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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Is there a step-by-step wizard? Any other kind of viral outreach?

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Is there a step-by-step wizard? Any other kind of viral outreach?

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks. Social networking is peaking. Social media will be pervasive in the enterprise and is primarily driving by customer interactions. A (Very) Brief (and Selective) History in Computing.

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The Planned Iteration Startup Launch Minimizes Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Use social networking to start the wave. Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest. It will narrow your development focus, and adjust your strategy for you.

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The Demographics Of New Venture Founders Are Changing

Startup Professionals Musings

83 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers is now catching up with the other age groups, reaching nearly 90 percent across the board. In the U.S., immigrants are almost twice as likely to become entrepreneurs as native-born U.S.

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6 Keys to Attracting Customers Based On Social Needs

Startup Professionals Musings

Nurture relationships with popular social influencers. Most consumers now use their online access from smartphones and tablets to interact with social networks, product reviews, and monitor the videos of culture influencers around the world.

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