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8 Signals That It’s Time for Change In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books.

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7 Ways To Preclude The Most Common Investor Rejection

Startup Professionals Musings

Obviously this definition is generic, so my first recommendation is that you take the lead in defining traction metrics for your startup, and then selling your results convincingly to investors. I like to see at least 10,000 active users, or a user base, page-views, or mobile downloads that double every three months.

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Google Maps Mobile

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Its works great. And there was a big surprise. It includes traffic!

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Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction

SoCal CTO

If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product. The real question you should be asking is "When I've built this product and show you the following metrics, would you invest?"

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8 Change Triggers Every Entrepreneur Must Spot Early

Startup Professionals Musings

These changes can be cultural, like the increasing need to be social, spawning Facebook and a hundred others, or technological, like the explosion of mobile devices around the world. Another example is seeing substitute versions of a product, like eBooks, for a low price displacing hardcover books.

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Interview with Clark Landry, Maple Media

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. What was appealing to you about the mobile app area? What's the idea behind Maple Media?

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

Features, availability, and brand are just the price of entry. Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. You need a platform that is comfortable with the global scope of today’s market, with it’s wide range of social and economic cultures, trends, and needs.