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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How will you differentiate from these?

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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. How will you differentiate from these? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? How do you make your money?

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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. How will you differentiate from these? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Native mobile apps? Does it need to playback on mobile devices? How do you make your money?

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster). ” The pioneering fund of funds realize that their source of differentiation is much more about the latter than the former. We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations).

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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. The service would use early-stage smart phones and a push system developed by Rhino. In the end, it was too late.&#.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

For example, if you’re looking to approach Kleiner Perkins it’s worth knowing that my friend Matt Murphy runs their iFund and therefore is the in-house expert on all things mobile. He knows the history of all of the payment gateways, mobile payment platforms, credit offerings, remittance companies, etc. Meet early.

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Practical Strategies For Starting A Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Or are you happy to run just the local restaurant that is differentiator. How do you differentiate yourself? It can be a mobile app on a phone. That is the role of the CEO in an early stage company. So it really doesn't matter could be a restaurant, but are you going to franchise it? Do you have big plans?