Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For startup founders, it’s never too early to start thinking about putting together a target market advisory board. I tend to think of this group as distinct from the business advisors with whom you may discuss operational strategy, but all the better if there is an overlap in capabilities.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

When the time comes to hire a complete management team or other personnel needed to scale, the right personality and experience fit are critical. Often, the wrong people are hired for the wrong roles, or early team members can’t evolve in line with the company. One of the biggest causes of startup failure is related to team dynamics.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

.&# I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product. These hires were definitely not your standard marketing types.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

When the time comes to hire a complete management team or other personnel needed to scale, the right personality and experience fit are critical. Often, the wrong people are hired for the wrong roles, or early team members can’t evolve in line with the company. One of the biggest causes of startup failure is related to team dynamics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

The operations superstar. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners. Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

The operations superstar. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners. Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

The operations superstar. The rest can come from early hires (with stock options to assure commitment), equity investors, or even strategic partners. Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

If you start a new company, you will have the opportunity to hire people who may not have had the chance for respectable positions in the past and provide them with training at the same time. Make an advisory board, and this is a chance to get some important mentors on board. million jobs per year. Photo Credit: Dean Lee.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

In my view this is why we are seeing so many “ acqui-hires “ More people are starting businesses than would have in previous times, with many of these entrepreneurs creating what VCs often call “features” instead of standalone products. Or at least get some of them on your advisory board. – PEOPLE.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In most cases, organizations are required to set up a formal board of directors who are liable for planning and oversight of the organization. Before setting up an advisory board, boards should discuss the issue and come to a consensus on why they want to establish an advisory board and what they hope to accomplish with it.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A business plan is a document that outlines the financial and operational goals of your business. This section gives a brief overview of the industry sector your business will operate in. If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. Operating plan. An industry overview.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

What criteria will you use in hiring staff? What are the details of your ownership structure, board of directors, investor list, partners, and so on? List an advisory board if you have one, list all employee salaries, incentives, referral bonuses for recruiting, and all such details. What’s your curriculum based on?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2017

Reduce stress by hiring people who don’t challenge you. Very few people are experts in all facets of a new business, including finance, sales, marketing, and operations. The best strategy is to hire people who are smarter than you (in their domain), and allow you to learn from them, rather than the other way around.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2016

In my role as an advisory board member for several startups, I’m always excited to see that initial surge of revenue from a great rollout campaign. Watch for margin erosion as real operating growth costs kick in. Too busy to focus on hiring, training, and managing employees. That’s a win-win combination for everyone.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 10: The Hiring Challenge…Unique Challenges for Startups, Recruiting Outstanding Talent, Staying “In-Market”, Recruitment Tools, The Interview: Filtering Potential Candidates, Two Ears One Mouth, Who Should You Interview? Chapter 17: Creating a Company Operating System…Creating Company Rhythms, A Marathon? Part III: Execution.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

A business plan is a document that outlines the financial and operational goals of your business. This section gives a brief overview of the industry sector your business will operate in. If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. Operating plan. An industry overview.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

You are all frustrated when that never happens, even after years of 16-hour days, repeated efforts to hire the right people, and multiple campaigns to delegate more and sign up for less. For example, I was on the Advisory Board of a small company whose founder was killing his health through overwork, even though he felt high focused.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

With new crowdsourced fundraising operations like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , entrepreneurs are finding that they might be able to rely on the kindness of thousands of strangers who are willing to invest in their ideas. The need for funding in the early days of a business is constant and the timeline until profit can be long.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

A founder typically recruits co-founders and then becomes part of the founding team involved in day-to-day company operations. If any of the answers are “Yes,” then hire them a bit later as an early employee. In addition, the founding CEO thrives operating in chaos and uncertainty.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2009

I wrote recently about the role of Advisory Boards in startups , which I expected to be a bit controversial. It’s just that many companies waste equity on advisory boards, pick the wrong advisers or set up advisory boards with the wrong expectations. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Hire smart and committed people. Hire for character as much as for qualifications. Develop an advisory board. Strive to build operating profits and equity value. Getting beaten up is one thing you can count on. Get used to it. There’s no place in any business for me-too products or services.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

At Fab, our virtual product is our website & apps, our physical products are the merchandise we sell, and our experience product is our operations and service. The most important hiring criteria for your executives is cultural fit. As CEO, you are responsible for every hire. All the rest is noise. Manages Horizontal.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

Most of the time we are being told no by somebody whether it’s prospects, investors, or hires who aren’t willing to take the risk at a startup. Founders are operating at hyper speed. but founders want advice from operators who have been in their shoes. Get excited (and show it!) Founders are duking it out day in and day out.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Unfortunately as you hire more people, the casual, informal “do what it takes” culture, which worked so well at less than 40 people, becomes chaotic and less effective. Operating execs hired by investors used the tools they learned in business school or larger corporations. generate users at a rate that can be monetized….

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2019

It can be challenging to get a good enough handle on your cash flow to feel confident that you can afford to add a new hire salary to your budget to begin with. A new nonprofit must develop a strong and comprehensive fundraising strategy to have any chance of securing the funds it needs to operate.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 19, 2018

Even if you have your Series A, the scale that you're operating on probably doesn't even come close to what he's been thinking about these days. Advisory boards are also a great way to rope people in that you probably have no business getting on boards. This is something they do all the time in a variety of ways.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Their CEOs spend a ton of time hiring and coaching their leaders and shaping the complexion and direction of the team. They stress out about big expensive new executive hires when sometimes they just need to level-up an existing manager or “try before they buy.” We are here to make it easier for you to: Bolster your executive team.

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OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Their CEOs spend a ton of time hiring and coaching their leaders and shaping the complexion and direction of the team. They stress out about big expensive new executive hires when sometimes they just need to level-up an existing manager or “try before they buy.” We are here to make it easier for you to: Bolster your executive team.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

If I was an aspiring entrepreneur, I would take a vacation during RISE week and attend as many sessions as I could (author’s update note: sadly, RISE is no longer operational). You are really going to need them. If we are thinking seriously about proceeding forward, I have them read and reflect on this post first.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. After operating for nearly ten years, we’ve recently being going through a company-wide process of rethinking our Mission, Vision, and Values.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

So they're not necessarily say you should, you should hire these people. John Jantsch (05:20): That's not why I told my friend that they should hire you. And if you're looking for cleaner data with a centralized system, the all new operations hub enterprise gives your ops leads. The second type is what I call implied offers.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

find/hire freelancers. hire low-cost international engineering talent. VWorker -Â find/hire freelancers. Executive / Advisory Board Compensation. VentureHacks on Startup Advisory Boards â?? Outlook plugin to search. Freelance Help. Amazon Mechanical Turk â?? set up any task and get answers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Lean vs. debt In the world of physical goods, the leaner a supply chain is, the less debt is required to operate it. The results were that the Israeli system became operational 10 years ago, while the THAAD project is starting to finally be deployed this year after 10 years of delay. pay 'interest').

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 2, 2023

Key Takeaway: Fractional CMO can be a cost-effective solution for businesses to access top-level marketing expertise without the burden of hiring a full-time executive. You know, I, I don't think that most founders are entrepreneurs who are mostly who hire people like us, U n I as CMOs, fractional CMOs. John Jantsch (04:38): Yeah.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

A business plan is a document that outlines the financial and operational goals of your business. This section gives a brief overview of the industry sector your business will operate in. If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. Operating plan. An industry overview.

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