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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). milestones entrepreneur startup funding business'

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for corporate applications, etc. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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Customer Validation - 33 Great Articles

SoCal CTO

" Today I had two conversations with early stage startups (see Free CTO Consulting ). Vision Synching in a Lean Startup The Fallacy of Customer Development Entrepreneurs, Lower Investors’ Risk by Validating your Start-up Company’s Business Proposition Lessons Learned: What is customer development?

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. Tell me a bit about your background.

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). Traction means forward progress.

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These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). Traction means forward progress.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

I took the audience through five cloud-based business ideas, discussed why they are relevant and pointed them to the sources I derived those ideas from. Dr. Marcos Athanasoulis, CTO of Harvard Medical School discussed this idea with me recently. An entrepreneur should pick this one up ASAP. Michael Aginsky, CTO of Gibbons P.C.

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