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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. But here is another example of a role that everyone carries in a startup, so investors can’t imagine paying anyone uniquely to do that job. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel). More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What you will convey in your conversations What protections you will place on those communications For example, you might decide that portions of your concept will be controlled more closely (a secret algorithm). Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. But here is another example of a role that everyone carries in a startup, so investors can’t imagine paying anyone uniquely to do that job. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel). More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What you will convey in your conversations What protections you will place on those communications For example, you might decide that portions of your concept will be controlled more closely (a secret algorithm). Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it.

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Entrepreneur Startup Share Depends on Contribution

Startup Professionals Musings

Running a new business starts with building a solid and credible business plan, working the investor funding process, and building an organization from nothing, with minimal resources. Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. But here is another example of a role that everyone carries in a startup, so investors can’t imagine paying anyone uniquely to do that job. Chief Human Resources Officer (VP Personnel). More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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Splitting Startup Equity for Your Piece of the Pie

Startup Professionals Musings

Running a new business starts with building a solid and credible business plan, working the investor funding process, and building an organization from nothing, with minimal resources. Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights.

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