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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

You no longer need to travel to China or hire an expensive prototyping expert to mock up your new design. Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars. Use low-cost subscription software and cloud computing.

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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 “cloudcomputing, 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 “cloudcomputing, 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 “cloudcomputing. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

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“As voice API, voice broadcast and text messaging technology advances and cloud computing becomes increasingly sophisticated, more and more business – across all core market sectors — are discovering why cloud telephony is the future,” said Dinesh Ravishanker, CEO and co-founder, CallFire.

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The Master Checklist of EVERYTHING You Need to Start a Business

Jason Nazar

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Design a logo ( 99designs ). Determine storage options, such as cloud computing ( Box , DropBox ). Determine whether your business name needs to be trademarked, and if does Trademark it at the USPTO. Recommended.