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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). Majid Abai, CEO of Pringo Majid Abai is the Chief Executive of Pringo, Inc. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). We weren’t ready to hire an associate yet so I offered him a summer internship.

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Analytics Career Advice: Job Titles, Salaries, Technical & Business Roles

Occam's Razor

It is quite likely that you'll sit in the IT (CTO / CIO) function. Strategic Solutions Consultant (clearly with hype like that this a role at a vendor!). To become a internal consultant on business analytics projects (beyond web analytics). Make no mistake this can be fun, you get to travel, meet new companies and people.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I loved working for start-ups, except for the being laid-off part, as a result of acquisition or pivot. I had always wanted to do consulting but was waiting until my son went off to college. After being laid-off (again), I started a sales consulting business helping tech start-ups build, grow, and coach their sales teams.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

My rough notes follow: Mike Dubno , CIO, Global Markets and Research Technology & Operations, Bank of America. Previously CTO, Goldman Sachs. Panel: Cary Davis , Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, Moderator: Ben Fried, Chief Information Officer, Google, runs in-house technology. Introductory remarks.

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24 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

8 – You cant change the world working part time. You can’t change the world working part time. This quote is from Oleg Vishnepolsky the global CTO at DailyMail Online and Metro.co.uk. It says it all right there. Thanks to Vincent Nero, Successories ! #8 Image Credit: Gene Caballero. It was March 2008.

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Twitter Link Roundup #110 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Graphic Design Basics Part 2: Design Principles – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].