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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. There are two kinds of advisors that are commonly needed.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. ” F**k.

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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab

socalTECH

If you're familiar with YCombinator or TechStars, you know that companies also get access to a deep network of top tier mentors and advisors, who help them with a variety of things, such as product marketing, go-to-market, and funding. Everything they need to launch and grow their business. But, first and foremost, it's a great opportunity.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

I am extremely passionate about what we accomplished at L90 in a short period of time with very little resources. They had products that were already in the market, piles of cash, tons of customers and revenue, seemingly endless resources and lots of employees. Every person on my team was A-class. Bootstrap 2. All-Star Team 4.