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How to Be an Entrepreneur in 2024: 15 Tactics Revealed

Duct Tape Marketing

How to Be an Entrepreneur in 2024: 15 Tactics Revealed written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Paul Cheek, a serial tech-preneur, educator, and software engineer. This is John Jantsh.

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SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

But the team believed adding video as an integral part of an operating system and user experience (where there had only been text and still images) would be transformative. But Apple had planned to announce and demo QuickTime without a way to get video into the Mac. The software was idiot proof.

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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. We think the most important principle is that the CTO is the go-to point for all technology in the business. Firstly, theres no one-size-fits-all description.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city.

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2019

Hearpreneur

Generally, when we talk about our goals with regard to our business, the first thing that springs forward to most thinking is all about dollars and cents. I too have my business plan mapped out with goals of transactions, dollars and cents. 18- Improve engagement with my employees. Photo Credit: Nancy MacIntyre.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

By this time, Erin had already spent 4 years in operations at a startup that was in skyrocket growth mode, so she knew her knowledge in scaling operations was as valuable as this idea; she became my co-founder. GreenPal’s vision is to become the operating system and platform that makes the lawn care industry run smoothly.

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Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder

blog.launchbit.com

This ranged from unrealistic assumptions about what the technical person will do ("Some non-technical people want a software engineer to not only code, but also be the PM, graphic designer, online ad expert, etc. Engineers can handle negative information.") Your role needs to be operational. Be realistic. Be realistic.