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

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Why keep employees engaged? Engagement isn’t just about putting on a good face for your customers and business partners. By understanding employee engagement , you can enhance productivity, improve retention in demanding fields and deliver higher quality products and services. Here are five ways to get the ball rolling: 1.

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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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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

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! Hire professionals. Ask tough questions.

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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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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

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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Thanksgiving might look a little different for your employees this year. For the better part of 2020, employees have kept businesses going strong. It positively impacts everything from employee well-being to job satisfaction to motivation to productivity. Then open it up for employees to thank and compliment one another.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 3, 2021

Business success requires a range of skills and talents and it often makes sense to have a business partner rather than going solo. Should business partners also share a close personal relationship? Ideally, business partners should be just that — business partners.

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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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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. You have to hire someone comfy with the bedlam of startup life.

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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

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. I have paraphrased his key points here as follows: Leader personal impact. Focus on talent and people growth.

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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. Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. How Venture Studios Work.

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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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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

MARCH 26, 2021

As an example, I worked with Bill Gates early on, but I fear he may have failed without partners Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen. You will find that your team, partners, and vendors feel the same way. Employees are engaged, committed, and accountable. Paul Allen was the idea visionary.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 20, 2022

Rolling Out The Red Carpet For Your Employees written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. She’s the author of three books including: The Celebrity Experience: Insider Secrets to Delivering Red-Carpet Customer Service and her new book Employees First! We dive into core concepts from her new book Employees First!

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Discussions with potential strategic partners. Most often, the best potential partners are already in a business complementary to yours. Trade secrets, which may be recipes, formulas or processes, should only be disclosed on a need-to-know basis, even to employees, and then always accompanied by a CDA. Build trust first.

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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

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. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The process must be employee friendly, as well as customer friendly, and have feedback mechanisms to correct poor results. If service employees are not happy, the process isn’t working yet. Make your service deliver process “happy.” A well-designed service delivery process will make you easy to do business with.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 23, 2014

Today Benchmark announced that Eric Vishria has joined us as a General Partner. Eric is one of the up-and-coming stars in the technology industry, and we are very excited he is becoming our partner. He never gave up, ultimately finding a home for the company and a fair outcome for his employees and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2018

Equally important is leadership in the marketplace, with customers, outside partners, and industry thought drivers. Effective team leadership, or leadership inside the box, is really only half the challenge that every entrepreneur faces. The time and energy to do both is beyond most mere mortals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

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. These questions are the key ones in every due diligence effort, always done by accredited investors, but almost never done by key employees and new partners.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Businesses may benefit from India’s talent pool and technical advances by partnering with them. They provide access to India’s trained employees and technology. To provide solutions, their talented employees blend technical competence with creative ideas. It is known for its innovative solutions.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In the past, working remotely was considered “normal” for entrepreneurs or independent contractors in the gig economy only, but organizations wanted employees, and consultants, to be onsite and working in the office. Employees clearly want and enjoy the flexibility. This greatly narrowed the talent pool. It’s a win-win.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

It’s an expression of the uncertainty that comes from working in an environment where ethics are lax, employees don’t feel valued, and information is withheld. When it thrives in an organization, it signals a lack of employee trust — a problem that’s gotten significantly worse over the last generation. Do leaders keep their promises?

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But when I went from a solo small business owner to one that had a couple of employees, I realized that I had new responsibilities that came with that. The reciprocity revolution in the workplace If you want to keep your employees from looking elsewhere (and they are looking, especially now), you have to engage them – and thoughtfully.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2014

It’s an expression of the uncertainty that comes from working in an environment where ethics are lax, employees don’t feel valued, and information is withheld. When it thrives in an organization, it signals a lack of employee trust — a problem that’s gotten significantly worse over the last generation. Do leaders keep their promises?

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Employee Leadership Balance Sheet Chicago 160

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. Depending on your business, you may need an executive-level role unique to your organization — like chief creative officer or employee well-being executive.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 24, 2018

All with the goal of improving the professional personal wellness of Daimler employees through digital innovation. Daimler’s employees are unrivaled in achieving their customer service and efficiency goals. “We The foundation is our employees, and we invest in them. Software platforms, mobile apps, and automated workflows?—?Daimler’s

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Any operation that involves an employee, like recruitment, payroll management, or even offboarding, can be included in these HR functions or duties. . Most HR functions are outsourced to an HR consulting agency by SMBs (10–500 employees). We are introducing new employees to the organization. What Is Human Resources Outsourcing?

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In a nutshell, an LMS helps a school or business deliver their training materials to their employees or students. LMS is commonly used for member training, employee onboarding , compliance training, partner training, and more. An LMS can also be used to train current employees to keep their training up to date.

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