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6 Key Leaders Every Technical Startup Needs To Thrive

Startup Professionals Musings

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners.

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6 Team Members Who Will Make Your New Venture Robust

Startup Professionals Musings

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners.

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6 Dream Team Members Will Energize Any Tech Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners.

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How to Survive Four Common Worst Case Scenarios

Startup Professionals Musings

Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases. Probably 80% of the startups I know have found human resource issues to be the most treacherous.

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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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Four Common Startup Issues Which Threaten Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden. The proactive solution is to hire sparingly, and spend the time and effort needed to hire existing experts in all cases. Probably 80% of the startups I know have found human resource issues to be the most treacherous.

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6 Ideal Team Members For Any Entrepreneurial Venture

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.