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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. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Do you want Flash video, HTML 5 video, or both? Do you need to process user-contributed media?

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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. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Do you want Flash video, HTML 5 video, or both? Do you need to process user-contributed media?

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10 Popular Founder Misconceptions Limit Startup Ideas

Startup Professionals Musings

This myth arises from the fact that new ideas can sometimes seem to appear as a flash of insight. The first step is to resist the urge to limit your thinking to the following long-standing myths: Eureka myth.

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7 Insights From Founders Who Have Been There Before

Startup Professionals Musings

Growing a business is like a marathon, you don’t want your company to be a flash in the pan. Manage growth wisely. Overextending yourself and your resources by taking on too much too fast can kill your business. Remember, according to Seth Godin , the average overnight success takes six years. Look for collaborative opportunities.

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Are You Ready for the Post-Flash World?

Altgate

Flash for mobile is dead. Can Flash for desktops be far behind? For years, Flash has enjoyed a monopoly that is comparable to Microsoft in the past and Google now. Even though Flash remains near ubiquitous on PCs, web developers such as Robert Accettura give the technology a life of no more than 24-36 months.

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The 4 Types of Stories Founders Need to Tell When Fundraising

View from Seed

Flash forward 100 years: now listed as a noxious weed, the Kudzu is found as far north as NYC and Nova Scotia Canada, and covers 7.5 Trying to recruit a co-founder or key-employee? If the founder of a startup isn’t their own opportunity’s best storyteller, who could possibly come to understand it better than they?

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TheLuxeNomad.com Pivots Business Model, Moves Away From Flash Sales

YoungUpstarts

If there’s a sure sign that shows how interest in online flash sales have waned, it’s how many daily deal sites have either deadpooled or pivoted away from that particular business model. “Initially, our main focus was on flash sales which worked well as a USP because these were deals you could not find elsewhere. .

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