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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) How will you be taking this to market? Often this ties to marketing support.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you. " Ummm.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Startups that come to me and ask me to sign an NDA in order to get Free Startup CTO Consulting really are missing it. I like how Mark Suster handles the question in 10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups. And getting into a discussion but not being able to tell me about your business also hurts you. " Ummm.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Majid Abai, CEO of Pringo Majid Abai is the Chief Executive of Pringo, Inc. Michael Goldstein, CEO of Stun Media Michael Goldstein is the Chief Executive Officer & Strategic Creative at Stun Media in Los Angeles.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

Being tenacious without the mental flexibility to pivot based on market feedback is a disaster. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute. He wanted to raise angel money.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

I mean, you don’t have to build an actual business—you can just mimic the movements and demonstrate something that looks like a startup on paper, without any of the necessary risk taking, lessons learned or even a fraction of the effort—all the stuff that investors like to see. No revenues, no costs.

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Approaching The Blockchain With Business

The Startup Magazine

Blockdraws Technologies COO, Konstantinos Despotakis is a former online casino CEO and also a former Deputy Director of Compliance at the AGCC. In addition, the founder Darin Oliver, also took in Kim Lumbard, the Blockdraw’s current CTO. What it is truly needed to be done so everyone can have an advantage from the technology?