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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? What does the role demand? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Increasing competitive advantage? Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

2023 hasn't been an easy year to be a startup. In fact, according to Crunchbase more than 212 startups closed their shutters in the third fiscal quarter alone – the highest number recorded in the firm's history. Yet, while many early-stage startups crumbled under the pressure, diamonds also emerged.

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7 Keys To Keeping Your Business Agile And Competitive

Startup Professionals Musings

He lived the philosophy that companies must be paranoid in order to survive, and continually disrupt their own markets to prevent overrun by competition. If you find yourself being surprised by new competitor offerings and customer demands, then perhaps you are not paying attention. Demand and reward speedy analysis and execution.

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Startups Win $25,000 In CSULB Challenge

socalTECH

Two startups won a total of $25,000 in prizes last week at the Sunstone Innovations Challenge at CSULB, a startup pitch competition involving student teams from CSU Long Beach. The runner up was UNWIND, which is developing personalized meditation programs, which received $10,000 in seed funding.

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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there are over 34 million registered developers in 2022. Look for value points to control.

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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

Both Sides of the Table

Do you need a board when you first start you company? If you haven’t raised any money or if you raised a small round from angels or friends & family I would suggest you avoid setting up a formal board unless the people who would join your board are deeply experienced at sitting on startup boards.

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6 Initiatives To Prep Your Startup For The Road Ahead

Startup Professionals Musings

Change is about the only thing constant in the world of startups. The solution is to establish and maintain a culture and processes that don’t view change as a discrete event to be spotted and managed, but as an ongoing opportunity to improve competitiveness. Increase change agility. Expedite change reaction.

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