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13 Ways to Ensure You Always Hire the Right Person

Up and Running

Here at Palo Alto Software , we take hiring pretty seriously. I should know—we just wrapped up a lengthy hiring process within the marketing department. After months of searching, dozens of interviews, and sifting through countless resumes, we finally hired a new managing editor for Bplans.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

He believes that the term “growth hacking” is misleading and potentially dangerous and in stead endorses good old fashioned online marketing techniques. His quip to suggest this is all a slight-of-hand, trickery dreamed up by marketing b *s is quite clever if misguided. I believe growth hacking is about all of this.

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What to expect before accepting the offer to become Engineer #1 at a startup

The Next Web

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. However, at the very early stage, they are taking as much risk with their future as the founders. A reason might be that negotiation techniques are not a part of their training. Engineer #1? Cap tables sound intimidating.

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4 Founders & Harvard MBAs on Finding Startup Traction & MBAs-as-Entrepreneurs

View from Seed

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. Tom Eisenmann.

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How to Manage the Stress of Starting and Running Your Own Business

Up and Running

But throughout your career as an entrepreneur, you’re going to need to prioritize healthy stress management. If you have people around you to lend a hand with your business goals, your overall stress levels will be lower. million people who founded companies and hired at least one person. Don’t go it alone.

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How to Decide

Reid Hoffman

Despite this large impact, the techniques of decision-making are often overlooked. Entrepreneurs and executives will do all sorts of things to improve themselves, from taking a class on a particular technology, to reading a book about venture deals, to practicing intermittent fasting. This is especially true for repeat entrepreneurs.

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Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

Steve Blank

Entrepreneur-in-Residence After SuperMac I had been approached by one of our venture investors to be an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), a Silicon Valley phrase which says one thing but means another. Depending on the size of the venture firm they may have one to three EIR’s who stay an average of a year or so.