Does Your Small Business Need A Chief Technology Officer?

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Does Your Small Business Need A Chief Technology
Officer?
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• As a small business owner, you can probably
  recollect the moment when you had the inspiration
  and drive to make your business dreams a reality
  when times were exciting and the future looked
  bright and full of promise. If you can remember
  that, then you can probably also recall the
  moment that you realised just how much you had
  taken on, and how as your business began to grow,
  your stress levels increased.

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• If you were sensible, at this point you would
  have sought professional help with the technology
  side of your business, as this would have
  significantly reduced your stress levels, and
  left you to focus on other important aspects of
  your business. If, however, you had simply
  continued to try to tackle your businesses
  technology needs yourself, then youll doubtless
  still need professional help.

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• That help usually comes in the form of a CTO or
  chief technology officer, and they can help you
  with all aspects of your businesses tech needs.
• What is a CTO?
• A chief technology officer is responsible for
  such aspects of a business as

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• Ensuring that current technology is operating as
  it should
• Recommending new software, programs or devices to
  business owners
• Helping to create technology strategies that will
  help the business to grow and be more successful

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• How will I know if its time to hire a CTO?
• If youre finding that the technological needs of
  your small business are taking up too much of
  your time and youre unable to focus on other
  important elements of your business, then it may
  be time to hire the services of a CTO. Hiring a
  CTO will of course be an additional expense, but
  hire a good one, and they could end up saving you
  money and helping

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• your business to expand in the right direction,
  not to mention reducing your stress levels.
• Do I need a team of technology experts, or an
  individual CTO?
• Hiring a CTO means that youll have an individual
  assigned to you, who will be on hand to answer
  all your tech based questions and assist daily
  with the technology needs of your business. A
  full time CTO can be very

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• valuable, particularly if your business has a lot
  of technology problems that need to be solved,
  and if you can afford an additional salary, then
  hiring one is not usually a decision youll
  regret.
• If you outsource your CTO position, you could pay
  a monthly fee to have a team of tech agents at
  your disposal, whenever a technological issue
  arises within your business. There are many tech
  companies who employ their

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• own CTOs that can be made available for small
  businesses in advisory roles, and this is often a
  significantly cheaper option than hiring a full
  time CTO.
• As any small business owner will know, technology
  is becoming an increasingly significant factor of
  a companys success or failure, and not
  recognizing and acting upon this, will only ever
  be to your detriment.

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• A CTO will help your business become technology
  sound, and could even help you to increase your
  profit margins, meaning that hiring one becomes
  an investment, rather than a cost that you think
  you cant afford.

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