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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)? eCommerce Does your startup run on a subscription model? What about other kinds of viral outreach?

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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

Services like Shopify and BigCommerce have given many people the impression that eCommerce is an easy industry to succeed in. The reality is that eCommerce is not quick, easy, or cheap, and getting your store online is only a small part of the battle. And that can make or break your customer retention, especially in the early stages.

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6 Lessons Most Entrepreneurs Only Learn On The Street

Startup Professionals Musings

Jeff Bezos readily admits that his first career in a Wall Street-based investment banking firm gave him some keen insights into business realities, before a fear of regret and a personal passion led him to create Amazon, now the largest ecommerce site in the world. Your leadership skills do not develop without effort.

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? eCommerce is different than free consumer apps, games are on a league of their own, etc.

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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. eCommerce - Is this subscription? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach? Discount support?

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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. eCommerce - Is this subscription? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Any other kind of viral outreach? Discount support?

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Tony provides specific models and suggestions for how startups can leverage social networks for viral growth yet maintain their independence so as not to limit themselves long-term. Its common for startups to think about services like hosting/computing, storage, analytics, maps, email delivery and tracking, and eCommerce.