Up and Running

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Great employees, especially ones with technical skills, are often hard to come by—and the competition for them is fierce. I’ve got two easy research tricks you can do to find out exactly how you should be differentiating yourself to make the best impression on potential employees. Use Glassdoor to find employee pain points.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Partner decisions are more important than team member hiring decisions.

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Cofounder Software Review CTO Hire Founder 221

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

In order to find out, I asked a panel of 12 successful founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: What are the pros/cons of hiring an agency to do development work, vs. having all your technical talent in house? Here’s what they had to say about whether or not to outsource technology development: 1.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Full-Time Employees, Freelancers (directly) or Contracts (through staffing companies) – This approach allows your company to maintain total control as it manages the fine details of the project.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 9, 2022

Throughout it all, Halladay has demonstrated his commitment to overcoming obstacles, living a life by design and staying true to his faith. There are professional life coaches for hire, too, but those are more for general goals. After that, he spent five years working for a tiny software development firm in Jacksonville Beach.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “the people you fire are more important to your [company''s] culture than the people you hire.” Ello’s 5 Biggest Design Crimes | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nS6gcC.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

We hear all the time about the importance of hiring the right people and the expanding universe of advice can be overwhelming; hire slow and fire fast, only hire the “right&# candidate; ask probing questions; check all references; blah blah blah. So to start, here’s why hiring sucks: 1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business: the science of marketing, body language, motivating employees – crowdspring.co/1jApJZ7. What Does It Mean To Design Websites Responsively?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

Today I want to write briefly about a strategy we have used to very good effect when hiring new workers: outsource. When we hear that word, we typically envision massive call centers or bucket shops filled with developers writing code half-way across the world. This does not just apply in the world of creative services.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees - crowdspring.co/1bCrvce. How to hire and keep good women technologists | LinkedIn - crowdspring.co/1harsCi. 1nHh6vH.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 3 Surprising Interview Questions You Should Ask Every Potential Employee – crowdspring.co/1s051td. Hiring startup engineers? The video above is from Megan MacKay.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Amazon’s Current Employees Raise the Bar for New Hires – crowdspring.co/1fduDMI. Tech Is Hiring More Women Than Men | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/Kdalon.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. I also wrote an entire series on the topic of Startup Boards if you want to do any more reading that link has several articles you can dig into.

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Management Startup Dividend Early Stage 234

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why You Really Should Move Quickly to Get Rid of Bad Hires - crowdspring.co/1hIeNIz. I value crowdsoucring for all kind of things, including design. – crowdspring.co/1hIf91J.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Qualities Of Truly Great Employees | Business Insider by Dharmesh Shah - crowdspring.co/1h0QmFY. Perfect employees don’t exist. Perfect employees don’t exist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Different firms will have very different skill sets: Do you need user interface design? Graphic design? How many contractors?

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Web Development Web Developer Los Angeles 204

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Work with Designers – [link]. 7 Qualities Every Start-up Employee Needs | by Jeff Haden – [link]. How to Work with Designers – [link].

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Finding the right engineer, UX designer or marketer can make all the difference for your start-up. This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting. This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

No matter what a business owner needs an app for — accounting, communication, brainstorming, compliance, financial transactions, employee evaluations, advertising & promotions, collaborations, creativity, management, PR, customer relations, eCommerce, web design — there’s an app for that, and it’s probably free.

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Cloud eCommerce Security Advertising 113

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences – [link]. Will Software Eliminate Physical Retail? How Much Equity Do Your Employees Deserve?

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Media 107

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 17, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Keith Rabois on the Role of a COO, How to Hire and Why Transparency Matters – crowdspring.co/1col3yU. The Creative Partnership: Design and Copywriting – crowdspring.co/1cW6DJY.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

It can be a small and nimble startup like Origin, or a company with 50 employees and hiring more every quarter. The same goes for recruiting employees. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Don’t hire them | Pando Daily – [link]. Some Quick Sage Advice for Young Employees Early in Their Careers – [link]. Losers exist. Losers exist.

Social Media 100

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 4 Hiring Mistakes Most Entrepreneurs Make – crowdspring.co/17UJnpL. The 10 Dumbest Things Bosses Say When They Fire Employees – [link]. Quora – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Partner decisions are more important than hiring decisions. Complementary skills.

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Partner Software Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO 269

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 8, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 Ways to Motivate Your Employees on the Cheap – [link]. 10 Ways to Motivate Your Employees on the Cheap – [link]. Google, stuck in the middle – [link].

Social Media 89

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

Intellectual Property 225

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 10, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startups: Stop Trying To Hire Ninja-Rockstar Engineers – [link]. Impressive & generous benefits to families when a Google employee dies – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why entrepreneurs struggle with MBA hires – [link]. 40 Must Have Cheat Sheets For Graphic Designers And Developers | [link].

Social Media 105

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! A Contrarian View: Hire Well, Nurture Carefully, Fire Prudently | by Mike Samson – [link]. 5 web-design trends tech companies should watch | GigaOM – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Give Your Employees Unlimited Vacation Days – [link]. Why You Can’t Hire – [link]. 4 Skills Every Startup Employee Needs – [link]. Smart: A Man.

Social Media 93

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 7 Habits of Highly Effective Employees – [link]. 7 Habits of Highly Effective Employees – [link]. Useful Legal Documents For Designers (PDF/DOC) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Breaking in a new employee? Interesting perspective on how Southwest Airlines hires employees – [link]. Breaking in a new employee?

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Hiring for Lean Startups: The First Few Hires – [link]. Not surprising to see ad agencies shedding employees - [link]. 40 Negative Space Logo Designs - [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

10- Software development Photo Credit: Derek Bruce Developing software that can safeguard online accounts for small businesses is, in my opinion, a wonderful business to begin, particularly if you have a talent for technology and are interested in finding a means to thwart the efforts of hackers.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 15, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting perspective on startup hiring and whether startups confuse A and B “players&# – [link]. Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan – [link].

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