YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

by Shawn Burcham , founder and CEO of PFSbrands and author of “ Keeping Score With GRITT : Straight Talk Strategies For Success “ Bosses might want to take notice if employees view their jobs as “the daily grind.”. Ideally, you want employees who think and act like owners. Millennials value truth and honesty. Coach them up.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

companies can no longer afford to provide group health insurance to their employees. And both employers and employees alike have tried to make the most of a bad situation. Below as an overview of the steps you should take right now whether you’re an employer, insurance professional, trusted adviser, or employee: If you’re an employer….

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My original post was directed at hiring managers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element. Moving on … My second post was directed at employees.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. In addition to the one in Beijing, China has set up 53 additional industrial parks and in them are ~60,000 companies with 8 million employees. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.) Seed Funding (Innofund).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. Back to BuildOnline, following the staggering decline in public market valuations throughout 2000 we were forced to cut our staff dramatically going from 92 employees to 38 in just one day (and down to 33 a month later).

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

He had the good fortune to be an early employee at Facebook. So they solved it by each department manager, the sales manager, and the owner running their own schedule and telling the junior employees what to do. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. In addition to the one in Beijing, China has set up 53 additional industrial parks and in them are ~60,000 companies with 8 million employees. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.) Seed Funding (Innofund).

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

by Larry English, author of “ Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams “ When COVID-19 began, work-from-home seemed like a blessed stopgap — a way out of working in potentially health- and life-compromising environments, and a way to (partially) manage kids who had nowhere to go during the day.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In addition, there are the managing directors as executive bodies. In the VC sector, it is common to introduce a third body in addition to the shareholders’ meeting and the management. The boom years of 1998 (79 IPOs), 1999 (175 IPOs), and 2000 (142 IPOs) are long gone. regarding employee issues.

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Up and Running

MAY 20, 2019

There’s a famous scene in the cult-classic 1999 movie “ Office Space “ where the main character, Peter, is confronted by his boss, Bill. Now that you’ve managed to escape Peter’s situation, make sure you don’t replace it with an entirely new set of hassles that you can’t do anything about. Risk is about outcomes.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I think too many books are written by charlatans and have too much management jargon / double speak that I can’t stand. In early 1999 I made the decision to fulfill my lifelong dream to live and work in Japan. I will also cover how I accomplished this in a separate post but in early 1999 I arrived in Tokyo for the first time.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Constantly evaluate employees. When a company is growing and improving, employees need to do the same. He’s an advocate of lifelong learning and expects employees to commit to continual personal improvement through reading, seminars or other educational efforts. To stay on track with those needs, business leaders need to: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2018

by Kerry Alison Wekelo , managing director of human resources and operations for Actualize Consulting and author of “ Culture Infusion “ The recent suicides of iconic fashion designer Kate Spade and internationally renowned chef Anthony Bourdain renewed attention on a disturbing trend in the U.S. They know you care.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

These days there are many lawyers that will do equity deals cheaply as long is it is a standardized, simplified term sheet, early stage, no serious investor / management debates, limited IP / customers / due diligence and as long as they perceive you as a “hot&# company that’s likely to need legal services for many years ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Back in 1999, Amazon patented a feature and changed their own process and on-line commerce forever: One-click purchasing, versus re-entering name, address, and credit card information for every transaction. Break traditional management hierarchies, and build a level of trust and responsibility at all levels.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell! It was an investment management class. Many may simply hit the wall.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Tony Hsieh, CEO of online clothing retailer Zappos, has made company culture a focal point in his management style. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Thus, efficient management of funding sources is highly important because small businesses have to fund both day-to-day operations and expansion projects.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2020

He was also recognized as Manager of the Century in 1999. He helps improve organizations, leaders, teams, and employees by improving their mindsets. Jack Welch is most known for being the CEO of General Electric from 1981-2001. During this tenure, he increased the market value of GE from $14 billion to $410 billion.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

by Keith Martino , head of CMI and author of “Expect Leadership” Companies that train their employees in what are commonly referred to as “soft skills” are finding those efforts pay off in productivity and retention. A thank you to a deserving employee also forges a more trusting, respectful relationship.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Product Managers Wear Sneakers - Steve Blank , September 2, 2010 I gave a talk last night to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. Except they won’t be called Product Managers.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Piracy became so associated with startups that when, in 1999, the cable network TNT released a movie about the heated rivalry between Steve Jobs and Apple, and Bill Gates and Microsoft, it was titled, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.” ” In the long run, it’s better to join the navy than stay a pirate.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] When it comes to low-cost production, examples often focus on manufacturing and supply chain management. It is, Rumelt explains, the management of Walmart stores as a network. But what how did it build that moat?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2018

Here are five money management tips to keep in mind to endure the first few years of business and come out ahead: 1. Nowadays, startups are outsourcing their accounting to reduce costs and to get the best accountants and bookkeepers to manage their financials. Don’t Completely Drain Your Nest Egg. Limit Your Spending.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Tips For Managing Remote Workers | Business Insider - crowdspring.co/19fk1pf. HP Requiring Most Employees to Work at the Office | AllThingsD – crowdspring.co/GK7QII. A Startup’s Minimum Revenue Per Employee - crowdspring.co/GNlKua. Fewer US startups now than in 1999. ” - crowdspring.co/16aZ5Ts. crowdspring.co/19IC5KK.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

In a quote that’s often attributed to Charles Darwin – but was in fact a Louisiana State University management professor paraphrasing Darwin in 1963 , “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. At that point I was a few years into my career and working as a project manager at Apple.

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Up and Running

JUNE 3, 2014

Today in Oklahoma City, Okla, Keith and Cheryl own three separate companies that manage and dispose of a variety of waste, from hazardous and commercial waste, to the treatment of industrial waters and grease trap cleaning. ’” Chuck Herb never planned on owning a waste management company either. No businesses, no trash.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

My number one goal in 1999 when my wife (fiancé at the time) Abby and I started our firm was to create a business that allowed us to raise and support our family on our own terms—just like my parents’ business allowed them to do for more than 30 years. 16- Treat employees in a better way. My parents were also small business owners.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Other employees scrambled around, and the room soon filled to capacity. Exercise 2 – Teach your employees how to apologize when they let a teammate down. Many leaders have sidestepped their leadership responsibilities in favor of managing the herd with stats and ultimatums. BJ came eager to help.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Employee Benefits. Managing Creativity. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Technology | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 7, 2013

Solar Winds, founded in 1999 and based in Austin, ranks 11th on Forbes’ List of the Top 25 Fastest Growing Technology Companies. Solar Winds, which makes information technology management tools, has 628 employees and $282 million in revenue, [.]

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. These mutual funds “mark-to-market” every day, and fund managers are compensated periodically on this performance.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. You can’t have a $20 million sales estimate with 10 employees in the company and a few hundred thousand dollars of marketing expense. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital. And what interests me is who makes the money on timing these trends. . Both products were innovative leaders.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2018

There are only engineers who think like employees and engineers who think “like a boss.” Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Could you propel yourself into another universe by changing the way you approach your job. We believe you can.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

5- Reflecting on our services, personable nature of employees and some humor. A company needs to learn how to lift themselves, their clients and their employees up, while incorporating digital strategy tactics that will excel in ways that no company or individual thought was possible. So ultimately, it was a bad name. Not liking the “.co”

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2013

Can you “mentor” employees about you to perform above their expectations? He has over 30 years of experience in executive management, corporate governance and business development. They can point you to funding sources and assist with finding capable business partners for payment processing, for example; 3. Emotional Control.

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