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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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We have some great mentors now. Thanks to TechStars, we've got an awesome mentor who's co-habitating with us now, and we're learning something daily from him. It's actually uncommon to have a female CTO. People we met there were Greg Cohn, who was recently head of yahoo games. Fourth, is all the friends we've made.

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Team Member Competency Is Critical To Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In all environments, the move to incompetence often occurs when competent technical people try to step into management or executive positions, for which they have no aptitude, interest, or training. Practice and training are critical. Provide mentoring and formal management training.

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Many Entrepreneurs Suffer From the Peter Principle

Startup Professionals Musings

In all environments, the move to incompetence often occurs when competent technical people try to step into management or executive positions, for which they have no aptitude, interest, or training. Practice and training are critical. Provide mentoring and formal management training.

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How to Avoid the ‘Peter Principle’ in Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In all environments, the move to incompetence often occurs when competent technical people try to step into management or executive positions, for which they have no aptitude, interest, or training. Practice and training are critical. Provide mentoring and formal management training.

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Don’t Let the Peter Principle Kill Your Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

In all environments, the move to incompetence often occurs when competent technical people try to step into management or executive positions, for which they have no aptitude, interest, or training. Practice and training are critical. Provide mentoring and formal management training.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

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. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Dec 26, 2009).

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7 Startup Lessons from NBA Finals

Tech Zulu Event

If both the CEO and the CTO are needed to attend an important meeting out of town, who will fulfill their roles of running the company smoothly? Players are trained and disciplined to react accordingly and make quick decisions in a blink of an eye that would most benefit the team. 2) Plan and Execute. 7) Learn From the Best.

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