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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

An increasing number of big companies are hiring small businesses to help them develop innovative products, processes and procedures. By 2010, Vuzit had been hired by two large companies – a bank and an aerospace firm — to “help brainstorm and implement new technologies.” A Case in Point.

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How Federal Government Can Help Entrepreneurship

Feld Thoughts

The new Startup Visa Act of 2011 has plenty of improvements over the 2010 Act (which was introduced but never went anywhere) but still is stuck in Congress. The solution so far has seemed to be “hire more people to process more paper faster.&# Customer : The federal government is an enormous consumer of products and services.

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How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up

www.inc.com

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. Find out where to look, what to look for, and what to offer a new hire. People would only get paid if the candidates got hired. The only stipulation? 1 way to recruit talent.

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. 2) You’re hiring employees. 19) December 2010. (13) 13) November 2010. (18) 18) October 2010. (20) 20) September 2010. (20)

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Reincubate: Blog: Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate)

www.reincubate.com

Start-ups often hire at one extreme -- closer to a Lead Developer or VP of Engineering -- whereas corporates may focus on their CIO, which is potentially quite a different role. Where appropriate, patent or secure intellectual property by other means. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited. XML sitemap.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? says: August 18, 2010 at 9:01 pm [.]

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

Tuesday, August 17, 2010. 14 comments: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 dpickett says: Great post, man! Those that don’t embrace appropriate levels of pessimism are left saying “Technical cofounders don’t exist” Tuesday, August 17, 2010 james pruett says: I had a technical cofounder. Now you go: Name (required).