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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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Startup Metrics

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Start by building just enough of your product to get early CAC and CLV signals (they won’t be perfect). If you know of more resources on this topic, or want to talk about anything startup or tech related, we’d love to hear from you. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! Don’t worry about scaling just yet.

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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , Then, a month later, the product is still 90% done. Please write us at blog@techempower.com !

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7 Lessons On How Startups Use Social Media To Succeed

Startup Professionals Musings

There are hundreds of consultants out there who will take your money for guidance in this area, but I recommend that you start with some free resources on the Internet, or one of the many recent books on this topic. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. Communication and writing skills are required.

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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

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10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First

Startup Professionals Musings

In the process, you may save yourself considerable re-work and money, or even decide that your dream needs more time to mature, before you commit your limited resources, or sign up with investors to a painful and unsatisfying plan. These include financial management, marketing and sales, and the appropriate production ability.

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Reduce five risks: Increase your valuation

Berkonomics

First: Product risk. . Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to. One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer.