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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. We then spoke about startups.

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I Have a Web Site, What Else Should I be Doing Online 2 :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business.

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4 Reasons You Might Not Want to Be VC Funded

Up and Running

What a lot of startup founders don’t realize is that when you take on VC funding, you also take on business partners. In 2005, Claus Moseholm co-founded GoViral, a Danish company which specializes in harnessing the internet to promote advertisers’ videos and make them go viral. Otherwise, start looking for funding elsewhere.

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Wednesday Guest Stars :: Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct.

Duct Tape Marketing

Lisa Barone Lisa Barone is Co-Founder and Chief Branding Officer of Outspoken Media , Inc and writes for the Outspoken Media Blog. She is also the co-founder, co-owner and CEO of MFE Interactive in addition to being the co-owner and SVP of Marketing for Speedy Incorporation.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Mancx

crowdSPRING Blog

After reading Charles Stross’ 2005 sci-fi novel, Accerlerando , Mattias Guilotte was excited. Mattias and the other co-founder, Henrik Dillman, created the first knowledge market for business professionals– that also exchanges money. The book’s theme is largely a question about the trade of information and communication.