article thumbnail

53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? Administer users?

Develop 520
article thumbnail

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. 4 times / 100 means if a customer uses your app frequently (say 10-20 times / day) then they are crashing nearly every day.

Metrics 346
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

7 Keys To An Engaging Framework For Social Media Mktg

Startup Professionals Musings

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

article thumbnail

32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

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. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? SEO Support - will URLs need to be well formed?

Develop 396
article thumbnail

32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

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. SEO for Startups )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? SEO Support - will URLs need to be well formed?

Develop 384
article thumbnail

7 Steps To A Winning Social Media Marketing Campaign

Startup Professionals Musings

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Create an action plan with metrics. You spend the months influencing the influencers.

article thumbnail

5 Steps to Sell the Way Your Customers Want to Buy

Startup Professionals Musings

But the reality is that sellers are no longer in charge of the customer buying process. Kristin Zhivago, in her new book “ Roadmap to Revenue ,” makes the point that the selling system is broken, since sellers no longer sell the way customers are buying. The best way to do this is with real customer interviews.