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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

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Chief financial officer (CFO): As the name implies, the CFO is responsible for major financial tasks. Chief technology officer (CTO): This executive ensures technology initiatives are running smoothly and supporting overall business goals.

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Should You Build Out Features Or Create A New Product?

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by Adam Root, founder and CTO of Hiplogiq. To determine whether there was real demand for SocialCentiv, I set out to collect some data. Once I saw that the initial demand was high, I decided to continue my research to find more qualitative results. A DUI lawyer? A jack-of-all-trades, I’ll-make-your-copies-too lawyer?

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Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. We so often see good ideas, without a good understanding of customer demand (reason number 2).

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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[link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Kellie This couldn’t have come at a better time… I’m about to step into that small business selfemployment arena. This happens a lot.

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Lara Galloway’s Time Management Tips and Productivity Hacks [VIDEO]

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It’s more a reflection of us having way too many roles and responsibilities, way too many demands on our time, way too many conflicting priorities. They don’t bill as much as I do, and they do the work in a fraction of time. I have a client who does business consulting. As a CTO, he noticed this.

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COVID-19 – Accelerating The Destruction Of Corporate Arrogance

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New groundbreaking advances occur every year and it’s incredibly hard for new companies to adapt to that technology. Those advances change consumer preferences literally overnight — and the demands of even massive enterprise clients change almost as rapidly. Small is the new big.

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Go to your local SBDC office. Small Business Development Office. Affiliated with the Small Business Admin.