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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1

Steve Blank

Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Below is the first of her three-part series. Due to length, I’ve broken it up into a three-part series.

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Money Doesn’t Talk. Why Most Startups Aren’t Announcing Their Seed Financings

Hunter Walker

Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. Hiring Has Changed: Before the press was a way of generating interest for hiring. YC companies use Hacker News to post jobs and have strong community groups, as does 500 Startups.

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What does a CTO do?

www.lanceglasser.com

What does a CTO do? Operations and Manufacturing. What does a CTO do? What does a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) do in a high-tech company? So what is the CTO job? First it is to ensure that the company has the best technology. A high-tech company lives in a dynamically evolving space.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because the company is starting to bump up against the limits of the markets it serves.” ” There’s an allowance for a period of time where there’s “slow or no growth” while you’re figuring things out. Growth, again.

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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. It’s a recipe for failure.

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year. It promises to revolutionize the way developers and operation teams work, aiming to make application development for the cloud less of a nightmare. Quip has redesigned office-productivity software for the mobile age. MyFitnessPal.

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Understanding The Role Of The Chief Behind The Chief

Duct Tape Marketing

Key Takeaway: The Chief Operating Officer is the second in command to the CEO – they’re the go-to person that should be running the business. Questions I ask Cameron Herold: [2:27] Are there some things in those early days of figuring operations out that really stuck with you? [3:38] More About Cameron Herold: The COO Alliance.

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