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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What are some sites or companies in the same space? Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions. Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks?

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. They also have a new management team, that’s headed up in part by Michael Jones (COO), the most all around talented internet executive I know. I wouldn’t bet against MySpace. MySpace = Yahoo2.0:

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. How do you use LinkedIn?

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. Fake Site - you can have what looks to be a real site, even take "orders" but not actually have anything able to run it. Review the code being built.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

We’ve heard this from startup founders, product managers, development team leads, CTOs, and others who see their product gaining traction, but simultaneously see performance falling off a cliff. Too often though, it’s the result of performance needs not being properly assessed at the start of work. So, why does this happen?

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. Jeff Atwood is the person responsible for product and user experience across all of their sites. What is the best reporting structure for an engineering team.