Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

While we would never impose hiring decisions, we aim to reduce the potential impact of unconscious bias for key C-Level and senior roles within a Company. The idea was that if you ask owners to commit to the “top end of the funnel” in recruiting it would start to have an impact on hiring non-white coaches.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2011

You can make all the grand plans you like about delivering an entertaining, inspiring, simple, surprising or mission filled marketing strategy, but you won’t make it happen unless it comes from within – at the hands of fun, inspired, motivated, surprised and connected employees.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2013

John Marshall began his enterprise-grade mobile device management company, AirWatch , in 2003 as a wireless hotspot management company before providing device management for old-school mobile devices. Saying no to titles in the beginning, which forced every employee to pull his or her weight. Still confused? The other half?

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Startups Should Work To Make Their Employees Wealthy Not Just Their Founders And Investors. You see, it was for work I’d performed from 2001–2003 at a startup called Linden Lab, the company behind virtual world Second Life. It’s also why I support making early exercise available to your seed/A employees at the very least.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. During this journey in building (recruiting, hiring, training and managing) e-commerce teams I realized how other e-commerce business owners were struggling to fulfill their marketing needs. I don't think I'm cut out to being an employee.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

you desire to be slightly feared), entrepreneurs who run companies must mentor their employees in order to get them to excel. However, I believe you can and should be a mentor and friend to your own employees and team, and not just a boss. And then have them mentor 5 employees beneath them. Who Should be Mentored?

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. He covers broad topics such as net neutrality, but also dives into the specifics of starting a company, touching on things like hiring and employee retention. Follow Jason on Twitter @ASmartBear.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

As an employee, there are limits to how much money you’ll make. You have complete control over not only employees and vendors, but most importantly, clients. You can hire or fire people based on your own guidelines and work only with people who are a good personality fit,” he says. Connect on Twitter: @sfboehner @MyLikes.

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David Teten

JANUARY 7, 2015

Unless your organization explicitly endorses Bridgewater’s set of cultural norms and every employee signs up to live by that social contract, you will never use all of the Principles. I created my blog way back in 2003 because of the scale it gives me (Principle #177, “Constantly think about how to produce leverage”).

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2022

When I left in 2003 we agreed that my final title could be focused on Product and Marketing, since that’s what I was interested in pursuing next. An increasing number of companies have created more flexible timelines and in the wake of non-performance based layoffs, can sometimes change the structure for terminated employees.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Seek to hire ‘coachable’ individuals rather than individualist-minded high performers. And after a defeat, we must insist that employees ‘get back on the horse’ as team players and ride full-tilt toward the next contest. What ‘practical’ advice do I have? Do everything possible to promote and reward teamwork rather than individualism.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution. LinkedIn employees get a 24-hour gym. Pinterest can hire, Square can hire, Dropbox can hire - these companies have a clear demand for their products and are becoming market leaders," explains Naval Ravikant, founder of startup advice site Venture Hacks. No problem.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I found myself pushed into entrepreneurship after being laid off from a Marketing Director position with a San Diego based high tech company in 2003. Leave a positive lasting impression; 5 years down the line, your old boss may hire you again or your colleague will pay you to do contract work. High integrity equals high return. (3)

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Matt shares his story and give some great insight on hiring the right employees for your company. In 2003, he founded MJS Executive Search. Want to hire someone? For example, when placing an ad for finding a new employee – have a specific phrase you want them to include in their response. Also Available On.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 20, 2013

I speak from personal experience, since I hired and partnered with a CEO, Jeff Weiner, very successfully at LinkedIn five years after co-founding the company. All of a sudden, you need to focus on a different set of challenges and concerns like establishing standard procedures and managing a large number of employees.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

It had ancient hard drives, an installation of Windows Server 2003 that hadn’t been refreshed for 5 or 6 years, and two SQL Server databases that had not been re-indexed (or had any visible maintenance) for 3 years. And I was running scared… Step 1: Like a Chicken With No Head. I also put in quite a bit of coding time myself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. What is a “Work-Made-For-Hire”? The phrase “work-for-hire” comes from U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. What is a “Work-Made-For-Hire”? The phrase “work-for-hire” comes from U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

For an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. What is a “Work-Made-For-Hire”? The phrase “work-for-hire” comes from U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

An employee walks up to me and says, “Mark, I’m thinking about buying a house. It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. Most employees want cruising altitude, most founders live in take off mode. Runway of cash. Would now be a good time to buy a house? Are you kidding me?

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The result of these vulnerabilities is that we hire the wrong candidates, listen to the wrong people, and fail to differentiate our businesses. How false expertise leads us to hire the wrong people. In short, we seek to validate our own characteristics: Hiring someone who’s like us reinforces our own value. Reduce the noise.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 29, 2013

There’s great information here about hiring, team structure, and best practices that will make you smarter. About Ari and Wyatt: Wyatt Jenkins is VP of Product at Shutterstock, a stock photo site founded in 2003 that now encompasses twelve cross-functional teams and is one of the world’s largest two-sided marketplaces.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction. Improving the quality of hires or increasing the speed of the hiring process saves professionals time and money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. That gets back to the idea that when we first started Floodgate we always thought of ourselves as being owners and not just employees, and what that comes down to for me is bias for impact. I've been in venture now twice.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

For them — and anyone else who wants to increase their employees productivity and sanity — lets take a look at some of the assumptions management makes regarding hours, output, efficiency, and production costs; and see how a century of industrial research has conclusively, consistently proven those assumptions wrong. Its ironic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2011

Both employees and customers benefit from a business where play and laughter are as treasured as profit and process. A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2019

She is the founder and CEO of Ruby Receptionists , a company she started back in 2003 and has seen double digit growth every year since it’s inception. Went searching for an off-the-shelf software solution and hodge-podged a phone system together that worked with it and in 2003 launched. Jill, thanks for joining me.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2011

Present.ly – A private microblogging tool that has great applications for businesses wanting to share a stream of information with employees and customer groups. Swiffy – A Google Labs project that makes it very easy to upload your flash movies and convert them to a format that will play on the iPhone and iPad.

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dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. If someone hired you, would you have your lawyer look over the NDA? The biggest value I can probably offer you is that I would talk about what youre working on. dan.sanderson. |

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OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

As you may know, the title of this blog, OnlyOnce, comes from a blog post written by my friend and board member Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures entitled You Are Only a First-Time CEO Once , which he wrote back in 2003 or 2004. That inspired me to create a blog for entrepreneurs and leaders.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

As you may know, the title of this blog, OnlyOnce, comes from a blog post written by my friend and board member Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures entitled You Are Only a First-Time CEO Once , which he wrote back in 2003 or 2004. That inspired me to create a blog for entrepreneurs and leaders.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

“Facebook continues to grow and Austin, with its deep talent pool, would allow us to hire the high-caliber employees we need to properly serve the people, advertisers and developers that rely on our service.”.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I had been writing GigaOM (the blog) since December 2001, but in 2003, I started working on a piece for Business 2.0 The success of business can be measured through many metrics — page views, revenues, profits, the number of employees, or an exit (either through a private or through a public sale). STARTING IT UP. I smiled to myself.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Pamela Slim Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. Read all five posts in today’s series and come back each day this week for five new posts in this great educational series and another chance to win.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

6. Not Leveraging Employees. Your employees are your content assets. Find the 10% of employees that are content creators and nurture that. FIX: Hire a journalist. Stop thinking from a campaign mentality. Content for your customers is a promise. Execute a content marketing editorial calendar.

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