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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 22, 2021
This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Partial acquisition. M&A is “buying” resources for growth.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 2, 2012
Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. You may end up hiring these people eventually and you'll know more about them when you do. The startup founder is definitely not ready to hire a CTO. Far from it. They are very early.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 8, 2013
This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Partial acquisition. M&A is “buying” resources for growth.
TechEmpower
AUGUST 21, 2023
An interesting side note: During our Q and As with dev teams, we often end up having conversations around issues that they haven’t even thought about. Getting Buy-in from Leadership Business leaders are often concerned about how their tech teams will react to an external technical review. Will they resent scrutiny from the outside?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 1, 2012
This strategy is called “organic growth,” yet it alone may yield only a fraction of the potential you could achieve, unless you add the additional strategies of partnerships and M&A (mergers and acquisitions). Actively pursue mergers and acquisitions. Partial acquisition. M&A is “buying” resources for growth.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 18, 2010
Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. Today I lead a small consultancy that helps advertising supported develop and scale the revenue producing sides of their businesses. Interesting to hear how you think about this. Vince: Not much.but what do I worry about?
SoCal CTO
MARCH 5, 2007
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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