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Don’t hire people you know!

David Teten

Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job.

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Don’t hire people you know!

David Teten

Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job.

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6 Time-Saving Social Media Tools For Startups

YoungUpstarts

But effective social media marketing takes planning, scheduling, monitoring, engaging, liking…all of which take up more of the time you don’t have to spare. If you’re a business owner seeking social media marketing success in the most efficient way possible, social media tools are the answer to your prayers. First things first.

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4 Tips To Build A Deep Virtual Bench Of Talent

YoungUpstarts

by Keith Johnstone, Head of Marketing of Peak Sales Recruiting. days and data from DHI Hiring Indicators shows that the average job opening remained unfilled for 28.1 days in 2001-2003. Keith Johnstone is the Head of Marketing at Peak Sales Recruiting , a leading B2B sales recruiting company launched in 2006.

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Good Marketing Strategy Becomes Culture :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

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Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing

SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE AND AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING Home About Consulting Products Programs Workshops Blog Resources Contact Subscribe by RSS Subscribe to Duct Tape Marketing by Email Small Business Week 2011 Our winners! The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch.

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Factual Data On Popular New Venture Success Timelines

Startup Professionals Musings

I was reading an old article written by marketing guru Seth Godin a while back where he mentions that “it takes about six years of hard work to become an overnight success”. But add another five years, and Google had made it, going public in 2004 with a market capitalization of $23B. He later changed the name to Facebook.