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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing. Chief Diversity Officer.

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Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CIO) and a product lead (CTO). File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names.

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