YoungUpstarts

JUNE 14, 2019

The secret is knowing how to hire to create it. The role of managers should be to help their employees uncover these unique talents, and then combine them with other equally unique and talented individuals for the most robust result. I had the idea back in 2005, when I was the product manager on a high performing team in the US.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Hire someone well-versed in communication between developers, customers and team members.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

In June of 2005 while on vacation with my wife, I received a call from my brother. We hired a CEO to help us build the business. Our little business grew from four employees to over 30. We had no experience in running an Internet filtering software business, but this didn’t concern us. This rating put Safe Eyes on the map.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. They're also dedicated to giving back to the community and their employees, who each receive three pints of ice cream per day.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, authors of “ The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built a Bestseller “ These days we hear plenty about employee engagement. We know disengaged employees are bad for business. Frankly, it’s because in many cases employees really don’t have a stake. Hire smart.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Because there is often a lot at stake for a new company, its wise to ask where you will fit in among founders and first hires — and how you can make a direct impact on the companys success. In addition, the prospective employee can decide if his or her goals align with theirs. ©2005-2014 Mashable, Inc. Nanxi Liu , Enplug.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

It was a benefit to employees and a slight value transfer from equity holders to option holders (generally speaking in M&A transactions the value of the aggregate option exercise ends up allocated across the rest of the cap table).

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Founded in 2005, the company has since delivered more than $1 billion from employers to freelancers. In some cases they come to us and want us to help them build a team that they hire off at oDesk, in some cases they’ve already built a team through other means and they just need better systems and tools to manage and pay that team.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

I built a 3,000 person tech networking organization in NYC back in 2006 and was one of the first 100 members of the NY Tech Meetup back in 2005 so I’ve participated in a lot of these conversations. Top founders want to live in a place where employees are serious about working hard. They’re less impactful on a year to year basis.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2013

What are my beliefs on how employees and customers should be treated? Don’t treat your employees like commodities. Rarely is employee turnover talked about in business schools — and you won’t see it as a line item on a business plan, either — but it has the potential to be one of the biggest costs for your business.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Hiring Poorly. Make sure that new hires understand your rate of innovation. At a small company, employees need to wear many hats, and they need to be prepared to wear many hats. If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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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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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

So, hire an accountant to handle the financials. Hire competent people who you will trust in their jobs – and then trust them. I had to make drastic cuts, including letting go beloved employees. In 2005, I succeeded – and it has been upward and onward ever since. Get marketing help if that’s not your thing. Commitment.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

5- Employees, clients and future of my company. For me, knowing that I have dedicated, hard working employees that rely on me, and amazing clients that trust me with their brands, keeps me going. 9- Doing what I do best, and hiring others to do the rest. I stay motivated by doing what I do best, and hiring others to do the rest!

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

In 2005 Vagnozzi put together 30 investors to pool $1M and fund the development of 110 acres in Montgomery County. When he hired property managers, they ended up taking the majority of his profits. Despite the growing trend of working from home, he believes that office employees are not going to be going away any time soon.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

You’re Hired, You’re Fired. My first job in Silicon Valley: I was hired as a lab technician at ESL to support the training department. The manager of the training department who hired you wasn’t authorized to do so – and he’s been fired. Could I work here if he wanted to hire me?&#

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) 18:21) Carl on optimism and what he did as head of stores at Home Depot post-Katrina to take care of customers and employees, including selling products out of the back of a truck via an IOU system.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Stop whining and start hiring remote workers – [link]. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Stop whining and start hiring remote workers – [link]. – [link]. The ideal product manager – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Every company I meet these days is grappling with this topic, from ESG to employee activism, to so much more. And of course, we started putting together a plan about how we might evacuate or get out of the office for day-to-day work and how we might start to provide services to employees. Highlights from the Show: What is Coinbase? (:33)

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

million raised, per CrunchBase): It came from my deep frustration renting as an undegrad at Oxford for the first time back in 2005. Do you find yourself hiring operators or PMs with that background? I have, and would consider, hiring people with business school backgrounds.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

One of my favorite episodes who should be your first hire, what's your funding plan, Dr. Lisa Cravin shares her top advice from building spotlight oral. One when scale started to kick in, when we hit the, you know, 200 employees at the head office, 2000 employees system wide, it started to get complex and a little bit outside of my sandbox.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

3 Interview Tips for Hiring Outstanding Developers. Traditional hiring practices are still beneficial, but a unique interview can effectively separate good developers from the exceptional. To test this skill, team up applicants with current employees. ©2005-2013 Mashable, Inc. Apps iPhone App iPad App Android App.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2014

If you don’t want to bring in a partner, hire someone to fill in your “business gaps”, because it is exhausting to try to do everything yourself and invariably whatever you’re not comfortable doing won’t get done for the business. The transition from friend to employee to entitled can happen quickly and result in some tough decisions.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Managing employees and tasks remotely can be a recipe for disaster when you’re building a nascent operation. You’ll also likely be hiring local staff for your new office. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Protect their sanity from the clients who want to chew them up and from new hires who don’t fit in and hurt morale. Hire an accountant to handle the financials. As for employees, take the time to hire competent people who you’ll trust in their jobs – and then trust them! Get marketing help if that’s not your thing.

Public Relations 170

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

When I help other people through skills in digital marketing, I’m able to give more to clients, employees, my family and the community. in December of 2004 with just our one little product, and by the end of 2005 we had sold 1 million Finders Key Purse(r). But another reason was I defined my mission in business.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2017

Nolo.com has good advice on employee evaluations. Look for the employees who are most ready to sell new products and services, and see if they should also be given a promotion to reflect their new responsibilities. If it is time to hire additional salespeople, there are some helpful guidelines here.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team.

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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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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Standards arehigher; people are more sympathetic to what youre doing; the kindof people you want to hire want to live there; supporting industriesare there; the people you run into in chance meetings are in thesame business. They might accidentally hire someonebad, but its not going to kill the company. Idont think theres an answer.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2019

We will be hiring people with mental and physical disabilities in the near future. After 13 years I now own a cleaning service with 45 employees doing 2.5 I started my business consulting firm in 2005 when I decided to become a mom. Helping others is what makes my heart full. Thanks to Joe Meitz, Z’s Dream ! #5- 5- Two reasons.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Well, the computer to employee ratio of 15 to 1 combined with my home’s older electrical system that can’t handle more than four computers running at a time had something to do with it. I also ran out of room for all of my equipment, and the power goes out for an excess of 5 hours almost once a month.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? World class In-house UX is one of the most challenging hires you’ll make. You should keep your employees as 1099s as long as possible (there are state and federal guidelines on this that your accountant will help you comply with).

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