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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Product Management

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? 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. But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is!

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Product Management

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)?

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Startup marketing: strategies for year one

Intercom, Inc.

The most important tasks for any early stage startup are to write code and talk to users. Looking back, I didn’t see these activities as marketing with a capital M, but they absolutely were. Founding a startup is a lot like this. I didn’t have a perfectly mapped out startup marketing strategy. Absolutely not.

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Top 5 Startup App Development Companies in 2021

The Product Coalition

Are you seeking a trusted app development company for a long-term partnership? Here we provide a brief overview of the best app developers for startups for 2021. From day one, most startups are concerned with the question “How to find the best technology partner.” You’re in the right place!

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Product Market Fit: A Lesson from Sephora’s Head of Product

Speaker: Sneha Narahalli - VP, Head of Product at Sephora

Only 20% of these companies attain product market fit, despite years of excruciating effort by founders, early employees, and investors. The first and most important step in product development is finding PMF. Creating an iterative process to identify Product Market Fit.

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8 SEO Tactics to Boost Organic Growth for Your Startup

Amplitude

Develop your startup SEO strategy quickly and affordably with 8 SEO tactics. From in-depth market and keyword research to link-building, learn how to drive startup growth.

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Returns from Product Development

The Product Coalition

This sounds simple but “desirable returns” looks different to different businesses and these differences, explicit or implied, end up driving how product development is viewed and run. Consider, for example, the typical venture capital funded startup. Revenue Growth: the technology built leads to an increase in the company’s revenue.