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LeanLA Presents: Beware of False Prophets

Tech Zulu Event

The casual but informative evening started off with a buzz, with plenty of smiling faces and greetings. He went on to explain a bit about the customer development model from Blanks: State business model assumptions. Follow the links for more information on Coloft and Los Angeles Lean Startup Circle. Lean Approach.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Information Officer. They should get their satisfaction from building their business, rather than building their title.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Information Officer. They should get their satisfaction from building their business, rather than building their title.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Chief Information Officer. They should get their satisfaction from building their business, rather than building their title.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? Are you super sure you want to import your contact information for your friends into a service that won’t let you get it out? Ask a question and get an answer - that is, after all, what all Q&A sites offer. This post is an accusation. Keep going.