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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Is it pay-to-play? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Discount support? Free-trials? Often this ties to marketing support.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Is it pay-to-play? Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Is your integration limited to login and “like” buttons or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Discount support? Free-trials? Often this ties to marketing support.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. I’m a huge supporter of his initiative to help end this practice.

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The Power Of Play In Business Culture

Duct Tape Marketing

Key Takeaway: Finding a way to integrate fun and play at work is a powerful asset that benefits the employees and the company itself. It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. It pays to Play: How Play Improves Business Culture. Like there are so many ways to play. What kind of guitar do you play?

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How to Build & Execute a Facebook Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

We’ll look at how to thrive with organic content and how to extend your reach with pay-to-play. Facebook is also the most popular social network with people over 65. Ask friends to share your Page with their networks. With organic reach hard to come by, paying for ads is likely a matter of time. But in the U.S.

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Developing a Social Media Marketing Strategy that Builds Loyalty and Awareness

ConversionXL

Regardless of which way social media networks move the goalposts, if you base your marketing strategy on relationships and communication, you’re well-positioned to get noticed and grow a loyal following. Each profile should also be consistent with the social network. However, it’s important to pay and play wisely.

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Open Angel Forum and The Amazing Disappearing Funding Gap in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

First Growth Venture Network formed to mentor high potential seed and early stage companies. Well, remember the dust up a while back with the backlash against “pay to play” pitch events where startups had to pay to meet angels? About a year and a half ago, I wrote that New York needed more dedicated early stage capital.