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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

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. Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? How will you differentiate from these? What about other kinds of viral outreach?

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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? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach?

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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? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach?

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The only 2 ways to build a $100 million business

Version One Ventures

So most early-stage VCs have started to evaluate investment opportunities with an imaginary benchmark in mind: can this company become a $100 million opportunity? Early users of a product are often strong advocates and company ambassadors, while those users acquired through paid marketing channels down the road show far less loyalty.

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

reidhoffman.org

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. For example, if I were pitching LinkedIn’s Series B today with what I now know about successful pitches, the investment thesis would be: Massively valuable properties will be built off networks. There will be different networks for different domains.

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

mashable.com

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. ” Be sure to differentiate your company from ones that the journalist has already covered, however. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. This turns out to be one of the real differentiators for Twitter. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric.

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