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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Chief Information Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing, meaning big servers have left the building. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Chief Information Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet. Chief Legal Officer. Chief Security Officer.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. There is Adconian, Intelligent Beauty, LegalZoom, Burstly, ShoeDazzle and so many more I can barely name them all. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Scott Painter , founder of CarsDirect has created TrueCar (backed by GRP Partners).