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What I learned about leadership from watching ‘The Walking Dead’

The Next Web

So without further ado, I hereby present the three things I’ve learned (or relearned) about leadership from watching “The Walking Dead,” or “How I realized that building a startup is just like surviving a global struggle against flesh-eating zombies.”. Leadership is a risky endeavor. Leadership isn’t for everybody. Be decisive.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I hired another guide to help with the load, and I started charging for tickets to pay the guide. My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. I hire the best, so we’re all able to have it all.

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How To Ask Your Way Through Ten Of The Toughest Conversations You’ll Ever Have

YoungUpstarts

In this job market, you are going to hear “No, thank you” far more often than “You’re hired.” You could also ask about culture — for example, “What types of people thrive here, and on the other hand, what are the most common reasons why new hires don’t work out?”. or “How are you enjoying Atlanta?”

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I answered 9 successful CEO’s favorite interview questions

Jeff Hilimire

In late 2012 when I was midway through my year with Leadership Atlanta. At the time we had two sales people and I was told by the board that I needed to likely hire a few more. I refocused the board and our leadership team on what kind of business we’d be going after (mostly digital) and the benefits of that approach.

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Top 4 jobs of a startup CEO #blindpost

Jeff Hilimire

Johnson Cook , the dude that sits right behind me at Atlanta Tech Village , and who flew the pirate flag on top of the building last week cementing himself forever in my consciousness as a true bad@ass, wrote a post recently called, The Top 3 Jobs of a Startup CEO. The smaller the team, the more important every person on that team is.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Atlanta, GA. Minneapolis, MN.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Meanwhile, I was doing a great job creating content for my website and ranking in the search engines – so good a job, that people wanted to hire me to handle their content and SEO. We hired a consultant to promote the book, allowing us to reach 14 different Amazon Bestseller lists and selling over 1,000 copies in the first 48 hours.