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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Carry minimal historical baggage.

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Carry minimal historical baggage.

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10 Key Traits Of An Ideal Entrepreneur Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition.

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How to Pick a Partner Who Will Amplify Your Efforts

Startup Professionals Musings

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Carry minimal historical baggage.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

socalTECH

We''ll mostly be doing enterprise sales here, but also looking at the technology and design front, hiring better talent, taking design to a new level than maybe what we are in China. It''s also a dog-eat-dog world over there with the competition. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. Grow, grow, grow.

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10 Partner Qualities to Test Before Sharing Equity

Startup Professionals Musings

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition.

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A Startup Partner Needs More Than a Good Resume

Startup Professionals Musings

The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition.