Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

Paycheck Protection program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. So here’s a five-day playbook to help CEOs of cash-flow negative startups, or ones about to go negative, assess the new normal and respond with speed and urgency. For companies burning cash, such as startups, how much cash do you have?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Zappos, for example, has earned global accolades for their strategic “ Zappos dollars ” peer-to-peer recognition program, where employees share low-cost, high-frequency rewards with each other. Some experts have estimated that the cost of keeping the wrong person for a given organization can be up to fifteen times his or her annual salary.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

2021 was a banner year for Israeli startups, breaking new records in fundraising, new unicorns, and exits. Israeli startups are on fire. According to the 2021 Tech Review report by IVC , Israeli tech startups attracted a record of $25.6 Exits of Israeli startups in 2021 reached $82.4 What comes next? Where are we now?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As a startup looking to hire your dream team, this news can be exciting. A recent report from CB Insights found that 14% of startups fail because they didn’t have the right team. If you’re ready to recruit your startup dream team, here’s how to do it. 4 qualities to look for in a good startup employee.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. I bought a book and I learned how to program macros and build spreadsheets. So I did that kind of stuff.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2018

I spent years as a manager at a startup company. 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. Hire the right people. Here is how to do it.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 24, 2022

If you’re experiencing workload in the workplace, it’s best to hire more employees for you as a team leader to be fair with your team. Bonus Programs. Not only are bonus programs essential to the company’s growth but also, they maintain team member morale in the workplace.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , today we present Minué Yoshida, owner of the New York-based Yoshida Academy which offers courses to help clients in mastering public speaking and leadership skills and diversity, equity and inclusion consulting. We see this so often!

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

You might have started searching for a tech-oriented co-founder to help you launch your idea, only to find that your startup can’t afford the ongoing salary for a skilled software developer. The question is: Does a startup need permanent tech staff right away or can you get things off the ground without one?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Today we present Olga Camargo as part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series. Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2010 Emerging Leaders Program Selection. Olga: As a startup, we’ve been self-funding because our mission is important to move forward. My own experience. Finding capital?

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2014

This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting. Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. A well-known example was the Quixey Challenge , where Palo Alto-based Quixey offered a monthly programming contest.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 16, 2017

To help students and startups, I have compiled a list of reasons business plans are rejected or given a low grade. In 2015, Forbes released a nice article on different salary packages for different company goals. Startups and small businesses can offer more customized salary packages than large multinational corporations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Creative products, like chip design programs, architectural rendering, or consumer games are not easily outsourced. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Short of declaring failure and shutting down your company, laying off employees is the worst thing you may have to do as a startup CEO. Don’t hire security guards or bring boxes into the office before breaking the news. Q: Have you ever considered salary cuts? Q: Do voluntary termination programs work?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

Learning to code is becoming the key skill for anyone who wants to launch a tech startup, or even just get a job working at a hot tech company. That may seem intimidating, but programming is not some monumental skill that only specially gifted people can learn. The program lasts 10 weeks and has tuition of $12,000.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

In fact, it’s why many startup folks leave the early stage world to go over to the big company side—because the benefits tend to be much better. A lot of smaller startups are complaining that it’s super difficult to recruit talent right now, but few are differentiating their offering.

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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. Social media monitoring: Perch. Proposal solutions: Tinderbox.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 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. Training software: Lesson.ly. Social media monitoring: Perch.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Show me the first 20 employees of a startup and I’ll tell you whether it’s going to be successful or not. When I encounter founders who know how to hire, or founders who are self-aware enough to know it’s an area they want to get better at, it’s a huge plus in our investment decision. You need to know what excellent looks like.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Creative products, like chip design programs, architectural rendering, or consumer games are not easily outsourced. The typical software startup these days is a one or two person operation, founder and co-founder, who do the work themselves on the first product with no salary.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Maximizing Success with a Fractional CMO: A Complete Guide written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Have you ever felt the pressure of needing a seasoned marketing pro, but balked at the sky-high salary? What is a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for startups? It’s like wanting champagne on a beer budget.

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Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Traveling around the world, I met startup founders, forex traders, marketers, online shop owners, travel bloggers, Instagram influencers and digital business entrepreneurs of all kinds. Tech startups were running out of cash prior to launching great products over talent shortage and ever-increasing salaries and rents.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

With the Covid-19 virus a worldwide pandemic, if you’re leading any startup or small business, you have to be asking yourself, “What’s Plan B? If you’re running a startup or small business, your first priority (after your family) is keeping your employees and customers safe. “Winter is coming.”. And what’s in my lifeboat?”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Fundamentally, lean startups do more with less, because they systematically find and eliminate waste that slows down value creation.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 4, 2013

A new school designed to teach people the necessary skills to work within the chaos that are startups is coming to New York. The Startup Institute is an eight-week program for people that want to gain the necessary skills to work in a startup and find a job. Startup Institute CEO Aaron O'Hearn.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Unique to Finland with its strong cultural emphasis on equality and the redistribution of wealth is a business press that doesn’t understand startups and is overtly hostile to their success.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

economy growing at a rate of over 4% , it is an exciting time for startups looking to scale up. High-growth startups in the software sales space need to hire adept salespeople to be competitive. However, startups actually have advantages over big business when it comes to great jobs, an appealing culture, and enticing rewards.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 20, 2014

Picture this: You’re a growing startup – home to innovative thinkers who have similar backgrounds, educational experiences, and interests. To stick with your level of growth, you hire like-minded professionals who will readily snap into your company culture, both personally and professionally.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Short-term disability insurance acts as a financial safety net, covering a significant portion of your usual salary for a duration ranging from several weeks to a year. Make sure to work with a reputed firm, or hire a personal injury lawyer from The Levin Firm for top-notch advice.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

Regardless of your industry, your startup needs legal assistance to ensure its growth remains safe and secure. However, what you don’t need is lawyers’ prohibitive fees, which can cost your startup hundreds of thousands of dollars — even millions — in just the first few years. The Real Legal Solutions for Startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2011

Just like our larger brethren in the Fortune 100, lots of small businesses have training programs for their workers: lectures, classes, role-playing exercises, and motivational speaker sessions. However, most small businesses and startups ignore training programs altogether, or cobble together ad hoc strategies when on-boarding new hires.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

Even if you are a tech-savvy person, and you have a proficiency in some programming language, you still need an IT professional to provide you with a piece of advice concerning tools and technologies to use. Building a software product, the massive part of your budget is the developers’ salary.

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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. Hire for Passion.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 18, 2012

Conventional wisdom among smart technology entrepreneurs says not to hire people with Masters in Business Administration (MBAs) into startups. Aaron Patzer, founder of Mint, expressed the sentiment well when he said: “ When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA.” So, what happened?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: What Would You do Differently? New study suggests patent trolls really are killing startups | Ars Technica – crowdspring.co/TQ83Rj. TEhySzO14ik.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

I have a standard aphorism I share when I speak with a group of MBA students: “There are two things that need to be explained away in order for me to invest in your startup: An MBA or a background in management consulting.”. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. Nothing gets in the way of their pursuit of startup success.

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