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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What about reporting and moderation? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? Reporting What needs to be reported? Reporting can be endless! Are they dismissable?

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Startup CTO Speaking

SoCal CTO

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. Startups provide introductions and Tony and fellow panelists provide feedback in real-time.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What about reporting and moderation? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Other types of users?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

What are your key Startup Metrics ? What about reporting and moderation? Analytics/Metrics - what are the key startup metrics that you will need to track? Are there specific metrics needed for future funding rounds or for operations? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Other types of users?

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

What existing systems will we leverage, what programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, revision control systems, etc.? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? What technologies will we use? Accounting?

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

Founder Developer Gap I’m assuming that the founders understand what they generally want to do with the business and where the product should be going. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Accounting?

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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Focusing on the metrics that ultimately drive the business, often the bottom line, has provided a reality check, a counter-weight to the desire to consume all new technologies.

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