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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

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Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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How To Ensure Your Startup Team Is Growth Hacking Not Copying

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Copying or hiring experts who specialize in copying- not in the Picasso manner, does not work. Growth hackers focus on low-cost and innovative alternatives to traditional marketing, e.g. utilizing social media and viral marketing instead of buying advertising through more traditional media such as radio, newspaper, and television.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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There is nothing viral! Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really. Do you buy one?

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From Subscribers to Revenue: A Tactical Guide To Mastering Newsletters

Duct Tape Marketing

More About Russell Henneberry : Connect with Russell on LinkedIn Visit TheClikk.com Get a copy of Digital Marketing for Dummies Get Your Free AI Prompts To Build A Marketing Strategy: Download now Like this show? Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John (00:52): Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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The Proven Framework For Building A Thriving Community

Duct Tape Marketing

She does not have to be the one to execute it, but imagine her every Monday she's just gonna set up her phone and record a couple of little snippets of tips and then hire somebody to go do all the editing and put it on TikTok and make sure that it's being engaged with. There is no way I would let them hire that out. Like this show?

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

And when — if ever — do you need to hire your own full- or part-time, in-house dev to work on your website and applications? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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Measuring viral adoption is obviously important. In the mobile world many apps are downloaded but never used or perhaps only used for one day. Fixing a problem with somebody who downloads your app uses it once and churns versus somebody who quits after 30 days are clearly very different resolutions. How many through SEM?

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