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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

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I promised to do this post as a follow-up to the session to provide additional links and information. Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

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Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. The big thing for us has been those connections to investors and mentors. The feedback, mentors, and connections are amazing.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

Any thoughts on my recent post Startup Metrics ? The Startup Metrics post is a good example of what I call “holocognics.” Startup Metrics discusses what a Startup needs to consider before “going live.” We are not “finders” and usually serve the role of advisor and attorney. That's great. Yes, a physical folder.

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.

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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. They may wonder if it can be built technically, but I (or other CTOs) can answer that question without building any code.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. event I did last fall.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. More information comes out.

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