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Five Recruiting Metrics Every Founder Should Track

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Founders need to make sure the quality of the startup’s offerings remains high and provide adequate sales and service support for prospective customers and new users. But even well-prepared startups that have laid out strategies for scaling can find themselves scrambling in the face of a fast-growing customer base.

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Not Every Startup Is “Killing It” (How to Speak Up During Tough Times)

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But during the year 2000, we went through three different CEOs, fraud nearly killed the company, our revenue was negligible and unproven, and at our worst point, the company was burning well over $10 million a month — A MONTH! We went public in 2002 and eBay bought the company later that year for over $1.5

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