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6 Key Leaders Every Technical Startup Needs To Thrive

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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6 Team Members Who Will Make Your New Venture Robust

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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6 Dream Team Members Will Energize Any Tech Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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Cash-strapped? How to pay for services with your startup’s equity

The Next Web

After all, cash may be in short supply, but there’s a virtually endless amount of work to be done, from coding and web development, to PR, sales, general operations, or sage advice from an industry veteran. Many young tech startups reserve 15%-20% for employee stock options. It’s a logical solution. Plan upfront.

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Every Technical Startup Wishes For This Dream Team

Startup Professionals Musings

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. These people also have the credibility to attract investors.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. And he said ok got it.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

Both Sides of the Table

If you don’t address it they’re minds are shaped by competitor PR. Don’t underestimate the impact of good PR on your competitors. Good PR can help slow down your competitors initiatives as they naively try to follow you. We do hand out stock options. You need to be open but not instill panic.

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