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Does a 'Director' need to be an Officer (UK)?

In the UK, are there any obligations (legal or otherwise) for someone with 'Director' in their job title to also be an officer of the company (i.e. registered as a director at Companies House)? The ...
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Need to pick a title as the first technical employee of a startup

I will be the first technical employee of an early-stage startup. I don't have a ton of experience (so something like CTO would look bad and misrepresent me) but I will be doing all the software ...
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Where are C-level titles for marketing and sales?

I very often see these C-level titles: CEO, COO, CTO, CFO. But what about marketing and sales? Are there any C-level titles for those roles? I searched on Wikipedia and I found: CBDO (Chief Business ...
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Why did the convention “Co-founder” get started in startups rather than just saying “Founder”?

The United States is known for having its Founding Fathers, not its Co-founding Fathers. The term Founder doesn't imply exclusivity, rather the use of "The" vs. "A" makes that distinction - someone ...
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What title should I use and should I require D&O?

I have been a startup advisor for a colleague of mine for several years. He is primed to go from incubatory stage to launch and has some excellent blue-chip customers lined up. He is having admitted ...
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What title to use for the manager of graphical development?

The lead of technical development is also known as CTO. What's the counterpart that leads the graphical development? Does this position have a commonly-used title or not?
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How should I describe my job title?

I'm the co-founder of a two-person startup, but I'm having a hard time coming up with an accurate description of my job for things like LinkedIn and business cards. I handle all technical aspects of ...
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Are we correct with our startup titles?

we are a team of 6 persons and currently working on a startup. The three of us are invited in a meeting so we need to address our selves. Since we are a startup we avoided titles like CEO, CTO etc, ...
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What is the difference between a VP R&D and a CTO?

Is there a difference in responsibilities? What is a VP R&D usually responsible for? Are these different names for the same position?
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Title dilemma, should I give the “Co-Founder” title when he's technically not a co-founder?

I'm in a bit of a dilemma. First off, we're not technically a startup but have been around for a few years. We're a small software company, 7 people including myself. I started the company by myself, ...
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What title to give to a non-founder first person in company

This question is a follow up to another question but it stands as a question by itself so i decided to ask it separately.. i am a single-founder starting a company and hence looking for ...