Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

Use existing team to find a new manager or peer. If you already have some technical people on board, like software developers, and need a new manager, you supply the candidates based on credentials, and let them do initial interviews and make recommendations. Outsource your technical requirements.

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View from Seed

MAY 14, 2020

Since social distancing orders have been put in place, a huge portion of our workforce has transformed their homes into workplaces and are trying their best to manage this new work environment. This is also a huge adjustment for those managers who are used to managing in person teams. Max Goldman – Founder and CEO.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2020

by Roland Polzin , MBA and Co-founder of Wing AI. Personal assistants are often hired to prepare decisions and information for managers and take care of miscellaneous tasks for busy executives and CEOs — who all earn higher incomes. Computers are not yet actually smart. The Future of Virtual Assistants.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

by Matt Martin, Co-Founder and CEO of Clockwise. Here are five ways to successfully manage a remote team. Here are five ways to successfully manage a remote team. Harvard Business Review found that context switching cost one large software company more than 450 hours per year, per manager. Online meditation classes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2019

You find that you need to be near major customers, or employee transportation hubs, where rents are higher than you ever anticipated. Your frugal role model of bringing your own lunch won’t be convincing to most employees. Staffing and people-management costs. Ramp-up facilities and utilities required.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Neither partner needs to be managed. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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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. Martha: Business owners measure their growth by their numbers; revenues, profits, number of employees, the number of locations they own, etc.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

” – Marc Andreessen In the book “ Super Founders “, author Ali Tamaseb, studied 200 Unicorns, aka startups valued at over $1 billion, started between 2005 to 2018. The 7 Traits of “Super Founders” 1. They are able to articulate this vision in a way that inspires others and generates excitement.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Today we present Olga Camargo as part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series. Olga has a great story as CEO and Founder of SHENIX , a Chicago-based fintech app company focused on financial education and advisory services for Latinas. These were primarily attended by Latina employees. That’s fantastic, Olga.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” The reason is that good attributes apply equally well to “external” partners, as they do to internal partners, like a co-founder or CTO. Neither partner needs to be managed. Some people are too independent to be partner material.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders vs. Early Employees To help with this discussion, let me start with a definition of "early employee." I'll get to service providers in a later post. n = (1.2 - 1)/1.2 =.167.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. I don’t have a killer idea, or a technical team, but I do know how to build, grow, and manage teams.”.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But managing remote realty teams while on lockdown need not be stressful and complicated. Managers must define work hours and workloads, so that team members would understand their roles, responsibilities, and scope of work. As a manager, your task is to learn their personalities and use their strengths to achieve your goals.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

HW: This was your first CEO run after a successful product management career. KS: Being a CEO has a lot in common with being a product manager, except that the product you’re responsible for is the company itself. HW: I think of you first and foremost as a founder, not a ‘female founder.’ Why does this happen?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , we interviewed Adriana Rozo-Angulo, founder of international consulting firm MAS Connections and author of The Buoyant Business: How Simplicity Can Keep Organizations Afloat in a Stormy Economy. It invites you to embrace the change management process.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 8, 2023

Successful Remote Work Through Asynchronous Management written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Liam Martin In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Liam Martin. Key Takeaway: Asynchronous management is a crucial approach for effectively managing remote workers.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2018

by Glenn Elliott and Debra Corey, coauthors of “ Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World-Class Employee Engagement “ Companies are innovating and changing at a rate previously unimagined. Engaged employees genuinely want the organization to succeed. Align management with culture change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

If you are a young startup founder, how do you find that CEO or other executive for your “dream team” to close on funding or complement your skills to kick start your company? The CEO must focus on key management team hires and assume a few mistakes which need to get fixed. Most founders are product guys.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2018

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Understand both leadership and management. You don’t have to be a boss to be a leader or a manager.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2018

by Ben Hoffman, co-founder of CityHUNT. Do you pay attention to your employee retention rate and whether your top employees are happy? If your employees are unhappy and continue to hand in their resignation, it makes it challenging to keep the business moving forward. Do Your Due Diligence When Hiring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Supportive co-founder and executive positions. Every startup needs two or three key advisors who have the domain experience, connections, and complementary skills to guide the founders through those early crises. Manage customer service. Personnel Manager. Software and hardware development architects and designers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

Thus I was pleased to see a much more complete and broader perspective of employee support recommendations in a new book, “ Employees First! ” by Donna Cutting, who is a globally-recognized guru on employee culture and optimizing customer service. Emotional stability. It is the key to coping with stress and adapting to change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. Leaders are judged on key elements of execution, including a focus on priorities, ensuring clear accountability, managing decision making, mobilizing others, adapting quickly, and communicating execution urgency. Modern information management tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2019

We see the stories of young founders leaving college with a big idea, going to work in their garage, and building something that changes the world. We hear about corporate employees, strangled by slow-moving bureaucracy, that are blocked from making transformative discoveries. Exhibit market awareness and a drive to win.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). I like technical founders so this wasn’t an issue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

by Manni Sidhu, Co-founder and CEO of Coleegs , and William Gilchrist , Founder and CEO of Konsyg. A new challenge has bloomed for founders and managers in the Covid-19 era –how do they set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the years ahead? Founders should focus on stability. Will our funding dry out?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2019

Much like a GPS plans the best route to guide you to your destination, KPIs help project managers stay on track for successful completion. Let’s take a look at the questions that project managers need to be asking, and how the KPIs that are visible through a comprehensive project management software platform can answer them.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 31, 2023

” That was the email one of Ethena’s founders sent to me and Melanie Naranjo on 8/21/21, a bit over two years ago. Hunter Walk: One of my favorite things to do for founders is speaking with people who are considering joining their startup. In my opinion, though, most employers don’t give their employees enough credit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

That’s why leaders are supposed to set high expectations for all employees — and hold them accountable for a job done poorly. WOW factor workplaces are those that create a great experience for employees and customers. This is an agreement between you and the employees about what you each expect from each other.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2023

Humanizing the Workplace: Building Strong Employee Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Joey Coleman In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Joey Coleman. Questions I ask Joey Coleman: [02:42] what’s the real cost of employee turnover? [04:04]

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 11, 2022

In addition to our dollars, we are eager to help founders with the construction of their cap table, not just generically with the highest profile folks available, but more specifically where they might get some help along the way. What expertise do the founders personally have? Founders Often Don’t Come From These Backgrounds….

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a classic book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S. Rounding out the team with employees and freelancers.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

by Zain Jaffer, serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Zain Ventures. The loss of these major customers can have a dramatic impact on both internal (employees) and external contributors (investors). Company culture may also be a contributing factor in the manner in which employees deal with hindrances.

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