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Founders: Learning should be your top 2013 New Year’s resolution

The Next Web

Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. It’s also beautifully designed. Narrative and Comms Design by Portland State University. Learn how to raise capital from angel investors and venture capitalists (and how to decide who you should target). Khan Academy.

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How a Buyer (or User) Persona Can Improve Your Business

Up and Running

Almost every decision you make—what you sell, how much you sell it for, where you’re located, who you hire—is made with the intention of bringing in the maximum number of customers to your store, and to optimize the likelihood that they’ll buy your products while they’re there. a product that gets you customers). Avoid these persona mistakes.

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How to Find Great Freelancers on Upwork (Formerly oDesk)

Up and Running

As I write this, I am currently sitting in my home office, overlooking my sleepy little neighborhood in Southeast Portland. I’m home at 11am on a weekday because I work remotely; I am employed by Palo Alto Software, but as they are located in Eugene, Oregon, and I am currently living in Portland, I am rarely in the office.

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Tips for Marketing Your Maine Small Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

There are almost 67,000 residents in Portland, ME , which is Maine’s largest city and which holds claim to around a quarter of the entire state’s population. That said, make sure that the people you task with designing marketing tools for you have experience designing for other businesses like yours.

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Taking Service To The Stratosphere: 12 Keys To Creating Uplifting Service In Today’s Marketplace

YoungUpstarts

These important considerations are made during the hiring process at Google and Zappos, respectively. These companies know it is much easier to build a strong culture by hiring new people with the right attitude than to hire people for their skills alone and then try to align them around a common service vision.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Portland, OR. Columbus, OH.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

And when — if ever — do you need to hire your own full- or part-time, in-house dev to work on your website and applications? If you’ve got tips for other business owners or want to share your experiences with hiring developers, please leave us a note in the comments section.