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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. It might tell you that you need better sales training or to hone your key selling messages. If my CTO would have given me his update much detail would have been lost in translation.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. The product right now is like basic Facebook, and we are updating it to a new format we think more people will want, sort of a hybrid between Pinterest and Reddit, so that you can have any combination of features between those two. We have some great mentors now.

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CurbStand: Looking To Create A Valet Parking Network

socalTECH

We just recently brought in a CFO, a CTO, and also brought our technology team in house, so we are positioned to move our product forward, and grow and hire sales people in all of these different cities. One of them is serving as an advisor, and the other will be joining our board.

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7 Startup Lessons from NBA Finals

Tech Zulu Event

If both the CEO and the CTO are needed to attend an important meeting out of town, who will fulfill their roles of running the company smoothly? Players are trained and disciplined to react accordingly and make quick decisions in a blink of an eye that would most benefit the team. 2) Plan and Execute. 7) Learn From the Best.

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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

socalTECH

And, even more, how to do you manage the jump on the viral video train again, and keep those viral hits coming? We''re developing programming around our brands, such as Failarmy, and we also have a deal with Dick Clark Products to take Failarmy to the international market. That''s how each of those pieces evolved.

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Interview with Robin Richards, Internships.com

socalTECH

We've also hired a tremendous set of experience career counselors, who have had colorful or substantial careers, to supply services and products to our students. Those include how-to on resumes, aptitude tests, videos, coaching seminars, and more of that nature. However, they're more job related than internship related. READ MORE>>.

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