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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. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? See also - When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication. Other types of users?

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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. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? See also - When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication. Other types of users?

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

However, I’ve now begun questioning how and what an early-stage / startup CTO should be. Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. Here are a bunch of other kinds of questions that get addressed by Startup CTOs.

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What You Can Learn from a Scorpion

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding your vulnerability and understanding the power of those with whom you must do business is a very important part of figuring out as a startup how to fit into the broader ecosystem and the art of statecraft is tremendously important in knowing when and how to project power in sales, recruiting, negotiations, fund raising, etc.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

So why is online video such an attractive market to build a startup? These markets represent about $600 billion of total spend between them, leaving tons of opportunities for startups to disrupt and grow large. Yet many of the startups I see are very US centric. Startup Advice' We like sight, sound & motion.

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Why Twitter’s API Changes Screws Startups – And Twitter

YoungUpstarts

So I own a startup. As you may know, Twitter changes the rules for oAuth requests as well as a few minor things for apps using Twitter’s services. As you may know, Twitter changes the rules for oAuth requests as well as a few minor things for apps using Twitter’s services. Note: this is different from oAuth.

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Registration Form Design with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Authentication

SoCal CTO

Back in January 2010, I wrote a post that's one of the most popular on this blog: When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? I continually face the challenge of designing and building registration / sign-up pages on a wide variety of different web sites and mobile applications.

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