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Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

Both Sides of the Table

I was able to hire the former European head of sales for the largest document management player in the world. One such meeting that he set up was with the CIO of the largest consumer products company in Europe. I worked with the board who encouraged me to bring in heavy weights. I shot as high as I could.

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Appallicious & the Age of Open Data

Tech Zulu Event

Chances are you’ll come face-to-face with a dusty web design with information buried behind confusing menus, documents with inscrutable titles, and slideshows that move at the speed of continental drift. Ten years ago? All you have to do is fire up a municipal website. It’s a win-win,” says Ginsburg.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. In a startup, that’s your job as founder, and it’s a job you can’t afford to delegate. Chief Diversity Officer. Chief Information Officer.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. In a startup, that’s your job as founder, and it’s a job you can’t afford to delegate. Chief Diversity Officer. Chief Information Officer.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing. Chief Diversity Officer.

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Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CIO) and a product lead (CTO). If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient.

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Why Millennials Are Moving to Downtown Cleveland

Tech.Co

Currently, I am the cofounder and CIO of Remesh , which is an AI platform that understands and engages groups of people in conversation in real time. Complion , a regulatory and document management platform for clinical research sites. What’s your role in your ecosystem? Read more about emerging startups in Cleveland at TechCo.

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