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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

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It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

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As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on.

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LawKick: A Modern Way To Find Legal Help

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You fill out the short questionnaire, lawyers submit their price quotes, and they get hired. We''ve worked out he bugs, and since then have hired a full time CTO and others. The hard part, is getting in front of those people at the right time. There are over 100 different questionnaires on the website.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

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The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. A good overall example is the synergy between Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as long-time Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Feels a real passion and love for their role.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

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You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law What Can a Well Drafted Contract Do For Your Company?

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10 Key Traits Of An Ideal Entrepreneur Partner

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The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law What Can a Well Drafted Contract Do For Your Company?

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