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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

Increasing competitive advantage? Check out our blog post 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators. Please write us at blog@techempower.com ! What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? What does the role demand? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The answer is: it depends.

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I Haven’t Seen A Startup Yet Thrive Without Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth. Think of a brand evangelist team online as people blogging about your product, or posting links to it in every forum. In addition, special offers and competition prizes may be required.

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7 Ways Your People Skills Are The Key To Your Success

Startup Professionals Musings

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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8 Key Startup Drivers Bring Pleasure As Well As Sweat

Startup Professionals Musings

Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Berkeley’s SkyDeck Offers Chip Design Support Worth Millions to Startups

Xconomy

Competition isn’t the biggest problem in a field so primed for innovation, says Tang, who is. So how much room remains for startups that are relative latecomers? Plenty, says Chon Tang, one of the leaders involved in launching a new program for chip developers at UC Berkeley’s growing startup accelerator SkyDeck.

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7 Success Factors When Your People Are The Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Viral Marketing And Word-of-Mouth Require Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth. Think of a brand evangelist team online as people blogging about your product, or posting links to it in every forum. In addition, special offers and competition prizes may be required.

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