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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Also known as General Counsel, this position is an expensive one to fill and maintain. Chief Legal Officer.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Also known as General Counsel, this position is an expensive one to fill and maintain. Chief Legal Officer.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Also known as General Counsel, this position is an expensive one to fill and maintain. Chief Legal Officer.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. Assigning them the title of CIO seems like a bit of overkill, especially these days of serious “cloud” computing.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. This should not deter you. What went wrong?

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. Start as soon as possible.

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How to Name Your Startup

www.rocketwatcher.com

We just launched our public cloud called IBM Smart Business Development and Test on IBM Cloud. LOL – I love that – IBM Smart Business Development and Test on IBM Cloud – it just rolls off the tongue! customer development. customer retention. customer service.

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