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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The more conventional VP of Marketing role should cover branding, as well as other marketing advertising, design, public relations and customer service requirements. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. There is Adconian, Intelligent Beauty, LegalZoom, Burstly, ShoeDazzle and so many more I can barely name them all. So it’s always a trade-off.