"What To Ask A Startup" by Ching-Mei Chen and John Fan, Co-Founders, PicCollage Presented at Taiwan Satellite 2013 More information: e27.co/echelon

1. Ching-Mei

2. Chen

4. John

5. Fan

6. What

7. to

8. ask

9. a

10. startup

11.
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13. Over

14. 23

15. million

16. downloads
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17. Silicon

18.
Valley
Taipei
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19. “How

20. will

21. you

22. make

23.
money?”
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24. Experienced

25. Investors
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26. “your

27. business

28. model

29. is

30.
Obvious.”
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31. product.

32.
users.

33.
team.
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34. Our

35. Investors
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36. x
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37. “What

38. are

39. you

40. building?”
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42. PicCollage

43. User

44. experience

45.
Simple

46. Gestures

47.
Clean

48.
Interface
Smooth,

49. seamless

50.
experience
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52. “How

53. will

54. you

55. get

56. users?”
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57. *

58. App

59. Store

60. discovery

63. (rankings,

64. SEO)
*

65. App

66. Store

67. marketing
*

68. Word

69. of

70. mouth
*

71. social

72. network
*

73. tech

74. blogs
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75. *

76. App

77. Store

78. discovery

81. (rankings,

82. SEO)
*

83. App

84. Store

85. marketing
*

86. Word

87. of

88. mouth
*

89. social

90. network
*

91. tech

92. blogs
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93. “Who

94. are

95. your

96. users?”
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97. Our

98. users
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99. Our

100. users
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101. talk

102. to
them!
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103. “Where

104. are

105. your

106. users?”
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109. “Are

110. you

111. engaging

112.
your

113. users?”
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114. Engagement

115. Metrics
*

116. DAU

117. /

118. MAU
*

119. 30-day

120. retention
*

121. Time

122. spent

123. in

124. app
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125. “Who

126. is

127. your

128. team?”
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129. Will

130. your

131. startup

132.
survive?
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133. Why

134. Startups

135. Die:
competition
technical

136. limitations
no

137. product-market

138. fit
lack

139. of

140. users
co-founder

141. disputes
giving

142. up...
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143. Why

144. Startups

145. Die:
competition
technical

146. limitations
no

147. product-market

148. fit
lack

149. of

150. users
co-founder

151. disputes
giving

152. up...
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153. Why

154. Startups

155. Die:
competition
technical

156. limitations
no

157. product-market

158. fit
lack

159. of

160. users
co-founder

161. disputes
giving

162. up...
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164. What

165. do

166. you

167.
fight

168. about?
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169. Conflicts

170.
product

171.
design
shared

172. values

173.
culture
hiring
funding
persistence
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174. work

175. hard.

176. play

177. harder!
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179. Tuesday, 30 April, 13

180. Fun
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181. Fun
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182. Tuesday, 30 April, 13

183. What

184. product

185. are

186. you

187. building?
Who

188. and

189. where

190. are

191. your

192. users?
Why

193. will

194. your

195. team

196. survive?
What

197. to

198. ask

199. a

200. startup
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201. Thank

202.
you!

203. :)
@chingmei
@john_fan
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