The growth of your business should be something you are consistently striving for, but there are always periods where you don’t seem to be growing as much as you would hope to. Even those that are household names and operate worldwide are constantly driving to expand and grow, which means your business must do the same.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

First, understand your audience. If you don’t have some sense of their points of view, your likelihood of making the pitch go well is more random. If you don’t have some sense of their points of view, your likelihood of making the pitch go well is more random. The goal of an entrepreneur is to be one of those deals.