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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. Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? What special data, content, APIs, etc., How often is message content updated?

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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. What special data, content, APIs, etc. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Content access controls?

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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. What special data, content, APIs, etc. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Content access controls?

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Selecting a Web Development Company

SoCal CTO

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. They shouldn''t be showing you that they don''t care at all about looks and content on their own site. How good is the company''s own site?

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . He is a frequent public speaker.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

He’s a former President of Sony Pictures Technologies and former CTO of Warner Bros. He’s our sounding board for technical operations, specially with content protection. If I was intimidated in any way from the very beginning I wouldn’t have made those cold emails and cold phone calls. Entertainment. Communication.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. He is a founder of Strengths Doctors, a consulting firm which helps leaders design energizing work environments.