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I recently did a post for startups on understanding sales people. A few people have asked me to try and define the perfect startup organization chart. Because more technology people probably read startup blogs I’m guessing this post will come under more scrutiny. I’ve heard both arguments from CTO’s.

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Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Most of them are completely mundane such as choosing which: bank, office space, 1-year lease vs. 2-year lease, logo, URL, pricing structure or which VC. The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. Your head of sales thinks she should fire somebody. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers?

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Tony is currently Founder/CEO for Eventify, an LA-based startup creating a venue marketplace, and Visible Factors, an SEO consulting company. Tony has previously worked for organizations like PayPal, Yahoo! He is currently also consulting as Social Producer at CBS News for their show What’s Trending.

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Cliff Allen is someone I've known for quite a few years and he's a go to person for me when I'm thinking about issues around marketing, sales, technology, startups and networking. A few years ago, my CTO spotted a need that local groups and organizations have in handling RSVPs and registrations for meetings and events.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Using amSTATZ athletes can track workouts and search for trainers and local events and event organizers can use the network for their events publicity and partner with trainers to develop training programs for their registrants. Sergey Belyankin is our Chief Technology Officer. How does it work practically?

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MAY 6, 2012

Jake Wood serves as President of Team Rubicon , the organization he co-founded following the massive earthquake in Haiti. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Lori Deschene – Founder of Tiny Buddha.

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