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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. Adam Gilbert , My Body Tutor.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. They might struggle to hire a-players because, well, would you go work at Public Storage to build their software capabilities? That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing. ”

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The 5 Cs That Can Help Businesses Ride Out Tough Times

YoungUpstarts

So, hire an accountant to handle the financials. Hire competent people who you will trust in their jobs – and then trust them. In 2005, I succeeded – and it has been upward and onward ever since. But you need to recognize your limitations, and you shouldn’t take on jobs within your company for which you’re not qualified.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. 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).

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For All Those New Female Entrepreneurs, The 5 Cs For Building A Successful Business

YoungUpstarts

Protect their sanity from the clients who want to chew them up and from new hires who don’t fit in and hurt morale. Hire an accountant to handle the financials. As for employees, take the time to hire competent people who you’ll trust in their jobs – and then trust them! Get marketing help if that’s not your thing. Commitment.

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Seed and pre-seed – trends and definitions

The Equity Kicker

The first thing to happen was that the bar for a Series A went up – unsurprising given that startups could now get much further with pre-Series A amounts of capital (2005-2010). That created a gap in market which sub $100m dedicated seed funds (aka micro-VCs) stepped into – there are now over 300 of them (2005-2016).