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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. Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Are there other founders, business leaders, partners, or administrators? If you launched tomorrow, how many users would you forecast?

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Seizing the Moment: Why Experts Believe Now is the Golden Opportunity for Investing in Israel

VC Cafe

credit rating forecast dropped in November, and since then the S&P 500 index has jumped by 15%. Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia ( source ) Michael Eisenberg, co-founder of Aleph, an Israeli venture firm, said in a recent post: “What is the elevator pitch for investing in Israel for the next decade?

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How and Where to Write About Technology in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

I get involved in detail when the group is looking at startups in software, web, mobile apps, or financial forecasting. When a business plan involves expertise in software, the web, apps, and technologies related to financial forecasting, I’m curious, and I’ll look for an appendix with interesting details.

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I’ve seen the Promised Land. And I might not get there with you.

Steve Blank

The startup founder who gets fired just as his/her company is growing into large company could be a cliché – if it wasn’t so true – and painful. I’ve been the founder who got fired, I’ve been on the board as my friends got fired and I’ve been the board member who fired the founders.

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

After all, when upper management has been told a project will succeed for 4 years, it is very hard for anyone in middle management to stand up and reverse this forecast. He shows how the actions of people inside traditional systems are motivated by their rational assessment of their own economics. Wow, great review!

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

The first article that we wanted to talk about is one written by the founder of Palo Alto Software, Tim Berry. You really need to get with your development team and if you don’t know what the word responsive is, ask them and make them make your website that. Like 10 years ago reviews on product pages were nonexistent.

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