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Startup CTO or Developer

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But be careful, and mind the gap – the Founder-Developer Gap, that is! Hiring a hands-on lead developer might seem like the right move for an early stage startup. It’s understandable - a hands-on developer can produce a product. Founder-Developer Gap How big is your startup’s Founder-Developer Gap?

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6 Ideas To Recover From Business Resource Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, resource constraints should be seen by startups a competitive advantage, by forcing them to develop new markets, and to think differently and act differently than existing players. The result, called resourcefulness, allows entrepreneurs to create opportunities in the face of scarcity. Create new kinds of solutions.

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Accelerators Have Resources To KickStart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these are non-profits, set up by a university to commercialize new technologies, or a municipality to foster business development for the local economy. A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give.

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6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Product development at this stage is the process of scaling up for manufacturing and marketing rollout. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage. Business commercialization.

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How To Find Support Resources For Your Startup Stage

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later.

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Civic Resource Group Gets $300K

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Los Angeles-based Civic Resource Group , which develops cloud, mobile, and other software for government and other civic organizations, has raised $300,000 in a debt funding round, the company said this morning. Civic Resource Group is led by Gregory G. The company said it will use the funding to deliver new cloud offerings.

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Startup CTO Resources

SoCal CTO

Here are some resources that come from other sources: Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? And you may also want to review Startup Development. If you are interested in this topic, I post on it frequently. You can sign up for free email updates using the subscribe box on the right side.

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