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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

In a business development role you’re out shaping the perception of your company in the market (networking), determining leads, and contacting leads. Advisory Board members may field weekly to monthly emails and calls from the company executive team to provide feedback on strategy and positioning and make introductions.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Deal With Economic Uncertainty

Hearpreneur

Allocate most of your marketing budget to SEO, Content Marketing, Social Media, and email marketing to retain and build brand loyalty. Particularly if sales have slowed, use the time to upskill in areas that have the potential to immediately impact your business like digital marketing, email marketing, and website development.

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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

SoCal CTO

This includes links to CTO Salary and Equity Trends, Technology Roles in Startups , Initial Conversation with a CTO or Technical Advisor , Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup , Hiring a CTO for Your Startup and many others. Targeting Your Job Search The best starting place is to visit my post on: One Page Job Networking Tool.

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Best Practices to Make a Successful Career Change in a Tech-Driven World

ReadWriteStart

These opportunities should pertain to job availability, salary potential, professional growth and advancement, networking, potential entrepreneurship down the road, and more. Armed with this information, you can easily narrow down your search and start networking with the right people. Leverage online learning to get certified.

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10 Classes We All Should Take To Prepare For Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Office politics involves the complex network of power and status that exists within every business, large and small. Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Tech Events / Meetups - In Los Angeles, There are lots of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that are techie oriented. Ask your friends to do the same.

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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

Use your networking to get advice, but all jobs can be do-it-yourself. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Likewise, too many volunteers and interns will only increase your workload and rework costs. Practice living on a shoestring budget.

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