A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 12, 2011

salary, benefits). You’re not just hiring any old programmer or salesman, you’re hiring employee #1. Right, so it doesn’t matter with your first few employees either. In a small startup there’s no layer separating employees from customers. Remember, tech support is sales !

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. How should a growth company manage their budget? So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

by Todd Patkin, author of “ Finding Happiness “ We all know that employee engagement matters. Yet again and again, studies point to a pervasive lack of it (for instance, a recent Gallup report indicates that only 13 percent of employees worldwide are engaged), as well as the incredible costs of this problem.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

In a recession, some businesses may lay off talented employees. 5- By embracing challenges Photo Credit: Ori Fruhauf Managing a business in the midst of economic instability is definitely challenging, but also a great opportunity. It definitely makes managing the company harder, but it’s also a great motivator.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2020

For example, a rapidly growing business is often purchasing lots of inventory, investing in fixed assets, and not managing their accounts receivable. If your business model is profitable but you’ve mismanaged one of the above categories, you need to build a 13-week cash forecast to manage your short-term crisis. Administration.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cashflow personally every day.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is an old management adage which says that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” This saying may be true in all parts of a company, but is especially pertinent in finance. We’ve read so much about companies and businesses going under due to poor financial management.

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Up and Running

JULY 13, 2017

Small business owners know a larger than expected tax bill could put a wrench in their company’s cash flow management , a scenario everyone is eager to avoid. By incorporating tax forecasting into your cash flow management strategy, you can stop the cycle and ensure funds are flowing as you’re expecting.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Building a sales team from scratch is one of the most difficult and important tasks of a CEO. Generating revenue through sales, especially as start-up capital diminishes, can make or break a company’s success. Define sales team structure. Assign territories.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2018

Millennials will abandon any job if the culture their manager has created is unworkable for them. Research shows the average cost of employee turnover is about 20 percent of the employee’s annual salary. Reassess attitudes toward junior employees. If it means more than six jobs in ten years , so be it.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 23, 2019

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. Reviewed performance of BDRs and Sales. Re-hashed salary bands for 2020. What does a Head or VP of People do?

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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. She’s the author of three books including: The Celebrity Experience: Insider Secrets to Delivering Red-Carpet Customer Service and her new book Employees First! We dive into core concepts from her new book Employees First!

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Take a closer look at how you manage your company. When paying employees becomes too expensive, many companies either lay people off or keep their workers but reduce salaries. First, reducing salaries or offering inadequate compensation turns away talented applicants and discourages your current staff. Think about it.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

We’re used to thinking in terms of financial performance; it feels normal to have your income tied to sales or to overall profitability. The idea is to create true partnerships with your employees, to share risks and rewards in a very concrete way—and it’s hard to get more concrete than the numbers on your bonus check.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When I started my first business I think I was pretty focused on the numbers end of things – the cash flow, sales, marketing, more marketing, quarterly goals, budgeting – you get the gist. The way you and your employees interact, collaborate, and support each other can significantly impact an organization’s ability to thrive.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 8, 2021

68% of for-profit and governmental organizations instituted a review of internal controls by management as compared with 44% of nonprofits. million over five years in a scheme by a low-level accounts receivable employee. The employee made 83 personal transactions using the nonprofit’s credit card. An employee embezzled $1.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Don’t wait until you are almost out of cash before managing every dollar spent, or looking for the next refueling from investors. As a mentor to many entrepreneurs and startups, here are my best recommendations for keeping the burn rate low, planning ahead and maintaining credibility with investors: Manage cash flow personally every day.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. If however you are giving a “normal employee” an incentive stock option plan (more on that later), that’s entirely different. Finding great employees first. What is equity compensation?

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Speaking of sales and business development, during the first few years, it was hard to convince businesses to create remote jobs. Managing remote teams was seen as a risky adventure and most managers were ready to go great lengths to avoid it. However, the salaries are spent locally, thus revitalizing the local communities.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Interestingly, the concept of manual finance management is still a modern-day phenomenon. Many companies continue to employ specific people to manage the business finance function. Unless you live in one of the few tax haven destinations, tax is an essential component of your finance management. Image Source.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2015

Having a simplified training process not only makes hiring easier, but helps your employees feel more confident in their employers. Studies show that employees who participate in solid training programs stay at least three years 69 percent of the time. Proposal solutions: Tinderbox.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

After having to reduce and rethink our strategy during COVID, we observed that our community and sales have skyrocketed. My business pivoted as a result of the pandemic by becoming more remote for my employees. After we got everything in place we managed to successfully run our agency remote with minimal issues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The impact is low employee engagement , low productivity, and ultimately business failure or lack of growth. Most people see this as a management failure, but I believe that you as a team member have an equal responsibility in recognizing the problem and fixing it. The stress alone from these can be debilitating.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

by Keith Johnstone, Head of Marketing of Peak Sales Recruiting. High-growth startups in the software sales space need to hire adept salespeople to be competitive. Here are ways for startups to compensate for, and even take advantage of, their smaller size to attract and retain recent graduates for sales positions. With the U.S.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

No salaries followed by low salaries. ” Almost all startup founders experience a deep and prolonged sadness after selling their company , even when the sale is an outrageous success. Are you OK releasing control in day-to-day operations to managers, and then releasing control of the managers to your executive team?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 1, 2014

All our training results in the equation business = sales – costs and expenses = profit. And when you don’t manage cash flow in your business, the lights go out for you and your enterprise too. Sales on credit have nothing to do with credit cards; they are business-to-business sales. Want to keep the lights on?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the Lean Startup, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. They then buy stock in these public companies and attempt to convince management to increase the price of the shares.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2013

Cell phones, laptops for traveling employees and website development will have to be included among the technological costs, as well. Start with a small number of employees. Think about the absolutely necessary human resource that will result in good product development and sales. Visit his website forthsonline.co.uk

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

Many employees forget that there isn’t even a market for startup stock, until after the company has gone public, which hasn’t happened positively to many companies in the last few years. CEO brought in to replace the founder, 5 - 10% CTO, CFO, VP of Marketing or Sales, 1.5 - 3% Chief Engineer or Architect, 1 - 1.5%

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

There will be less employees and more solopreneurs. With their affordability, you can invest in several and gain more return by earning customer trust before a sale occurs. During this period, scaling the workforce is a constant issue – and frequently the top task for senior management. 2- Means investing in micro-influencers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But with an average annual salary of over $330,000 many small to mid-sized businesses can’t easily afford a CMO. Managing the marketing department Fractional CMOs may have their own team to implement the strategy or be responsible for managing an internal department. Find a certified fractional CMO.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Having started more than 15 companies in industries including direct mail, home services, property management, retail, and more, I know just how tough it is to write checks to employees, vendors, landlords, banks, etc. Yes, some low-skill positions can be filled by just about anyone and shouldn’t come with a high salary.

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Bootstrapping Employee Small Business Salary 209

Transformify

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Every organization employs different personnel such as - full-time, part-time employees, consultants, freelancers, contractors, etc. A payroll management system is a software that manages the payments of employees in an organization. However, it is not just limited to the salary. So what's the solution?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2014

Have you ever wondered what really makes an employee awesome in the eyes of the boss? For example, if a small part of your job is writing sales emails and you feel that your writing is not where you want it to be, you could take a few writing courses on your own time. by Jeffrey Fermin, cofounder of Officevibe.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VP of Sales, Monetate - Philadelphia, PA A finger hovers above a mouse button. Using Monetate Real-time Marketer, companies are boosting sales while slashing costs and time-to-market. The company is not just looking for a VP of Sales, but for a champion for all things sales throughout the organization. It wants to click.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2019

It includes every employee, from paying and recording their salary or wages to calculating bonuses, benefits, deductions, taxes, and leave. It will mean all your tools use the same data set, creating synergy between payroll, accounts, leave management, performance review and other HR processes. Ease of use. Self-service.

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