The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Prudent startup leadership should thoroughly discuss with insurance providers the specific scenarios and coverage amounts, ensuring robust protection against multivariable exposure. Frequent Driver Trainings Just hiring qualified drivers should not mark the end of your engagement with them regarding safe driving.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 8, 2023
Benefits of Hiring a Fractional CMO If you’re a business owner, the thought of hiring a full-time Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) may have crossed your mind. Cost-Effectiveness of Hiring A Fractional CMO The cost difference between hiring a full-time and fractional CMO is staggering.
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Up and Running
JUNE 7, 2021
Staunch in his belief in paying workers a respectable wage and in hiring women, people of color, and individuals with disabilities for high-paying jobs when doing so was not an accepted practice, he virtually created the American middle class. Begin with leadership. The history of social responsibility in business.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 19, 2019
While we all solve problems, managers and consultants are professionals — they’re hired and paid to do so. Leadership consultancy Zenger Folkman recently surveyed over 300,000 managers and found that problem solving was the second most important competency, regardless of function or level. When experts are paid to solve problems.
View from Seed
JANUARY 5, 2016
Even experienced startup execs who have hired and built teams sometimes find there are nuances to learn between building a team within a larger company versus hiring the first dozen folks in a startup. What did we like/not like about past companies’ approach to hiring and team development? It’s a moving target.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Stock options are issued to employees usually through an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) and include what is called a “vesting period.” The vesting period, often three or four years, frees up a percentage of the options for the employee to purchase the longer they stay at the company. See Also: How to Hire Your First Employee.
OnlyOnce
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Don’t hire security guards or bring boxes into the office before breaking the news. Other thoughts that came up were: (a) offering a long post-termination exercise period for vested options, (b) accelerating some vesting, (c) creating a Salary Bridge program, which we did once at Return Path. It absolutely matters.
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