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| | | MIKE MICHALOWICZ APRIL 25, 2013 The Real Reason Entrepreneurs Don’t Hire Their First Employee I don’t have the money to hire someone! The real reason you keep putting off that first (or next) hire is that you will have to completely change your job. When you hire that first employee, they will likely take over 80% of your workload. 'The excuses all sound so legit. The systems aren’t in place yet! | WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM OCTOBER 23, 2010 The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups 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. Want to start a startup? Maybe. | | | | | | | | |
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FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013  8 Tips for Hiring and Managing Interns
You should consider hiring a summer intern anyway. An intern can bring fresh ideas at low cost. That's also valuable (and I'm not discouraging you from hiring someone to do that), but it's not an internship. Consider hiring someone without the best grades. Think about it. Your business is small. Here's how to go about it. MORE >> -
UP AND RUNNING | TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011  Top 5 hidden costs to starting up a business
Just be sure to factor these five oft-forgotten start-up costs into your budget, first. After applying for a bond, business owners might find themselves needing to pay a premium that could cost anywhere from $100 to $20,000. Technology Costs. startup financing business fees cost of doing business managing your money MORE >> -
WWW.FORENTREPRENEURS.COM | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010  Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs
SolidWorks 2: The best VAR management program in the world? SolidWorks 3: The best VAR management program in the world? In pure web businesses where the headcount doesn’t need to grow as customer acquisition scales, it is also very useful to look customer acquisition costs without the headcount costs.) This is a mistake. MORE >> -
 5 Hard Lessons Related to Firing Somebody
We had to cut costs and we had no choice. If it’s a surprise, management has failed. Business Management Business Mistakes Management hiring and firing letting an employee goSo you start your business, and you get it going, and growing. I’d rather do collection calls. But it happens sometimes. MORE >> -
 Ten Learning Steps from Entrepreneur to Manager
Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. m convinced that management is a learnable skill. There are also many books on this subject, including a new one from the master on management, Brian Tracy, “ Full Engagement!: MORE >>
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- Hire the Best Candidate, the One You Can't Afford FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012
- The Myth of “A Players” MARK BIRCH | THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012
- Ten Ways To Get Ahead of the Pack at Your Startup STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011
- 10-Step Roadmap for Simple Hiring FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
- 5 Excuses Costing You Time & Money FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012
- When Smart People are Bad Employees BEN'S BLOG | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
- 'Zombies' Are Costing Your Business FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2012
- 10 Ways to Improve Team Management and Grow a Business TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011
- Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) CROWDSPRING BLOG | SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013
- The non-developer’s guide to hiring software developers THE NEXT WEB | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012
- Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009
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- Hire a Recruiter.Now SEEING BOTH SIDES | THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011
- How to get cheap and targeted paid traffic? AYMERIC GAURAT-APELLI | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2010
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- The Controversial First Role to Hire After Your “A Round” BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011
- Best Way to Get Great Talent: Train or Hire? FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
- HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO MASHABLE.COM | MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
- Field Guide to Hiring Gen Y FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012
- Taking the Mystery out of Scaling a Company BEN'S BLOG | MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
- [Review] Warren Buffett’s Management Secrets YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
- Your Company Is Who It Hires GET VENTURE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
- 5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it CROWDSPRING BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2011
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- The Manual-First Startup VINICIUS VACANTI | TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
- 6 Secrets to Hiring and Retaining Great Employees FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
- How to Hire Right and Delegate Well FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012
- Four myths about the Lean Startup STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010
- Why You Should (Probably) Hire Specialists FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013
- Top 6 Hiring Mistakes to Avoid FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
- Titles and Promotions BEN'S BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
- The Soul of a Project #16: Stand Your Ground ACTIVE GARAGE | TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012
- Don't Let Expenses Snowball GET VENTURE | TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012
- 7 Obligations of the New Sales Manager DUCT TAPE MARKETING | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013
- What a CES Booth Actually Costs FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
- How To Manage Your Startup's U.S. Expansion ARCTICSTARTUP | FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2012
- Is Dead Equity Crippling Your Company? ALTGATE | MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012
- People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010
- 10 Tips For Starting A New Business On A Budget YOUNGUPSTARTS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012
- 4 Ways Not to Sink Your Start-up With a Bad Hire FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013
- The Next Step in Disrupting Venture Capital: Emerging Manager Funds WILL PRICE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011
- Should You Hire a Programmer or DIY? | Vinicius Vacanti VINICIUS VACANTI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
- Hiring? Up Your Game with LinkedIn FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011
- Does your startup have a concierge? STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
- Why We Prefer Founding CEOs BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- 8 Reasons Why Opportunity Never Knocks On Your Door YOUNGUPSTARTS | MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012
- The Alien Entrepreneur: To Build Great Software Hire Great. ALIEN ENTREPRENEUR | FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
- Don’t Judge an Interviewee by their Cover STARTUP DAILY | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011
- Managing Your Agency: 4 Key Ways to Get What You Want FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
- Small Business Optimism Up, Hiring Not FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
- Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It GRADE A ENTREPRENEURS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- What Now: Scaling the Sales Organization PETER LEVINE | TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
- Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business CROWDSPRING BLOG | SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013
- 3 Ways to Avoid Hiring Nightmares FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012
- Startup Founders Walk a Thin Line on Delegation STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011
- The startup forecasting dilemma STARTUPCFO | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010
- Hiring My Cousin Vinny and Other Startup Lawyer Mistakes MARK BIRCH | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
- 5 Reasons to Hire an IT Consultant FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012
- Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2012 PLATFORMS AND NETWORKS | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2012
- Later-Stage Pivoting: Preemptive Turnaround Management? LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2012
- 8 Low Cost Tips To Increase Your Publicity In The Fashion Industry ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
- Performance Procrastination ACTIVE GARAGE | WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010
- How I Find And Hire A-Grade Employees ENTREPRENEURS-JOURNEY.COM BY YARO STARAK | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
- The Best Place to Work, Part 5: Be the ultimate enabler ONLYONCE | THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012
- Saas Math Case Study: Dropbox STARTUPCFO | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
- Manage your bottlenecks! BERKONOMICS | THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
- 5 Business Fundamentals I Learned the Hard Way TIM BERRY'S BLOG - PLANNING STARTUPS STORIES | THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
- What Start-ups Should Know About Hiring a Lawyer WWW.THEDAILYMUSE.COM | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
- Is it OK to Hire People from Your Friend’s Company? BEN'S BLOG | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011
- How to Hire People You Can't Afford FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012
- How to manage your inside sales team VERSION ONE VENTURES | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
- Practical HR Solutions For Today’s Workplace YOUNGUPSTARTS | THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012
- Startup Business Development Strategies: 7 Tips For Putting. SEED STAGE CAPITAL | SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010
- How to Hire a Developer on oDesk LAUNCHING TECH VENTURES | SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012
- Lessons Learned: Cash is not king STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2009
- Saving Money in Patent Litigation: Case Management Strategies IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010
- Managing Commitments in an Agile Team SVPG | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2012
- How To Make Better & Faster Decisions DEIMAR | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2013
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John Morris