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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What are some sites or companies in the same space? What functionality would make your company launch-ready? Graphic design? UI/UX design? Is anyone working with you on this? What are your key Startup Metrics ? How do you make your money? How do you measure success? Who are your big competitors? Where’s the mystery?

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Bet the farm only when the crops are on fire!

Berkonomics

How much risk you and your company are willing and able to tolerate over time? Most people believe that early stage companies should take risks aggressively because there is less to lose and much more to gain with each risky bet or decision. Take an extreme risk once, and you may win the bet. Your average is 100%.

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Understanding What’s Going on in #LATech

Both Sides of the Table

Not just Tinder, Dollar Shave Club, Riot Games, CornerStone OnDemand and the companies you’ve heard of but there are large successes that are less well known but now very large startups businesses like Ring, Zip Recruiter, GumGum, Laurel & Wolf and too many other great companies to mention.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

Both Sides of the Table

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. from Charter’s subscribers.

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Would you sign a personal guarantee?

Berkonomics

As a rule of thumb, a company with a majority owner in control will be required to provide such a guarantee for most any borrowing of significant size in relation to assets. As the amounts get higher or as banks get into the picture, the negotiation around a personal guarantee becomes more of an issue with the lender and the entrepreneur.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

What you might not realize is that the adorable droid was the brain child of Sphero, a robotics and digital technology company and an alumni to the Disney Accelerator program. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.”

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Entrepreneurs: Employment law is not on your side!  

Berkonomics

A punch in the gut Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. So, it is like a punch in the gut when an employee makes a claim against the company for a perceived or actual violation of a law or regulation. Protect who?