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What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

InfoChachkie

Five broad sources of independent, third-party validation are: Customers, Partners, Distributors, Industry Experts and other Stakeholders. For instance, validation that directly supports your company's underlying value proposition is more valuable than corroboration that indirectly suggests customers might ultimately adopt your solution.

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Startup Spotlight: Final Exams, Santa Chatbot and Clean Up Your Email

Tech.Co

This week in Startup Spotlight we found companies helping students get through their final exams, gift giving chatbots, getting out of email hell, and more. And getting help in challenging subjects always makes it a bit easier to push through. ChatbotsBuilder (Boston, MA). Gooroo (New York, NY).

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Think of these as the big upfront questions: Who are the customers? Please be able to provide me with a few specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, what the system will do for them.

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Creating An Innovative Corporate Culture, Citrix Style

InfoChachkie

one is an existing customer, they've got a problem. The other one is a new customer that wants to buy something from you. Mark gestures toward the phone call from the existing customer) Obligation before opportunity - putting someone else first, before what's in your interest. We help people live better and work better.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Twitter is better than RSS – it’s “curated RSS.&# The stream is limited in length and therefore people share links.

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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

Hopefully this straightforward format will help you avoid overly obtuse verbiage, while keeping your executive summary to two pages. What does your pain reliever look like, how is it implemented by the customer and what future products do you expect to roll out? Any errors or omissions in the subtext are my own. Opportunity.