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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). Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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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). Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

Gust

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). Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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Ten Executive Titles You Don’t Want in a 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). Chief Risk Officer. More executives, or other more creative titles are seen as a big red flag.

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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. A few years ago, my CTO spotted a need that local groups and organizations have in handling RSVPs and registrations for meetings and events.

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SXSW Startups: CieAR Transforms Stories

Austin Startup

myself, CTO Mathieu Dupont and Game Designer Olivier Asselin. CieAR has two offices?—?one Many advertising and public relations agencies are based in Montreal and there is a lot of creative talent here. As a company, we participated in 2017 in the Startup areas and we were also a part of the Team Quebec’s exhibit.

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Entrepreneurial Change We Can All Believe In

Growthink Blog

Hire a programmer here, a freelance public relations staffer there. While I am by no means an expert in the space, I know serious, talented entrepreneurs when I see them, and Boyan’s conference was chock full of the kind of creative high IQ and high “EQ” people that smart investors love to back.