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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). See this anecdote by Steve Blank on how a hotshot sales executive can sink your startup. Chief Brand Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). See this anecdote by Steve Blank on how a hotshot sales executive can sink your startup. Chief Brand Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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Entrepreneurs Today Don’t Need A Big Budget To Start

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. Social media facilitates marketing and sales.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. Chief Sales Officer (VP Sales). See this anecdote by Steve Blank on how a hotshot sales executive can sink your startup. Chief Brand Officer. Chief Risk Officer. Chief Legal Officer.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day.

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