YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2015

Travel is typically a company’s third largest expense after rent and salaries, and reducing it can create way more friction than you might expect. But if they’re not careful, this can deflate employee morale, reduce productivity and often lead to turnover. To begin changing your travel culture, educate your employees.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Most of the money went to employee wages and, to a lesser extent, advertising: Since Hotjar released that beta in late 2014, the Malta-based company has grown: It now has nearly 100 team members and is used by over 350,000 organizations in 184 countries. CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

And if the CEO says, “Salaries will be adjusted to market value soon,” that’s probably a best-case scenario. From there, I began googling things like “first employee startup equity” and “startup offer negotiation.” These were the best resources I found: Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups. So I knew a little bit.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2017

In that environment, people who work for salary, regardless if it’s government or private sector, are constantly afraid of possibility to loose a job. In 2013, I decided to branch out on my own and pursue my dream of being a professional writer, selling writing services. Thanks to Symon Perriman, Fan Wide ! #4-

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If 2012 was a year of “wait and see,” for small business technology, 2013 will be a year to “go for it.” Just 7% expect sales to drop and only 3% plan to lay off employees. Some 45% of business owners in a recent Kauffman survey believe consumer demand will grow in 2013. That’s not all.

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2020

Create a list of all items your business needs to start and operate, including things like computer equipment, POS systems, office supplies, furniture, and salaries. If you’re unsure of how many employees you’ll need to start, you may want to look into hiring contractors or outsourcing specific areas of your business.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Most of the money went to employee wages and, to a lesser extent, advertising: Since Hotjar released that beta in late 2014, the Malta-based company has grown: It now has nearly 100 team members and is used by over 350,000 organizations in 184 countries. CXL started as just a blog—and just me—in 2011,” recounts CEO Peep Laja.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In fact, most employee training courses recommend the distance if the work relationship crosses management levels, and most management policies strictly forbid fraternizing with the team. Yet the 2013 Office Romance Survey by Vault, Inc. Competition over salary, promotions, and position.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 15, 2013

When people can devise their own lifestyle, career, and mobility more than at any other time in history, it’s interesting to ask how a startup can support and encourage its employees beyond a paycheck. But that prose is aimed at the founders, not employee #8. But what about everyone else? Good, but you’re not done.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Additionally, the company hired only two new workers who received a combined annual salary and benefits package of $160,000. A 2013 survey by Deloitte indicated that 26 percent of consumers own a laptop, smartphone and tablet, while tablet ownership alone increased by 177 percent over the past year. Why should you care?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

That is more than double the number of IPOs in the first quarter of 2013. If you want to give stock options, or have already been giving them, the employees will love the liquidity of their options, and the thought of selling shares for a profit. Public companies bring new expectations of benefits.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2020

We have since adapted (with Snacks n Chill) to focus on helping businesses boost morale by sending care packages to employees with healthy and delicious snacks directly to their homes. I craved freedom to be responsible for my salary, not have someone else set it. My mother in law died in 2013 without any life insurance.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Rob (01:06): Yeah, I hired my first assistant in 2013. My world is small and mid-size businesses, companies seem to be laying off people, and yet small businesses can't seem to hire small and mid-size businesses seem to hire the salary expectations here in the states are way up. First assistant didn't work out.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The National Association of College and Employers Job Outlook 2013 survey found that computer and information science degrees are among the most in-demand as of late, meaning it’s in your company’s best interest to nab talented computer science students before your competitors. Today’s interns are tomorrow’s full-time professionals.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In today’s working world more people are working longer hours to fulfil the workload previously shared between more employees. According to the Office for National Statistics, 131 million days were lost to sickness in the UK in 2013. It’s the reality of today’s economy. The cycle to work scheme is a good example.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

They really care about their employees, and have enough money to buy a fair amount of happiness. It was definitely a huge leap to leave the corporate world (and the salary and security that comes with it) and start a company. Before starting GreenPal in 2013, I ran a lawn care business for 15 years. 4 – Sr.

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. Unlike most other businesses where your employees sell or facilitate your product, with a home health care business, your staff is your product. See Also: Hiring Employees? Step 3: Staffing and management structure.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

In 2013, Startup Genome, a platform for analyzing startup communities, listed Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo, Ont., According to Startup Genome’s 2013 report , Waterloo has the highest percentage of ex-Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in the world, with 35 per cent of its chief executive officers having lived in Northern California.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

There’s potentially many (family or employees) who will be affected if you make a bad choice. And while the world needs employees, I could never be happy fulfilling someone else’s dreams. Your well-being is on the line and so your decision making is zeroed-in and focused on what you’re trying to achieve.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

On the surface the book is an incredibly well written narrative over the course of five years, from 2008 to 2013, that connects the laid off auto workers, job center retraining, union organizers, community and business leaders, and politicians. Janesville is their story. Five stars for the reporting. The Janesville’s across the U.S.

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Up and Running

JUNE 6, 2014

I recently met with a new business owner who, based on her 2013 business activity, was on track to owe $18,000 to the IRS in Self-Employment taxes. If you are a W2 employee — of your own corporation or someone else’s — they collect it from you through Payroll taxes. Understandably, she felt shocked. Payroll Tax Example.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. They’re cutting salaries and making the last tens of thousands — or if they’re lucky a hundred thousand — last.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2012

Proselytizing for the 2013 class begins in the fall. Then it would have to pay him an immense salary to pry him away from the gravitational pull of big competitors like Google and Facebook. “So StartUp Academy is the brainchild of Ajay Agarwal , managing director at Bain Capital Ventures. “I So we said, why don’t we run the program?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2012

Proselytizing for the 2013 class begins in the fall. Then it would have to pay him an immense salary to pry him away from the gravitational pull of big competitors like Google and Facebook. “So StartUp Academy is the brainchild of Ajay Agarwal , managing director at Bain Capital Ventures. “I So we said, why don’t we run the program?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2012

Proselytizing for the 2013 class begins in the fall. Then it would have to pay him an immense salary to pry him away from the gravitational pull of big competitors like Google and Facebook. “So StartUp Academy is the brainchild of Ajay Agarwal , managing director at Bain Capital Ventures. “I So we said, why don’t we run the program?

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

This post is a translation of the article: « Pigeons » : le cri d'alarme d'un fonds américain published on LaTribune (12/10/2012) and is a response to the proposed tax law proposed by the government of Francois Hollande, suggesting to tax all capital gain at the same level than salaries or 60%. for France vs. 26.5%

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 15, 2015

Employee Culture: The Seven Deadly Sins – Small Biz Daily crowdspring.co/1GwPzGj. Why Your Best Employees May Be Thinking About Leaving crowdspring.co/1PYYHuc. Why VCs Draw Big Salaries but Look for Founders Who Take Little crowdspring.co/1bf5Zuh. blog.toolshed.com/2013/02/how-to…. How To Avoid Agility. 1JTnz2D.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 14, 2020

In contrast, lawyers, executives, and other salaried professionals with flexible schedules have the highest turnout rates. In a 2013 Yougov.com poll , 85 percent of respondents said they were planning to celebrate Thanksgiving. This dichotomy helps perpetuate racial and socio-economic inequities.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Smart phones finally took off leading to enormous wealth creation for Apple employees and investors but also helped propel Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and others.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

I was mistreated in public multiple times by employees. My father owned PT business in New York and saw first-hand the financial toll of having to wait on long payment cycles, often not taking a salary for months before payments arrived. Since 2013, we’ve opened 6 permanent campuses across 4 southern.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

After college, I was a very early employee at a web company called Tumblr. Skype became part of Microsoft so I was at Microsoft for two years and then in September of 2013 I left Microsoft and GroupMe to start Fundera which is an online marketplace for small business loans. My name is John Bates.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I was driven by my desire for freedom and that’s what I got; along with an amazing opportunity to help transform my employees’ and my client’s lives through homeownership and real estate. Something similar happened during a salary negotiation seminar years later. 12 – It was Just Time.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

For example, if you spent $2,000 on marketing services in December 2013 that weren’t actually delivered to your company until January 2014, you probably couldn’t claim those marketing services as an expense for the 2013 tax year. Oftentimes, the example is, in your business you have an employee.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 29, 2013

A benchmark for you: In 2013 if 30% of your time, Ms./Mr. It incentivises sub optimal behavior in your employees/agencies. Unless the spammy display ads on your site are getting you $14,000 CPM, your company won't be able to afford your salary for too long. Some absolutely did not use data to do their digital jobs.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

I doubt Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures believed that a horse with a horn existed when she wrote Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups in late 2013, but she probably had no idea that it would become a hot buzzword in Silicon Valley and hit the cover of mainstream business press, Fortune Magazine.

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