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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? What are some examples of similar brands? For example, you might want to offer a discount to a given group to provide incentive. What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported?

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. As an example, they walk you through getting your profile more complete. That's impressive growth!

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. As an example, they walk you through getting your profile more complete. That's impressive growth!

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Would you celebrate your mistakes?

Berkonomics

Leading by example. By being a visible example. You may not know it but the National Transportation Safety Board has for years offered a reporting program for pilots, air controllers and others involved in aviation safety. How do you teach your work force that mistakes are OK as long as they learn and don’t repeat them?

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Robb Report's Bill Curtis On Why Podcasting Is The Next Media Frontier

socalTECH

Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others. We built that into the authority in luxury in 18 different countries.

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Report: Lynda.com Tops $70M In Annual Revenues

socalTECH

Ojai, California-based Lynda.com , the online education site providing online training on a variety of software, ranging from PhotoShop to AutoCAD and much more which was founded by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, is now topping $70M in annual revenues, according to reports. The new revenue numbers came via TechCrunch.

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Do you tell someone “WHY” along with “WHAT?”

Berkonomics

Empowering your direct reports with the reasons for your orders gives them incentive to act, motivation to accept authority, and purpose behind action. Here’s an example you will recognize from your life. How to get more performance from your directives. I try to teach this with the simple phrase that is the headline of this insight.

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