Project management is the guidance, control and operation of a project. A project, in turn, is a set, usually time-bound and goal-bound endeavor. Businesses often rely heavily in project management.

Project management

Leadership is the position as well the action of giving overall guidance, control or management of a group of people or organization. A manager, for example, exercises leadership over the company or department. 

Leadership

Sales are the monetary sum of the goods or services that have been sold or exchanged with customers for money. It really means the action of getting money in exchange for a product or service. For example, selling 1.5 million products worth $2 each, results in sales of $3 million (1.5 million X 2). 

Sales

Email marketing is a digital marketing technique that uses email messages to access and persuade potential customers to buy products or services. Email marketing includes any commercial email.

Email Marketing

Innovation

Coaching

Entrepreneurship is the process of setting up a business, including deciding the business model, acquiring and organizing the necessary factors of production such as funding and human resources. The entrepreneur takes the overall responsibility over the new business.

Entrepreneurship

Marketing Strategy

Social Media is the internet based information and communication system that uses websites and computer applications to enable users share information directly to each other. Social media typically creates networks or communities of users who exchange or share text messages, images or videos in real-time through the internet.

Social Media

Digital Strategy

Social Media Marketing

Electric Vehicles

Events, in business, are special occasions planned to accomplish corporate objectives. Usually, business events are marketing gatherings organized to create publicity for a company or its products.

Events

Marketing the promotion of a product or service as a way of persuading people to buy or use it.  Marketing involves spreading awareness of the positive attributes of a product or service, including the price, and often also includes research and advertising.

Marketing

SEO, short for 'Search Engine Optimization' is a combination of techniques used by digital marketers to improve how website content is 'read' and ranked by Search Engines. 

Tech

Business Development, which some also refer to as 'BD' or 'biz dev', is the creation of partnerships that a business needs typically not related to sales. It could be strategic partnership that brings in revenue or one that provides technology or a service a company needs.

Business Development

Digital marketing

Business Strategy

Public speaking

Healthtech

Product Development

Cofounder is a person who is part of a team that initiates or begins a business or organization. A person who joins such a team after the company has been initiated but before it is funded is still a cofounder. 

Cofounder

I've noticed people keep talking about CTOs here, and I thought it would be useful for people to say what their particular idea of a CTO's role is. I'm not looking for some textbook definition; I can search Google as well as anybody. <div><br></div><div>What I'm asking is ... what do YOU think a CTO's role in YOUR business is or would be?</div>

I had my own consulting firm through the 90's where I worked with a number of startups. I was their chief architect, designer, and developer. I brought in additional developers on an as-needed basis. I consistently hit my targets, completing work on-time and on or under budget. I shut down my practice in late 1999 and went back to work full-time. I really miss the excitement of startups and am looking to get more involved in them again, both my own and supporting others.

Discuss

What does a Startup CTO do?