Daniel Debow
| Name | Daniel Debow |
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| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Website | http://www.rypple.com/ |
| Bio | co-CEO of Rypple. Ask him about startup culture and people. |
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How can an idea person make the most of their ideas?
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How important is it that the executive head of a company have the skills of its workers? Would it be better for the founder/CEO to retain their aerial, third-party view of a companies operations, or be deeply involved with the intricacies of the company's processes?
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What are some ways of getting a small number of users to test product/market fit? I am building a website for depression and anxiety, a controversial topic, so word of mouth will probably not work as well.
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I have an idea for a website that offers a professional networking service. Without fully launching the website, how can I validate my idea?
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For you, what is the best thing about being a co-CEO rather than CEO? What's the worst?
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What's the best way to find partners? I have a business idea that I believe to be profitable. I am a business development person. My strengths do not lie in creating websites/seo/social media. I would be doing the legwork on the biz dev side. However I cannot launch this idea w/out a website/seo/social media presence.... Web site developers all want to charge me rather than taking a stake alongside it....
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Working on a project at home after hours. When would you officially create a business? And what benefits of the business do you take advantage of first?
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Do you need to build a sales team even for a B2C start-up? What is a good strategy to get the word out?
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We've created a new web service for enterprises to better manage their human resources. We're ready to get more customers using the product but are unclear as to how we can get the attention of these bigger companies. Any advice?
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What do you do to motivate your employees other than salary/$ incentives?

