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Don’t hire people you know!

David Teten

We are thus more likely to befriend those people, we are more likely to develop strong ties to them, and even eventually to marry one of those people. [1] When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job. So you need to go out and systematically recruit that person.

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Don’t hire people you know!

David Teten

We are thus more likely to befriend those people, we are more likely to develop strong ties to them, and even eventually to marry one of those people. [1] When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job. So you need to go out and systematically recruit that person.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth. In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc.

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5 Steps to Optimize Your Website to Attract Investors

Up and Running

You can demonstrate these by showcasing industry awards or affiliations that your business is part of. If your business has secured a patent for a product or started the application process, you can highlight this on the site with a US Patent badge and the accompanying information. You can certainly design your website yourself.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

Selling a product is a tough process, full of “no’s,” whether they come on the phone with a prospect or as a low conversion rate on your landing page. This is what our hiring landscape looked like over the past year: Pre-2015, we hired three founders: 1x hustler in charge of strategic growth hacking.

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How a startup should leverage a personal assistant

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

A virtual assistant (VA) is a remote worker hired to complete tasks you should not be doing as the founder of a startup. There are two key points during the life of your startup where your life will be much easier if you use a virtual assistant (VA): While proving out your product/market. After your product launch.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Another great way to test your idea is to create a minimum viable product, or MVP. This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. The business model.