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Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything

SoCal CTO

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. What are your key Startup Metrics ?

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

Algorithms and data are required to compete. Today’s digital leaders all have a digital platform – a set of algorithms stitched together to collect and analyze key data, and tune their algorithms dynamically for every transaction. You need to be part of a larger ecosystem.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Once you build it, they will now ask you about the key metrics that they need proven in order to see if you really are a good investment. The real reason to build an MVP is to do early tests of key Startup Metrics for the business. " Once you have the metrics defined, it focuses your effort. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? 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? If so, are specific software development processes necessary?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? What are your key Startup Metrics ? 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? If so, are specific software development processes necessary?

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Google's search algorithm was just better, therefore they won the eyeballs, therefore they were able to monetize. Google has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on their search algorithm, the single biggest focus of the company even today, a decade after they decided that was their One Thing. Common vision. Insider knowledge.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

What are your key Startup Metrics ? Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? Analytics/Metrics What key startup metrics will you need to track? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? Team and Process Are you using, or planning to use any software development methodologies?

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