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5 Steps To Get You From Your First Idea To A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions. These days, even with the pervasive Internet and social media, it still takes time and money for your marketing and customer communication efforts to have an impact. You need someone you can trust and learn from every day, with equal “skin in the game.”

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

Forms Augmenting the team can take various forms: Consulting – defining how to attack particular issues, possibly directly planning Coaching – advising on how to approach particular issues Manage – lead members Execute – take on specific activities Again, this is fairly fuzzy, but it comes down to having mutual expectations.