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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. One common element – and one that’s pretty surprising – is that often, no one has asked these innovators even the most basic technical questions. But there are some common elements too. Six months from now?

Developer

Developer Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO

8 Questions You Should Ask Before You Join A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

Yet if you are on the other side of the table, there are some other key questions that you need to ask, which will tell you more about the real success prospects for this business. History gaps and founder turnover may indicate a long road ahead. Does everyone on the team have a clear role and mutual respect?

Technical Review

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33 Key Security Questions You Should Ask When Buying Board Software

Board Effect

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Obviously, we are biased and think you should be choosing BoardEffect but, regardless of that, over the years of onboarding new customers, we have been asked many questions. We can share some of those key questions you should ask about security, when choosing a board software partner for your mission-driven organization.

Software Review

Software Review Security Software Technical Review

What Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves Before Using AI Tools to Start a Business

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

The post What Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves Before Using AI Tools to Start a Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Danish Ahmed is the founder of startuptools.ai , an AI co-pilot for entrepreneurs, aiding in ideation, planning, and launching businesses effortlessly.

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Algorithm Cofounder

Are You A Necessity Entrepreneur? Ask These 7 Questions

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

Just ask yourself these seven questions: 1. Ask These 7 Questions appeared first on Young Upstarts. What others may see as the end of a business or an opportunity, Necessity Entrepreneurs see as challenges or setbacks to overcome. With people counting on them—their families and their employees’ families—they have to carry on.

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Silicon Valley Bandwidth

Preventing Stupid: 3 Questions Every Business Owner Must Ask

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

That means spotting the weaknesses in your business by asking yourself three very basic questions. The sooner and the more frequently you ask, the better you’ll be able to address and solve these problems before they can intensify and do real damage.

Oklahoma

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4 Questions To Ask Before You Hire An App Developer

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Here are four critical questions to ask both yourself and an app developer before making the decision to engage them to design and deliver your app. These should be highlighted in their folio but you can also ask to see their apps, particularly those that are internal to business and may not be publicly available.

Technical Review

Technical Review Developer Hiring Software Review

Sizing the Ask

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One important tactical decision when fundraising is determining the size of “the ask”. Sizing the ask incorrectly is one of the things I see founders get wrong most often, and it ends up having a meaningful impact to the fundraising process overall. Every ask implicitly suggests a valuation range. That said….

Valuation

Valuation Founder Conversion Demand

10 Questions To Ask Before Selecting A Search Firm

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Here are ten key questions you should ask in selecting any recruiter or firm: What are your search successful completion metrics? Ask the potential recruiter to prepare a draft of the message they will be using, and make sure you agree that it will be compelling. How will they position your company and opportunity?

Search

Search Technical Review Differentiation Hiring

15 Strategic Questions for Volunteer Boards to Ask

Board Effect

AUGUST 23, 2023

To truly be effective, volunteer boards must keep pace with how small and large changes impact their organizations and continually ask the right questions to guide their strategies, which will allow them to be more responsive. The post 15 Strategic Questions for Volunteer Boards to Ask appeared first on BoardEffect.

Technical Review

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40 Key Questions You Should Ask When Choosing Board Technology

Board Effect

JUNE 12, 2023

Obviously, we are biased and think you should be choosing BoardEffect but, regardless of that, over the years of onboarding new customers we have been asked many questions. We can share some of those key questions you should ask when choosing the right board software partner for your nonprofit board. Support and Training 12.

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Technology Software

32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. Yet, I'm often the first person who's asking them questions that I consider to be pretty basic. I would actually suggest that asking if you want friending/connections is a bit of a trick question. What has been captured so far? Are there specs? Wireframes?

Developer

Developer Founder Viral Oauth

32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. Yet, I'm often the first person who's asking them questions that I consider to be pretty basic. I would actually suggest that asking if you want friending/connections is a bit of a trick question. What has been captured so far? Are there specs? Wireframes?

Developer

Developer Founder Viral Oauth

Asking Questions More Effectively

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

The ability to ask questions effectively is one of the most important skills in business as is the ability to actively listen. There are many different meeting types where asking different types of questions may be appropriate. If you’re: raising money you might like to ask how the investor makes decision.

Churn Rate

Churn Rate Due Diligence Dividend Conversion

5 Benefits Of Business Leadership By Asking Questions

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2021

Cohen in his classic book, “ Just Ask Leadership: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions ,” as leaders advance, they tend to oblige by asking fewer questions and providing more answers. It requires asking good and fair questions – not “gotcha” questions. Get the right answers by asking the right questions.

Leadership

Leadership Lean Employee Management

5 Key Trends Impacting Nonprofit Governance Plus Key Questions Boards Need To Be Asking

Board Effect

JUNE 14, 2023

This article outlines 5 key trends impacting governance for nonprofits and shares key questions that boards need to be asking, along with suggestions for strategies to start tackling them. Questions Boards Need To Be Asking Here is the list of questions for board members to discuss at upcoming meetings, with suggested next steps for boards.

Government

Government Software Review Technical Review Canada

The Crucial Questions Every Project Manager Needs To Ask – And The KPIs To Answer Them

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

Let’s take a look at the questions that project managers need to be asking, and how the KPIs that are visible through a comprehensive project management software platform can answer them. Will we hit the deadline?

Artificial Inteligence

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Management Software Developers

6 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Website Developers

Our Own Start-up

OCTOBER 21, 2022

If you're in the market for a new website, ask your developers these questions. The post 6 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Website Developers first appeared on Our Own Startup. Having a professional website is essential for the success and your business.

Web Development

Web Development Developer Startup Marketing

Never ask for "Just 5 Minutes!"

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

When you ask for just a few minutes, it sounds like you''re having a lot of trouble getting meetings. So be confident enough to ask for your due time, to move on if I say no, but smart enough to actually listen if no is what everyone says, even just for a first meeting. That''s a signal the market is giving to you.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Technical Review Technology Networking

5 Questions To Ask When Naming Your Business

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Here are five questions you need to ask yourself when picking a business name. . The post 5 Questions To Ask When Naming Your Business appeared first on Young Upstarts. Choosing a name for your business?

Naming

Naming Marketing

Three Questions To Ask For Greater Self-Awanress

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2022

There are three critical questions you can ask yourself that can help you develop radical self-awareness, to locate yourself on your journey, to identify who you’re being and why, and to change your song when you find yourself off course. The post Three Questions To Ask For Greater Self-Awanress appeared first on Young Upstarts.

Developer

Ask Your Customers to Participate in Your Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Ask your customers and partners for ideas, try them all, measure results, and scale up the ones that work. We often see a mediocre product with effective marketing outperform a good product with little or poor marketing. Big marketing budgets alone and single blockbuster campaigns don’t assure results. The message is simple.

Customer

Customer Technical Review Marketing Social Media

7 Keys To Asking The Right Questions To Be A Leader

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2021

I agree with him that the best way to do this is to continually ask the right questions, in the right way, to avoid and identify blind spots. Ask for supporting data or examples. Ask for alternatives. Another approach to surfacing non-confirming data is to overtly ask for an opposing point of view.

Leadership

Leadership Global Naming Entrepreneur

Crucial Questions To Ask A B2B Web Design Agency

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here we look at what you should be asking the B2B web design agencies you are considering. The post Crucial Questions To Ask A B2B Web Design Agency appeared first on Young Upstarts. How do you a choose the web design agency that’s right for you and your project?

B2B

B2B Web Design

4 ERP Questions You Were Afraid to Ask

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2017

You don’t always remember to ask the most important questions when salespeople demonstrate a product. Even if you plan ahead by thinking of a few things to ask, sometimes you just forget them. Here are four questions about ERP software you were too afraid to ask when you had the chance; and their answers.

Cloud

Cloud Software Review Technical Review Technical Support

Five Questions You Need To Ask When Scaling Your Business

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2022

Tristan Wright highlights five questions a small business owner needs to ask as part of the scaling planning process. The post Five Questions You Need To Ask When Scaling Your Business appeared first on Young Upstarts. Scaling your business?

Small Business

Ask an Entrepreneur: Can I Really Start a Business in 30 Days?

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Ask an entrepreneur! And if you’ve got a burning question for them, go ahead and ask it in the comments! Just ask people for help. ” Words of advice: “Ask yourself: Are you the sort of person who can work 18-hour days? Ask it in the comments below! Skip ahead and leave it in the comments.

Cofounder

Cofounder Entrepreneur Technical Cofounder Technical Review

Questions to Ask Before Joining a Nonprofit Board

Board Effect

MAY 27, 2019

Has being asked to serve on a nonprofit board of directors taken you by surprise? It’s best to do a little research, and maybe talk to some seasoned board directors so that you can ask some important and intelligent questions before accepting a vacant board seat. The very first question to ask is whether the board has a strategic plan.

Technical Review

Technical Review Due Diligence Security Restful

Chatbots vs. Live Chat: The Questions You Should Ask

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The questions you should ask to find out which platform is right for you. Live chat vs. chatbots: 6 questions you should ask. The post Chatbots vs. Live Chat: The Questions You Should Ask appeared first on CXL. While chat […] The post Chatbots vs. Live Chat: The Questions You Should Ask appeared first on CXL.

Jamaica

Jamaica Database Conversion Cost

What is the secret to remote work? Just ask your Sales team.

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Just ask your Sales team. What is the secret to remote work? was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Sales

Sales Technical Review Distribution Vietnam

6 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Local SEO Expert

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2022

The post 6 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Local SEO Expert appeared first on Young Upstarts. When hiring local SEO experts, hire those who truly know and understand how to meet your needs and deal with your SEO challenges.

SEO

SEO Hiring Engineer Search

10 Indications That It’s Time To Ask For Help At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2022

The challenge in to know when and how to ask for help, and not let bravado and ego mask anxieties. If an entrepreneur doesn’t find themselves in over their head at least 20% of the time, they are probably not pushing the limits, not taking enough risk, and probably not working on an idea that’s worth doing.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Differentiation Salary Entrepreneur

The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

Ask yourself, “Am I willing to risk what I own to go into this business because the potential rewards are greater than the risks?”. Before hiring a CPA it’s important to ask several questions and get to know the skills and limitations of the person doing the accounting work. What do you want to know?

Small Business

Small Business CPA Government North America

5 Startup Financial Questions Every Investor Will Ask

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

Investors will test your savvy by asking where your business breaks. What if I offer you only half, or double, what you ask for? But don’t hesitate to ask for help from a professional if you need it. The manual calculations to translate market assumptions into costs, volumes, expenses and net return are massive.

Conversion Ratio

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce

Why Every Leader Needs to Ask Themselves, “Who Am I Being?”

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Whenever we sense our team is not accomplishing all that they could, it’s always worth asking ourselves as leaders, "Who am I being that is causing those around me to be who they are?". The post Why Every Leader Needs to Ask Themselves, “Who Am I Being?” appeared first on Young Upstarts.

Developer

Developer Leadership

The 10 Questions I Didn’t Expect to Be Asked by Investors

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

I was expecting to be asked about my team, market segments, financial projections, go-to market strategy, exit strategy, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I was asked these questions – many of them – but it was the questions below that I wasn’t expecting. 2 : What entrepreneurs do you admire and why?

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy

Asking The Right Questions To Unleashing Maximum Potential Of Automation

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2022

The post Asking The Right Questions To Unleashing Maximum Potential Of Automation appeared first on Young Upstarts. Introducing workflow automation into your business allows you to allocate your time and money to more critical business processes, insists Chintan Jain, Associate Director of Product Marketing at Kissflow Workflow.

Product

Product Marketing

What Extra Benefits And Coverage To Ask For In Your Life Insurance Policy

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The post What Extra Benefits And Coverage To Ask For In Your Life Insurance Policy appeared first on Young Upstarts. This article will discuss some extra benefits and coverage you may want to consider when purchasing a life insurance policy.

Want To Know More About Your Customers? Ask Them!

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

No matter the size of your business, polls are a versatile market research method. Don’t know what your customers want? Don’t second guess things and send them a poll instead. The post Want To Know More About Your Customers? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

Customer

Customer Marketing

What To Ask Yourself When Choosing A Business Name

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2021

The post What To Ask Yourself When Choosing A Business Name appeared first on Young Upstarts. Choosing the right name for your company is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when starting your new business.

Naming

Mentoring: Successful People Ask For It

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Every worthwhile discussion about mentoring and how to ask someone to be your mentor starts with that simple question. How To Ask Someone To Be Your Mentor. Once you have that person in mind, asking to be mentored by them is a much more natural conversation. The right mentor can help you become a seasoned leader, faster.

Programming

Programming Leadership Conversion Developer

Pitch Deck Month: The “Ask” Slide

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The closing slide of a pitch deck’s main section should be explicit about the ask. There are two other sets of information which should be included on the ask slide. The post Pitch Deck Month: The “Ask” Slide appeared first on NextView Ventures. Here we are, at (one of) the final slides. What do you want?

Cap Table

Cap Table Seed Stage Valuation Dilution

Evaluating NetSuite Implementation Partners: Questions To Ask Before You Hire

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2023

The post Evaluating NetSuite Implementation Partners: Questions To Ask Before You Hire appeared first on Young Upstarts. Choosing the right NetSuite implementation partner is critical for the success of your ERP implementation project.

Partner

Partner Hiring

10 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Every New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Deciding to be an entrepreneur is a lifestyle move, and should be part of a long-term strategic plan. You shouldn’t be making this decision just because you are mad at your boss, or you would like to be rich, or someone else thinks you have a good idea.

Demand

Demand Entrepreneur Management Customer

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