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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

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. Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning? Logging/Auditing What key operations need to be logged for auditing?

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When Should a Small Business Hire an Executive Team?

Up and Running

It isn’t unusual to act as CEO while also tackling marketing tasks and coordinating operations. The answer depends on what your current operations look like. If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days.

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Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams

Feld Thoughts

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”). It’s off to a great start.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. 2- Combination of two names. 6- Name describing our story.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Alliteration of an existing name. I came up with my business name by finding one unique trait that defines my business personality.

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Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams

Feld Thoughts

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”). It’s off to a great start.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

Almost every day I'm talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions ) about what they plan to do. Where do you stand on your brand, name, logo, positioning? Logging/Auditing - do we need to log certain operations in order to help with customer support or for auditing?

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