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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. Do you want Flash video, HTML 5 video, or both? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations.

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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. Do you want Flash video, HTML 5 video, or both? I tend to ask a lot of questions, challenge aspects, make suggestions. But I've often been very surprised by one aspect of these conversations.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Selecting a Web Development Company

SoCal CTO

They''ve been in talks with some consulting companies, but don''t quite the know the criteria for evaluating them and things like references(and where to get them). Recommending Flash. So here are some thoughts on selecting the right firm. You can find and reach them through LinkedIn. Not asking you what your plans are for mobile.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

When I first incorporated my company back in 2009, the lawyers I had contracted with to trademark the company name and logo desperately tried to convince me to change the name. When I retired from my high-tech corporate job of 21 years, I knew I wanted to run a consulting business, but I wasn’t sure which services I wanted to provide.

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Which language should my startup use?

www.reincubate.com

Theyre not entirely without use or benefit, but like Lisp, Flash or Silverlight, theyre often not the best choice. Theres nothing inherently wrong with Flash or Silverlight, but most often their use should be considered only for incremental interface enhancements to a system built on an establish web framework. XML sitemap.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

I'm married to Mike Freehling , M&A and financial management consultant. It's a comprehensive program with national sales training, HTML emails, a very cool interactive Flash landing page about the 8 ways to save, brochure and presentation for the sales people, extending reach via social media, etc. It launches November 16.