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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation. acquire startups for their teams (and discard the product). Silicon Valley – a Corporate Innovation Candy Store.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. False Confidence.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. False Confidence.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

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). Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. LAUNCH.com, and The Improv Comedy Clubs.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. 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.&#

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Cyber Security At The Start

YoungUpstarts

This includes creating the Information Security Program, training on secure development of products, and/or implementing the security architecture of their infrastructure. Do we have offshore developers? Communicate with board members and executives about the importance of developing this secure environment, as well as the process.

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

www.reincubate.com

Share this: chief technical officer chief technology officer cto interim cto job description start-up startup cto web cto Weve been swapping some thoughts with Daniel Kehoe , a consulting CTO acquaintance of ours from across the pond. Some companies look for a more strategic or a more hands-on CTO.