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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

VCs and angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Obama CTO Harper Reed on Keeping Sane in a High-Pressure Environment – [link]. Money on the Mind: Small Biz Financial Stories of the Week – [link]. Can Money Buy Happiness? The interesting science of happiness – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #110 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link]. Pandora CTO Reveals Half of The U.S. SaaS CEOs: Measure Customer Engagement – [link]. 26 Promising Social Media Stats for Small Businesses – [link]. How Little Brands Land Big Bang for Their Buck – [link]. Very shady, if true.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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I think the real moral of this story is, (1) if you want to work at a startup, make sure the CTO cares about problem solving and not technology religion, (2) if you’re cooking steaks on a gas grill and you see your CTO warming up a dead squirrel over a book of matches, starting looking for a new job. Randolph Cabral.

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