Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. Few people have it. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt?

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Paul Graham kicked it off by noting that all the financings in the recent YC batch were converts. m the f%*kin’ boss.”.

Startup 191

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Technology | Thursdays. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. Research your vendors.

Venture Capital 82

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. The business model. The Recommended Sales Forecasting Method.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Even worse, DVD sales were starting to lag, and a Hollywood backlash further muddied the situation. Yet the team got the new service up and running and used this to power and grow their business for another 7 years, until they disrupted themselves again by moving aggressively to the streaming model.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

No startup will ever succeed without a persuasive and visionary sales leader. Spencer Fry • Nov 27, 2010 I guess i still need that sales guy. Distribution/sales guy-Has an awesome understanding of the industry and product and can sell the vision and problem you are solving to investors, users, and potential partners. (he

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Ignoring Your Faults You might have all sorts of shortcomings — it’s your first startup, you’re inexperienced, ignorant about how “sales&# works, you have buggy software, etc. link] Accelerator Program Applications: 7 Common Mistakes | Accounting and Small Business /Beverly Shares [.] an iPad 2 Killer?

Programming 86

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is the part that people hate the most, unless you’re a finance geek. Are you landing a big sale? If you say in year one I’m going to do one hundred thousand in sales or, a million in sales or whatever it might be. How much is going to sales? Moving into your financial projections. Are you doing an acquisition?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60