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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? What are your key Startup Metrics ? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? How will you be taking this to market?

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

Both Sides of the Table

Having a set of metrics that you watch & that you feel are the key drivers of your success helps keep clarity. And the more public you can make your goals for these key metrics the better. You will likely have multiple sets of metrics you keep depending on the company’s stage, one’s function in the company and level.

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. Startups provide introductions and Tony and fellow panelists provide feedback in real-time.

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Lighting the match – going viral

Berkonomics

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. It doesn’t happen by accident. Here is my list.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are your key Startup Metrics ? 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? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed?

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Six ways to make your site-app-product go viral.

Berkonomics

Not every new game-related site is a Steam, and surely not every social network is a Facebook. Well-tuned metrics are an absolute must. It doesn’t happen by accident. And not every texting application is a Twitter. A story of an app from nowhere to near dominance. Here is my list. First: Planning. Fourth: measurement.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are your key Startup Metrics ? 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? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed?

Develop 384