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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

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Generative AI is revolutionizing how corporations operate by enhancing efficiency and innovation across various functions. This level of automation not only improves response times and consistency in customer service but also allows human customer support agents to focus on more complicated and nuanced customer interactions.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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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. How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to register? How are you using geographic information?

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Acting CTO Role in a Start-up

SoCal CTO

I generally am working as an acting CTO for about 3-4 start-ups or other companies at any one time. I also found this interesting graphic of the changing needs around the CTO role in different size/type companies that somewhat echoes my experience. During Stabilization, often the focus is transitioning to a full-time CTO.

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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

SoCal CTO

You can’t afford and don’t want to hire a full-time CTO or architect. Formal vs. Informal Advisors In many cases, you can get a couple coffee or beer meetings with advisors without ever formally engaging them as an advisor. This might be technology, marketing, sales, operations, international expansion, etc.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In general, I’ve not known diversity to be a challenge or problem in startups, especially if Gen-Y is part of the team.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. Dipping: As a decision maker you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you.

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The most common ones I see and salute are CEO, CFO, and CTO. A few other credible ones would include Chairman of the Board (COB), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In general, I’ve not known diversity to be a challenge or problem in startups, especially if Gen-Y is part of the team.

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