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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

Conclusion Bottom line – if you are an early-stage startup with online or mobile technology as part of your solution, you ABSOLUTELY NEED a technical advisor. After the initial money has mostly been spent, it can be very tough to recover. Having a strategic and tactical advisor can greatly reduce the chance you’ll get stuck.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles. Team Architecture.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles. Team Architecture.

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How To Scale Your Startup Far Beyond Organic Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

I like their recommended framework for emerging firms, as well as large multinationals, to help build an optimal growth strategy for your company: Evaluate internal development versus external sourcing. There is no question that startups which manage the broadest alternatives for growth will gain competitive advantages.

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Common Employee Performance Management Challenges and How to Fix Them

Up and Running

For many startups and small businesses, talent management can sometimes be deprioritized from the everyday chaos and operations. If your company is evolving, your performance management strategy should be evolving alongside it. If your company is evolving, your performance management strategy should be evolving alongside it.

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The Connection Between Failure and Resilience: How Small Losses Can Build Big Wins

The Startup Magazine

Does the mind metabolize the failure quickly, is there a good, natural framework for reflection in place? How is the company culture, in its early stages, set up to process a setback ? Like Vivek’s team, consistent winners often have multiple early encounters with failing, being set back, and falling short.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two. Most early-stage, in-house teams needs to be hands on developers, not strategic. They will have the title Lead or Manager.