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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Let’s look at some specifics: 1.

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Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt II)

crowdSPRING Blog

25% of a marketer’s capacity is a huge investment by any measure and outsourcing the effort starts to look attractive to many managers and many have hired outside consultants to help. Beware, however, a loss of control over messaging, increased costs, and poor integration with your other marketing efforts.