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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? How are you using geographic information?

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower

Background Information Review Our first step is to review existing background materials. Our goal is to build a decent understanding of your business, your product, and your technology. You need a team who’s well-versed in technology and capable of translating that know-how into pragmatic options.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to login? Will you also have a separate login?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to login? Will you also have a separate login?

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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

I asked some of the same questions I ask in my Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions and then I get to a very common conversation: Me : Do you have specs? It's fine to send out documents that have older information. Just make note of it in the document and/or in an email when you send it. Founder : Ummm. what do you mean?

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Startup Mentors

SoCal CTO

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then I got an email that asked: I'm leading the marketing efforts for an early-stage startup.

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Social Media for Service Professionals

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Use Feedburner or Feedblitz for Email. Sign up with either Feedburner or Feedblitz to provide email subscriptions to your blog. This is that post.