Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Partner decisions are more important than team member hiring decisions.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Every business person with a dollar and a dream these days thinks they’re a technical co-founder away from interweb stardom. If you read Marco from Instapaper, you see that what makes Instapaper great isn’t the technology and his ability to write code, but his thoughtfulness around design. to put together a product plan.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. It’s become a truism of the modern internet that design matters.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

by Saqib Ayaz, co-founder of Hire an Assistant. A virtual assistant is a self-employed person who is being hired on contractual basis for as long as the client needs his/ her services. Virtual Assistants are being increasingly hired by a number of people and businesses some of which are: Entrepreneurs. Contractors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Supportive co-founder and executive positions. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 17, 2015

I recently chatted with Saurya about how he approaches hiring engineers at Google and what founders can learn. We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve ” to the more complex, “Can you design Google?”

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2019

It might seem easier to put off thinking about your first essential new hires. You’re not going to be an incredible CFO/CEO/graphic designer/web developer. Try to do it all and you’ll spend a lot of time learning new skills (that you’ll eventually hire for) when you should be focusing on growing your business. It’s that simple.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The question is: How do you decide what role is most important to hire for? Founders typically revert to whatever they’re already expert in, and decide they need more of that. So, a technical founder decides she needs another developer, or a sales-oriented founder decides she needs another sales person.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This includes the design, development, launch, and enhancement of the SaaS application. . Often, SaaS company founders are not aware of steps, tools, and checkpoints they should follow while building their product. Do your design first. Don’t hire full time, outsource your project. billion just with the iOS MVP. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The founder explains that the product or service is so “buzz-worthy” that the merits will spread rapidly through word-of-mouth only, meaning people loving it and recommending it to their friends. Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

While you are working away on your business plan, looking for ways to raise capital, finding the right people to hire, etc., But have you ever had the opportunity to pick the brains of founders who created amazingly successful startups and companies like Envato , Backblaze , Simple , or Treehouse ? Things snowballed from there.”.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2016

At the beginning, a startup team is typically just a couple of co-founders. What we suggest at this juncture is that founders get acclimated to the tactics of scaling beyond the founding team. What to Address During Genesis Team Building: How do we divide and conquer responsibilities as co-founders? Below, I take a look at each.

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2014

Vivek Ravisankar is the co-founder of Y Combinator alumnus, HackerRank , a platform for coding contests used by programmers to hone their skills and a tool for companies to streamline their own recruiting process. The hiring process for technical talent is broken. If they don’t, it’s a hire.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2020

founder of HireMyMom.com . Without the luxury of a Human Resources department, many small business owners find themselves navigating the laborious task of hiring the right team members themselves. Department of Labor, the price of a bad hire is estimated at 30 percent of the employee’s first-year earnings.”.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 28, 2012

But when it comes to core technical skills, more and more entrepreneurs are opting to partner with technical co-founders rather than hiring someone for an in-house position. I really believe that what’s most important for a founder is the ability to have a vision for the company, make sales and hire well.

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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? If it’s a one-time project with a completion date, hiring an agency is a good way to go.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

Supportive co-founder and executive positions. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Software and hardware development architects and designers. Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service.

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View from Seed

APRIL 5, 2016

Rachael is enrolled at the Startup Institute , an eight-week program that teaches its pupils the nuances of web development, web design, technical marketing, or sales and account management. Founders’ stories can be truly heroic, but inspiring stories don’t start and end with them. She is looking for more than that. .

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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! Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why a standard resume is not enough for hiring – crowdspring.co/1k6oLBD. 80% of Your Culture is Your Founder | First Round Capital – crowdspring.co/1lk0ZGm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link].

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

Doing Reference Checks on VCs “Try to speak to at least one founder that the investor has worked with in a failed investment. The Seed VC Decision Tree “If the market is attractive and there just isn’t great founder/market fit, we will be open minded as well. Hiring Your Team. This is not always easy to do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Help the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs: Hire One | Small Biz Daily – [link]. Don’t Hire Entrepreneurs; Hire Entrepreneurial Spirit | HBR – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

founder of HireMyMom.com . It’s easy to find and hire an independent contractor. Any person or business you hire to do work on your behalf, but not as an employee, is an independent contractor. Note: At Hire My Mom, our professionals are independent and not employed by Hire My Mom. by Lesley Pyle, MSc.,

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 26, 2015

In an article from the Fox Business, writer Ned Smith reveals that “Crowdsourcing is a growing and cost-effective way for small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to take advantage of a global talent pool of freelancers for services that range from accounting to website design. Design Crowdsourcing. Choices Galore. People’s Skill.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2020

by Pablo Listingart, Founder and Executive Director of ComIT. To begin again, to start anew, to have a fresh, blank slate — the corporate advantages of hiring entry level employees, strong professionals at their career beginnings, seem self-explanatory. And success depends on a well-developed, entry-level hiring protocol.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Being able to hire talented professionals remains a difficult proposition in the current job market, especially when sourcing experienced developers, designers, and project managers. Today’s Talented Engineers & Designers Need Top-Shelf Tools of the Trade. Build a Talented Team of Technology and Business Professionals.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Hire People Who Make Things Happen – crowdspring.co/1fMczta. Why Founders Can’t Afford to Have Any Weak Links | by Mark Suster – crowdspring.co/18L78oE.

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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! More founders reject VC money | Crain’s New York Business – [link]. Why entrepreneurs struggle with MBA hires – [link]. . ” – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

by Peter Johnston , founder and CEO of Kalo. They want platforms and services that automate hiring and retention while ensuring freelancers feel as supported as their full-time colleagues. IdentityMind produces RegTech, a platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses remain compliant. But what about freelancers?

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Today in Small Business: Hiring Picks Up | by @genemarks – crowdspring.co/1w5hoSn. 30 Founders Share Why Their Startups Failed | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1ssh53n.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The design DNA of the founding team is obvious the first time you visit the beautiful, super-simple-to-use site. I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer , President of Tackk, about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: how to recruit an A-quality designer for their company.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

Here’s another from The Startup Magazine Female Founder Series. Rieke specializes in design services and manufacturing, including custom furniture manufacturing. Melissa: We are designing and creating spaces that are efficient and beautifully aligned with the company’s culture. We interviewed Ms. Quality control?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

In many cases, these entrepreneurs are on the hunt for co-founders to help them build their businesses. I previously wrote about various roles and responsibilities within a startup’s management team , so figure out what role your desired co-founder can fill. The problem? What skills are you lacking? How to go about it?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 7 Tips On How Your Small Business Or Startup Can Hire A Good Lawyer And Control Legal Costs – [link]. A founder-friendly term sheet – [link].

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! You can do it alone (why it’s not critical to haver a co-founder) – [link]. A co-founder’s guide to Biz Dev | Soundboy – [link].

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