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What are the best ways to collect consumer feedback about a new idea?

Rob Phillips iOS & web engineer, product designer, startup enthusiast/advisor

August 22nd, 2013

In your experience, what are the best ways to collect consumer feedback about a new idea that you're considering? How do you balance telling the world... More

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Any simple online solutions out there for screen capture with audio?

Alper Cakir

March 11th, 2014

We are working on a very complex product for a niche market. In order for us to understand the pain points we want to record users/testers while they... More

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Where to find a good 'Phd. level' researcher to 'browse the literature'?

Aaron Perrin Software Architect / Senior Developer

May 21st, 2013

I'm looking to outsource some tasks to a freelancer, but I need someone relatively qualified to do scientific research. Is this something for which... More

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Revenue, Pivot or More Customer Development?

Lucas E Wall

March 27th, 2014

Writing to get the collective insight. It feels like I am in front of competing opportunities.My area of focus has been small business and location... More

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Any experience doing data research projects with universities?

Ginger Zumaeta

February 22nd, 2014

Hi, my early stage company is interested in doing a research project (in the film industry/analytics field). Does anyone here have experience securing... More

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How to find small-medium sized funding grants for student research projects?

Alexander Jackson Student Research Assistant at Shaowei Chen Lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz

July 31st, 2016

To provide some brief background, I am a High School student and part-time researcher at UC Santa Cruz's Chemistry & Biochemistry Department.... More

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How to Compensate Academic Faculty Advisor for Tech Startup?

Jenny Kwan Co-Founder and Technical Lead of Woodlamp Technologies

April 24th, 2018

I'm actively assessing non-tech co-founders. One woman challenged me to prove my claims around my tech, and is planning on finding academic researchers... More

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How do I navigate Fellowships, Graduate Programs, Patents, and Academic Publications for my startup?

Mike Whitfield Sr. Software Engineer, EPAM, Google

November 3rd, 2015

This seemed to come up after learning that many grant opportunities require an academic partnership. It's also true that many programs and benefits... More

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Is Shark Tank representative of the total US entrepreneur population seeking funding?

Tee Wyddyck Strategic Management PhD Candidate

April 5th, 2019

I'm a graduate student doing research on entrepreneurship primarily. One issue I'm currently investigating is if gender differences have an effect... More

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Is anyone with a past failure experience willing to participate in a research aiming at understanding how entrepreneurs choose their future career?

Nik Rezvani Academic researcher in the field of entrepreneurship at Macquarie University in Sydney

April 17th, 2019

While our knowledge is rich in understanding the positive and negative outcomes of failure in the entrepreneurship context, we know a little about... More

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