Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. In a business development role you’re out shaping the perception of your company in the market (networking), determining leads, and contacting leads. At first many start-ups hire a lobbying firm. Read part one here.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." I'll get to service providers in a later post. Which means n = (i - 1)/i.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to the private sector. At the Agency , 85% of my time was spent navigating bureaucracy and equities, arguing for resources and permission for operations, and dealing with the bottom rung of employees, all while making decisions with little data or data overload.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. As Venture Capital emerged as an industry in the mid 1970’s, investors in venture-funded startups began to give stock options to all their employees. Here’s why.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2023

Humanizing the Workplace: Building Strong Employee Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Joey Coleman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Joey Coleman. 04:04] People talk about this crazy buyer’s and seller’s market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of the most stressful and unanticipated challenges that comes with starting a new business is hiring and managing employees. While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

But eventually, all successful businesses will have to start taking on employees, and that’s when the fun really begins. Before you get there, however, you have to actually complete the interviewing, hiring, and onboarding process. Their responses ranged from practical tips on hiring to what to look for in a first employee.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

If you’re a CEO who can’t quickly bias yourself for action and if you wait around for someone to tell you what to do, then your investors, or more likely the market, will make those decisions for you. Health of Your Current Target Market(s). Emergence of New Market(s). Marketing programs spending. External Assessment.

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Transformify

JANUARY 3, 2023

Today, HR professionals work with a greater responsibility to ensure that organizations are living their purpose and values while safeguarding employees’ interests. HR has undergone a dynamic shift in its approaches and is currently focused on enhancing employees’ experience and building sustainable brands. billion by 2028.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2016

It’s not enough to launch a startup that offers a new product or service that shakes up the market. If you make common mistakes , like not hiring the right people, you’re heading for trouble. Hiring the right people is not as easy as it may seem. It takes years of experience acquiring the intuition to hire the right people.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2021

Startups face multiple risks, and hence it requires a highly efficient marketing staff and a strong development team. Hence, for a startup, hiring and building a high-performing software team is stressful. Have a Concrete Hiring Plan. Hire Skilled and Experienced Developers. Hire a Core Development Team.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

If Marc Andreesen is right (and I happen to believe he is) then talented software developers will soon be the most sought after type of employee for just about any company, whether that company’s main business is building software or not. Attracting and hiring great software developers for your company is difficult, but it’s not impossible.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

by Ben Sim, Singapore Lead for Content Marketing at iPrice Group. I was reading law and I managed to get a role as a content marketer at a local ecommerce startup called iPrice. Series B and beyond – pretty stable and larger base of employees. It is invaluable as it shows your hiring manager your way of thinking.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 2, 2023

Fractional CMO: Reinventing Marketing Strategies written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I’m doing a solo show, and I’m gonna talk about how Fractional CMOs are becoming increasingly popular among business owners and marketing agencies.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2018

In my time, I learned a thing or two about the importance of preventing employee turnover. Aside from the time-consuming tasks of screening potential employees, interviewing, and re-hiring , losing and replacing employees is expensive. On average, it costs nearly three times an employee’s salary to replace them.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2022

Its essence lies in the prompt connection of IT employees to solve problems without downtime due to a lack of qualified personnel. As a result of the pandemic, IT outstaffing has attracted a lot of attention from customers, so the development of this market has become much more intense. And if you need some, look on [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

Most entrepreneurs realize and budget for the additional costs of incorporating a business, marketing, equipment costs, and manufacturing. You find that you need to be near major customers, or employee transportation hubs, where rents are higher than you ever anticipated. Ramp-up facilities and utilities required.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Unnecessary business spending doesn’t only take the form of trendy marketing gimmicks, excessive travel expenses, and outrageous client-nurturing projects. When paying employees becomes too expensive, many companies either lay people off or keep their workers but reduce salaries. Cutting costs vs. cutting corners.

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Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

All of the above is true, but it is also true that many startups have failed because they hired too early, too fast, or fired too late. Many of the points below can be found among the best hiring practices for startups and there is nothing wrong with them in general. Then the hiring begins. Hire full-time employees.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 20, 2022

Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Your Employees written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Donna Cutting. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Donna Cutting. How do we get an hourly employee who has never received red carpet customer service, to give it?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2020

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. In any economy, successful entry-level hiring is a crucial aspect of corporate success. The factors are manifold.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2014

by Todd Patkin, author of “ Finding Happiness “ What were your last 10 or 15 employee conversations like? And chances are, unless they were delivered in a, shall we say, forceful tone of voice, your employees don’t mind hearing pertinent instructions and questions. So why does their morale seem to be, well, wilting?

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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

JANUARY 27, 2013

We write often about ways small business can reduce expense, increase productivity, and operate more efficiently through a lean approach to marketing, technology, and operations. Today I want to write briefly about a strategy we have used to very good effect when hiring new workers: outsource. Reduce, reduce, reduce. Expense, that is.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

, but informally I’ve observed the following things, which follow a pattern that can be identified and counteracted: The initial marketing channel quickly saturated , so growth stalled at a non-zero but unsustainably-low rate. The initial marketing channel was sustainable for a while , but got wiped away due to external forces.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

These people may be permanent employees, or they may work on a project-by-project basis, but they are managed very much as if they’re working right alongside you. Hire anyone who fits the culture and mission of your company wherever they live. Hiring local talent will force you to pay more than you can afford.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For example, they may avoid digital marketing altogether, saving thousands of dollars in the process. But when you cut something that is essential in business — it is problematic; digital marketing is the best way for a startup to increase brand awareness and attract new paying customers. Employees are Your Largest Investment.

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

Startups focus on speed since they are burning cash every day as they search for product/market fit. Equally important their VP of Marketing had brilliantly executed a stream of social media campaigns (Facebook likes and partnerships, email campaigns, etc.) These shortcuts add up and become what is called technical debt.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

Employee costs Employees are another sizable cost that most businesses have to endure. You’re paying for their monthly salary, and there’s a good chance you offer bonus perks too. Using freelancers rather than hiring. Upskilling your existing employees so that they can perform multiple roles is another idea to consider.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With limited operations and the Great Resignation continuing to cripple many businesses, employers are hard-pressed to retain their employees. To ensure their best employees stay, they have to look for the best possible approach to improve employee retention. . IJPs help you hire the right person. Image Source: Pexels.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 18, 2018

Hiring your first employee is exciting and time-consuming. Still, there’s more — from legal requirements to onboarding, keep these steps in mind as you hire your first employee. Get the legal logistics worked out before hiring anyone — this will save you from potentially costly mistakes and fines in the future.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 23, 2019

And she has just about completed 60 to 140 ( Ada is hiring !). Unlike “traditional” departments such as Engineering, Product, Sales, Marketing, BD, Customer Support/Success, People is a relatively new leadership function. Planned 2020 future salaries projections. Re-hashed salary bands for 2020.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Are you are a startup that needs to market your products and services ? The introduction of remote employees opens your business to an influx of new talents and skill sets. If you want app development that is both affordable and efficient, you need to know how to hire programmers to do the job. How to Hire Remote Developers.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. Our guest today is Jake Rheude, VP of Marketing, Red Stag Fulfillment. Why do you hire gig workers and freelancers? It’s a combination of factors!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Uber , Zenefits , Tanium , Lending Club CEOs of companies with billion dollar market caps have been in the news – and not in a good way. Hire a CEO to Go Public. The VCs would hire a CEO with a track record who looked and acted like the type of CEO Wall Street bankers expected to see in large companies.

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