Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Investors, partners, team members, and customers implicitly value or devalue a startup based on the leader’s physical presence, emotional identity, social skills, intellectual agility, moral values, and past performance in the domain. Good performance management is more about rewarding desirable behavior than penalizing bad performance.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. In this context, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” You may be too independent to be partner material. Does not need to be managed.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Zyla, managing director of Acuitas, Inc., Here are a few tips to ensure that you and your partners start out on the right foot. Think about your employee and ownership hats. Consider regular face-to-face meetings with prospective partners, so you can gauge body language and “listen between the lines.” Congratulations!

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 23, 2021

As a business manager or owner, one of your key duties is to oversee employees. A good employee will have much more to offer your company. Your ultimate goal is to get the best out of your employees for maximum performance and benefit to the company. Reward Your Employees. Reward your employees when they do well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

A while back I talked about how and where to find a co-founder in “ Ten Steps in Choosing the Right Startup Partner ”. The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal startup partner. You may be too independent to be partner material. Compatible work styles.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2022

Inboxes can be flooded daily, especially for companies, as they liaison with partners, colleagues, clients and customers. . Still, firms must continue to not only receive regular mail but to manage it effectively. Read on for some tips to help you manage your regular mail more effectively. . Commit to Recycling.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

97% of business owners say that online business reputation management is important. Let’s explore the breadth of your digital footprint and help you establish a framework for managing your reputation online. Online or digital reputation management is the act of influencing how people perceive your company or brand online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

The feedback was good, but some readers asked me to be a bit more specific on attributes that might indicate an ideal business partner. In this article, I’m broadening the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.” You may be too independent to be partner material. Does not need to be managed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

The simple answer is to find a business partner, not an “implementer,” who already has the technical experience you need, and is willing and able to run that side of the business. If you are an entrepreneur, like Andrew Mason , CEO of Groupon, with a degree in music and no technical business partner to be found, your job is a bit harder.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

97% of business owners say that online business reputation management is important. Let’s explore the breadth of your digital footprint and help you establish a framework for managing your reputation online. Online or digital reputation management is the act of influencing how people perceive your company or brand online.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

The simple answer is to find a business partner, not an “implementer,” who already has the technical experience you need, and is willing and able to run that side of the business. If you are an entrepreneur, like Andrew Mason , CEO of Groupon, with a degree in music and no technical business partner to be found, your job is a bit harder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Every young entrepreneur needs an experienced partner for credibility with investors, and as a trusted cohort for strategy and growth discussions. Manage customer service. Personnel Manager. Supportive co-founder and executive positions. Software and hardware development architects and designers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2015

As an advisor to startups, I often get asked what to look for in an ideal co-founder or business partner. After some reflection, I now realize these attributes are necessary but not sufficient to be an ideal business partner. Together they can attract investors, employees and even customers. Shared vision, values and culture.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 31, 2023

Some people claim ‘culture and employee engagement’ are luxuries you can focus on in good times but during market downturns they should be subjugated to business KPIs. MN: I think where most people go wrong during times of difficulty is to try and shield their employees from the truth — especially when it can feel scary.

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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. I don’t have a killer idea, or a technical team, but I do know how to build, grow, and manage teams.”. Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If you don’t perform a background check on your potential partner before doing business with him, you’re setting yourself up to get duped. Doing a background check on a potential partner or co-founder, while unorthodox, could bring to light small issues that could be resolved with a bit of honest dialogue. Leveraging Your Risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

Investors, partners, team members, and customers implicitly value or devalue a startup based on the leader’s physical presence, emotional identity, social skills, intellectual agility, moral values, and past performance in the domain. Good performance management is more about rewarding desirable behavior than penalizing bad performance.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

The human resources department is critical to your company’s performance, and there are two ways to manage the HR function in your firm. Any operation that involves an employee, like recruitment, payroll management, or even offboarding, can be included in these HR functions or duties. . 2 Managing Performance.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 12, 2011

You’re not just hiring any old programmer or salesman, you’re hiring employee #1. Right, so it doesn’t matter with your first few employees either. In a small startup there’s no layer separating employees from customers. How do you manage that, especially when you’re small?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 10, 2014

by Todd Patkin, author of “ Finding Happiness “ What were your last 10 or 15 employee conversations like? And chances are, unless they were delivered in a, shall we say, forceful tone of voice, your employees don’t mind hearing pertinent instructions and questions. So why does their morale seem to be, well, wilting?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

The challenge is to recognize and recruit that ideal partner match early with minimal cost and risk. 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.

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Transformify

JULY 27, 2023

As technologies and industries evolve, protecting company and employee privacy becomes increasingly important—and tricky. Service Organisation Control 2 (SOC 2) plays a key role in this digital age, defending sensitive employee information, preventing data breaches, and boosting operational efficiency. What Is SOC 2 Compliance?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

by Todd Patkin, author of “ Finding Happiness “ We all know that employee engagement matters. Yet again and again, studies point to a pervasive lack of it (for instance, a recent Gallup report indicates that only 13 percent of employees worldwide are engaged), as well as the incredible costs of this problem.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Think of it as an investment in your company — you’re dedicating resources (compensation) to highly skilled employees who will hopefully bring your business to the next level. This typically includes reviewing financial reports, overseeing budgets, managing overall financial planning, and more. How to hire an executive team.

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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.” The process must be employee friendly, as well as customer friendly, and have feedback mechanisms to correct poor results. Make your service deliver process “happy.”

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. How should a growth company manage their budget? So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2019

Now, with his business Wellness Works Management Partners, Brandon manages multiple private practices and consults with entrepreneurs and health practitioners worldwide. Describe your professional background and how it led you to create Wellness Works Management Partners.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2021

55 percent of employees with flexible work options are high performers, compared to just 36 percent of onsite nine-to-five employees, according to a Gartner report. times more prone to encounter digital distractions than onsite employees. Improve time management. Close to half of U.S. One’s work. One’s team.

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Transformify

JULY 26, 2023

Data protection is paramount in today's digital era, especially in workforce management. This article explores the significance of data protection in workforce management and how leveraging SOC 2 compliance can contribute to the success of organizations. SOC 2 compliance offers the following benefits for workforce management.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

I’ve learned that when you effectively and consistently communicate your core values, and tie your core values to employees’ everyday work, they really can drive bottom line results for your business. We value diverse teams with a positive attitude and employees who collaborate with others for the greater good. Let me give an example.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Maintaining adequate levels of productivity is difficult at the best of times, and the past year has been especially taxing for managers because of the disruption caused by the pandemic. Harness project management platforms. Image Source: Pixabay. Supply staff with the right equipment. Stay in touch & socialize.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2023

Based on my work as a business consultant, I find a growing challenge in getting employees to complete their commitments on time, or even finish a task before moving on to new work. Learn to delegate or partner with others, and work on being comfortable with feedback that may feel like criticism for being less than perfect.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

Steve Cannon, president and CEO of MBUSA, worked with his dealer partners to make customer-centric changes to their compensation structures. The idea is to create true partnerships with your employees, to share risks and rewards in a very concrete way—and it’s hard to get more concrete than the numbers on your bonus check.

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