Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Don’t let one incident, observation, rumor, or misunderstanding cause a rush to judgement, or hiring mistake.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2019

It might seem easier to put off thinking about your first essential new hires. Try to do it all and you’ll spend a lot of time learning new skills (that you’ll eventually hire for) when you should be focusing on growing your business. Hire someone who understands Generation Z (or your target demographic). A marketing maven.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you’re like me, you may be inundated with emails and ads for TED talks, keynote speeches and small business books from thought leaders offering to help your small business increase revenue. At some point, you’ve probably wondered if you should give some keynote speeches and/or publish a book of your own. . By connecting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

This will be the team who hires the most talented people, channels them in the most productive configuration and gets the most output from their unique capabilities. Only hire A players. B players tend to have slightly more self-confidence issues so they tend to hire people slightly worse than themselves – thus C teams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. I saw a good summary of these in the classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. The reality is different.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

The Benefits of Hiring A Virtual Assistant For Your Business Growth written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Rob Levin In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Rob Levin. But now this, this notion also is now a lot more accessible to hire people from anywhere in the globe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects. Bored and unmotivated teams are never cost-effective.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Even if you don’t have “direct&# sales I would tell you that “everything is a sale&# including fund raising, hiring, getting press and doing business development. One of the biggest mistakes I see early-stage startups making is hiring “seasoned&# sales professionals or hiring people too senior, too early.

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Transformify

JUNE 29, 2023

In this article, we will explore some of the top skills for freelancers in the digital age, as well as some best practices for hiring freelancers , managing off-payroll talent, and leveraging a contingent workforce. However, hiring freelancers also comes with some challenges and risks that need to be addressed carefully.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2020

Without the luxury of a Human Resources department, many small business owners find themselves navigating the laborious task of hiring the right team members themselves. Department of Labor, the price of a bad hire is estimated at 30 percent of the employee’s first-year earnings.”. Why is hiring the right person so hard?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2014

This article is to help Hiring Managers improve their practices to find the best Project Managers for their needs. Every Project Manager position advertised seems to be copied out of text books for training Project Managers. As a hiring manager, this is not something you want to occur. Stop Using Generic Job Descriptions.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Many of us go through the motions of hiring to fill a position, trying to use our intuition and skills to find the best candidate for the job. And over the years, we students of business success have learned that there is a science to the hiring process that continues through the life of an employee’s tenure with the company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

There are also many other good sources of guidance, including the classic book “ Click Millionaires ” by Scott Fox. Hiring virtual assistants for each specific project can be a lot more efficient and cheaper than hiring and managing employees. Generate revenue around the clock. Use the Internet to outsource staff.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Disclaimer: I’ve never been hired by a venture firm. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer And Venture Capitalist (Feld; Mendelson) is the best book to read if you want to understand venture capital, term sheets, etc. Hiring for many roles in SF, North Carolina or Remote. Hi, thanks for reaching out. Notes and More.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 1, 2014

Book Short: Culture is King. is ostensibly a book about one thing — culture — but is also full of good general advice for CEOs and senior managers. Interestingly on this comparison, Sheridan has a simple and elegant argument against working remotely in the middle of the book around innovation and collaboration.).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 16, 2018

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. It is all about how you hire the best and the amazing impact doing so will have on your culture. For those executives, I recommend you read the book Egonomics because you are dead wrong. You must test those that you want to hire. And I got in?—?and

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

Minué also recently released her new book called “Inclusion Is a Verb: 5 Signs that your Company is Genuinely Inclusive , intended to educate and guide corporations, organizations, institutions, and individuals through the process of making inclusion a reality. TSM: With a bit more detail, what are the main takeaways from the book?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2023

These were outlined well, with some good recommendations for overcoming them, in the classic book, “ Rocket Fuel ,” by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Tends to hire helpers and not develop talent. Yet they also come with a set of shortcomings. Winters, both with a wealth of experience in this domain.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Be sure your new hires have entrepreneurial DNA. Identifying and hiring entrepreneurial candidates is one of the best things you can do for your bottom line, because these individuals will be self-reliant, engaged, empowered, and innovative problem solvers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of the most stressful and unanticipated challenges that comes with starting a new business is hiring and managing employees. I just finished a new book for entrepreneurs, “ Secrets to a Successful Startup ,” by Trevor Blake, which makes the same points, based on his own real-life experience with three successful startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Chip Bell and Ron Zemke, who are experts in this area, provide some of the best specific insights I’ve seen, in the classic book “ Managing Knock Your Socks Off Service.” You have to start with hiring only people who are willing and able to make serious customer service happen.

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OnlyOnce

APRIL 25, 2014

Book Short: Culture is King. is ostensibly a book about one thing — culture — but is also full of good general advice for CEOs and senior managers. Interestingly on this comparison, Sheridan has a simple and elegant argument against working remotely in the middle of the book around innovation and collaboration.).

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 31, 2011

At a board meeting yesterday, a management team was talking about their hiring needs and some of the challenges they're having hiring great people. Here's a simple tip: track hiring analytics and assign them to someone. If you're not interviewing enough people, you're not going to be able to hire someone--simple as that.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This blog aims to guide you through the process, from the initial steps of conducting market research to operational management, hiring staff, and more. Leveraging technology through an engaging website, online booking, and digital invoicing enhances visibility in an increasingly competitive market.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2024

How to Hire a Fractional CMO: The Smart Way to Scale written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Are you looking at your business goals and feeling your marketing strategy just isn’t cutting it? This is where hiring a fractional CMO can make a significant difference. When should I hire a fractional CMO?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Large businesses typically have strong HR departments to help them navigate the hiring process. For that reason, many small business owners find themselves wearing the HR hat and trying to navigate the difficult task of finding and hiring the right team members. Why is hiring the right candidates so difficult?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2013

. Most business owners dread having to talk with and hire lawyers. In a minute, I’ll share tips on how your small business or startup can hire a good lawyer for your business. Here are my tips on how your small business or startup can hire a good lawyer without losing your shirt: 1. How to hire lawyers that add value.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Martha Razo, author of the book, Business Diva: Stories of Women Leading in Business. and owner of Solix Business Services, both Chicago businesses, created this book to share the stories of women taking their futures and lives into their own hands.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 25, 2023

The best part about the book as it relates to ALL boards is the framework of Partner, Take Charge, Stay out of the Way, and Monitor. There was an interesting nugget in the book as well called the Central Idea that I hadn’t seen articulated quite this way before. All in, a good read if you’re a student of Boards.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. The book is 132 chapters broken into 11 sections. I’ve been working with Matt since 2000.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2020

To identify leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset you need to change your approach to hiring. Hiring, to be sure, is an imperfect science. His new book is “ The Innovator’s Spirit: Discover the Mindset to Pursue the Impossible ” (Fast Company, May 5, 2020). Play down the resume.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 7, 2019

I loved this book. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about. I highly recommend this book, and these notes will give you a solid idea of what it’s all about. What type of people do we need to hire? I wish there were more companies like B-W.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 16, 2018

Healthcare organizations are also reaping the benefits with savings of 20-30% on the hiring process, as well as the ability to search for qualified nurses based on specific criteria and ratings. I wanted to think of a name that people can remember, and “booking nurses in a snap!” Tell us about your products and services.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2014

Small businesses are more likely to hire an outside accountant who is versed in managing books, creating reporting systems, and preparing corporate taxes. Keeping the books. Smaller accounting firms tend to be populated with these jack-of-all-trades type accountants and will meet the needs of most small businesses.

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