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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. He has 20 years’ experience as CTO.

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Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief

Duct Tape Marketing

Key Takeaway: The Chief Operating Officer is the second in command to the CEO – they’re the go-to person that should be running the business. Questions I ask Cameron Herold: [2:27] Are there some things in those early days of figuring operations out that really stuck with you? [3:38] Cameron Herold (02:35): Uh, something changed.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We will be hiring people with mental and physical disabilities in the near future. From a young age, I watched him start a company from scratch and build it to a NASDAQ company operating in many countries. I build social media platforms, help procure contracts, assist with infrastructure and more. 5- Two reasons.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product. I don’t know any developers. No legal muck.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Update: The end is near, Expensify is hiring a.NET programmer! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world. If you are a startup looking to hire really excellent people, take notice of.NET on a resume, and ask why it’s there. Expensify Blog. Expense Reports That Don't Suck. Checkout [link].net

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

At IMVU, when wed hire a new engineer, we could get them to ship code to production on their first day, even if they had never programmed in PHP before. Which makes them exactly the kind of programmers companies should want to hire. In my role as a CTO, Ive always tried to choose the right tool for the right job.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

"I just directly observed that the technology for doctors was really far from what they needed to operate at a high productivity level," he told me. His first instinct was that "somebody" should rethink how a doctor operates, how they communicate with the patient, and basically how the whole concept of care delivery works. EB : Yeah.