What's your opinion on crowdfunding?

I think it’s cool. I’ve seen it work for certain projects, and Kickstarter is clearly onto something. It clearly depends on the project, and the expected outcome. But I imagine it will continue to grow…

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What's your opinion on customer advisory boards for startups? What kind of value can a bootstrappng startup offer the board?

Answered by Andrew Patricio – Founder, BizLaunch Posted in Product Development

Customer advisory boards are a good idea. Maybe you can offer them free or discounted products or services. It all depends on what business you're in (more)

Dan, what's your opinion on crowdsourced online dating using friends-of-friends type of system?

Answered by Dan Martell – Founder & Investor.

Sounds cool. Friendly tried this .. not sure what they learnt but didn't see it take off. Ideas are ideas - it's all about execution and the user experience. (more)

Hi Mark, What's your opinion on the decision tree around bootstrapping versus taking very early stage investment? What are some of the traps to be wary of in terms of frien...

Answered by Mark MacLeod – Partner, Real Ventures

There are many questions here, each of which are complex with multiple objective and subjective parts. So, some highlights to think about: - If you can delay funding, you ... (more)

What's your opinion on the viability of niche social networks, considering the innovation taking place with the "Big 3" (Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus)?

Answered by Tony Conrad – Founder of about.me, partner at True Ventures.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF GROWTH IN THIS SECTOR: INSTAGRAM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. STOCKTWITS, GDGT ALSO. (more)

What is your opinion on off shore development? In your past ventures, has it been easy or difficult to integrate the code that was created off shore with the code that was ...

Answered by Lane Becker – Founder, GetSatisfaction Posted in Technology

My experience with off-shore development is limited, so take my answer with a grain of salt, but what I've observed is that coordinating off-shore development is a job in i... (more)

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