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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. Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? How tight is that integration?

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Evolving Role of Social Networks for Startups In this talk, Tony traces the evolution of how startups have leveraged social networks and social media as part of their solutions over the past ten years. As the web has led to exposure of every increasing numbers, people need ways to filter the possible options.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

We once thought nobody could unseat Google since all inbound traffic to the web came from them. Enter social media and its importance as a traffic source. Most large companies (tech or otherwise) have two functions that make it hard to drive the most successful early-stage innovation. Is Facebook unstoppable?

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13 tech trends to adopt before the year’s end

The Next Web

Pinterest is going to be the website to watch, along with other image-based social networking, search and sales websites. It’s crazy how much web traffic is being served to mobile phones now. It’s changing the landscape of web development, design, apps, business, and everything in between.

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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. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Is there a step-by-step wizard?

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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. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Is there a step-by-step wizard?

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

Setting up a clean, effective web site that lists companies seeking funding and provides accounts for investors to interact with them is not rocket science. As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry.

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