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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

Up and Running

That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. But there comes a time when bringing on executive leadership is the reasonable and right next step. Another benefit of filling executive leadership roles is that doing so will likely free up time you can spend on other things. What does the C-suite look like?

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Mass TLC Unconference: Large annual conference put on by the MA Technology Leadership Council. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. Next major event?

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded the United States Digital Service.

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Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To NOT Hire a CTO

konamoxt.com

January 21, 2009 Why Your Startup Can’t Afford To NOT Hire a CTO As I mentioned in my last post, one of the many things I do as an entrepreneur is to advise other start up companies. One of the common requests I get as an adviser is the help interview and vet potential CTO candidates. So what are you to do?

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. " Is Your VC Founder Friendly?

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Twitter Link Roundup #167 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Best Social Media Tools For Your Small Business – [link]. Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. ” – [link].

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out. Without requiring a lot of meetings, it changes the perspective of the team (and its leadership) from fire-fighting to prevention. Hire a CTO or VP Engineering. However, its particularly helpful in this situation.