ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2020

However, owing to the rise of on-demand businesses – stepping out of our homes for our daily needs seems to be an idea of another era. On-demand business, what is that? The on-demand business model is also known as an access economy or a shared economy. On-demand businesses on the rise. billion on them.

Demand 104

Demand Business Model Technical Review Startup 104

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2011

Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development , Business Model Design) to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it. Entrepreneurial employees are the talented performers who hear the siren song of a founder’s vision.

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Agile Customer Development Early Stage Business Model 334

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2013

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. entrepreneur culture startup ethics growth business'

Software Review 250

Software Review Offshore Leadership .Net 250

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2011

It’s hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid. At Tekes, government employees (and their hired consultants) – with no equity, no risk or reward, no startup or venture capital experience – try to pick startup winners and losers.

Finland 329

Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 329

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. Then there is the need for more substantial business accounting, database, and social media monitoring.

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Cost Founder Software Review Startup 264

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2021

But one of the secrets to effective scaling is an efficient team; if your employees are working productively and consistently, they’ll be capable of making your vision a reality. What Makes Employees Productive in a New Startup? So what is it that makes employees productive in a new startup? Uncertainty. Experimental workflows.

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Employee Product Startup Software Review 127

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

If you’re an early employee at a startup, one day you will wake up to find that what you worked on 24/7 for the last year is no longer the most important thing – you’re no longer the most important employee, and process, meetings, paperwork and managers and bosses have shown up. The company was going to hire a VP of Marketing.

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Part-Time VPE Employee Cofounder Hiring 334

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

They’ve stopped hiring the best talent, and startups are not looking so risky compared to large companies. You find early stage employees expecting to work normal hours, to get paid a regular salary, and not asking or expecting equity. Startup incubators, business angels and VCs are starting to emerge.

Finland 332

Finland Naming Russia Government 332

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

One of the first potential advisors I reached out to was someone who 10 years earlier tried to hire me as the VP of Marketing of his new division at Sun Microsystems. For lots of reasons that never worked out, but I liked him so much that the following year I tried to hire him as the VP of Engineering of Ardent. (He

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Advisory Board Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Stock 266

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

The first will be commodity businesses that are valued for their ability to execute their current business model. The second class will be firms with a demonstrated ability to continually innovate and reinvent their business models. The second type of business innovation is called process improvement.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

He just hired Meg Whitman. With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. the ex-CEO of HP and eBay, as CEO of NewTV. And it may work.

Lean 335

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Attracting and retaining high-performing employees is vital to the success of your business. So before you embark on the hiring process, you need to ask yourself, would I want to work for me? While it is important to have confidence in your business, practicing a service mentality will also help you stay focused and inspired.

Leadership 252

Leadership Business Model Retention Advertising 252

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. We’ve never broken the law so we must be ethical.

Software Review 192

Software Review Offshore Leadership .Net 192

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

To be successful, and leave a positive legacy, you need a team of motivated employees and loyal customers. More success has been logged with companies like Amazon, which lightly funds many business model experiments each year, and is not hesitant to pivot or learn from failures. New customers don’t see incremental improvements.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Leadership Business Model 286

YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2013

Don’t settle for the “good enough” employee. I have employees that have left larger companies to work with me, sometimes taking a pay cut. Build a business model that scales. Your business model should be scalable and have the capacity to grow beyond the audience sweet spot you identified early on in this process.

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Georgia Atlanta Sales Cycle Business Model 238

YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2017

Series B and beyond – pretty stable and larger base of employees. You can edit your profile to make it impeccable and strike a direct conversation with the hiring manager. It is invaluable as it shows your hiring manager your way of thinking. I got hired mainly because of this reason. Prepare the 3 necessities.

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Hiring Startup Salary Technical Review 100

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

A host of online business education degrees are still geared towards problem-solving through teamwork and collaboration, making it a superb environment in which to meet people who you may one day end up going into business with, befriending, or maybe even hiring. Setting an Example for Your Employees.

Analytics 179

Analytics Technical Review Social Media Software Review 179

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 31, 2023

The idea of working at a company whose entire business model revolves around catering to buyers in the HR space felt like such a breath of fresh air. 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.

Employee 138

Employee Startup Vertical Leadership 138

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Lots of businesses have a core values list, but most don’t use them or operate by them. 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. That’s why core values matter.

Operations 246

Operations Employee Management Business Model 246

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

LESSON #1: Equip your business with a portfolio map and a 21st century org chart. With industries from banking to transportation being transformed and, in some instances, undermined by new business models and technology, executives are smart to wonder, “Are we next?” LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes.

Lean 245

Lean Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 245

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. We’ve never broken the law so we must be ethical.

Software Review 166

Software Review Offshore Leadership .Net 166

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

Necessity Entrepreneurs are uniquely equipped to build exceptional businesses and inspire meaningful change in their industries. But, just an importantly, they’re also in business to put food on the table for their families and employees. Our families — and the families of the employees we eventually hire—come first.

Entrepreneur 205

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Silicon Valley Bandwidth 205

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. The large companies strategy seems to be to cover every possible market niche by copying successful models from others. business models.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. If you sell to other business organizations, a book is a huge asset in reducing their perceived selection risk.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Advertising Lead Generation Networking 49

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Customers gleefully avoid the Blockbuster none-of-these-look-good-just-pick-one-already-zombie-walk — and NetFlix just put Blockbuster out of business — but is this a workable business model? Easy to attract passionate employees. Word-of-mouth by definition. It has the ring of loyalty and delight.

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Intellectual Property Open Source Bandwidth IP 242

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

The digital revolution is disrupting the traditional business model for small and medium businesses (SMBs). Owners no longer have to buy management software meant for big business. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software. Automation.

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Artificial Inteligence Analytics SCRUM Cofounder 164

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Between 2005 and 2007, Starbucks aggressively opened new store locations and made several operational changes that diluted its customer value proposition, diluted its high employee engagement culture, violated its real estate site selection controls, and weakened its high value-added ‘experience’ business model.

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Dilution Virginia Management Washington 209

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2016

Your employees, after all, become part of what you sell. The ability to attract, engage, and grow talented employees makes the difference between the startups that thrive and those that die. What do you value most about your employees? Talent vs. Training. As a startup, you’re doing things that have never been done before.

Startup 100

Startup Burn Rate Cofounder Salary 100

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

While he kept bringing the conversation back to their big valuation I tried to steer the conversation back to how they were going to deal with: training the influx of new hires – in both culture and job specific tasks. retaining their existing hires who were working for intern-like salaries with little equity.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Salary Early Stage Software Review 120

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2019

Here are 5 of the 9 steps you’ll need to know to start your own brewery business. If you like what you read here, be sure to read the complete 9 step guide on how to start a brewery business. Choose a business model. The contract company would handle the other business aspects such as distribution, marketing, and sales.

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Small Business Administration Design Distribution LLC 39

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2018

For example, the internet quickly changed the retail industry in a couple of decades and it was those who reacted through stepping-stone strategies rather than quickly changing their entire business models or remaining the same that prospered. Fast growth will result in your business needing to recruit more employees.

Technical Review 116

Technical Review Startup California Business Model 116

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Driven by job cuts and budget reductions urging businesses to hire more freelancers , online freelancing platforms will enable companies to tap into expanded pools of global talent and hire qualified workers. Simply put, they tend to focus on an employees’ ability to return to the office and overlook their willingness to do so.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. Are you going to be hiring employees? You can do it even if you start from home. Just keep going.

Elevator Pitch 166

Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Angel Investor 166

Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2021

Today, however, we are witnessing a shift toward a more intrinsic motivation for both companies and their employees. The shift toward business models that embrace social responsibility raises questions about how financially sustainable it is to dedicate resources and employee energy to doing good in the world.

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Framework United States Vesting Employee 191

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2015

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. business culture entrepreneur ethics myths startup'

Founder 120

Founder Software Review Offshore Startup 120

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Oftentimes, new startups are inclined to cut costs that seem superfluous or unnecessary for the core business model to function. But when you cut something that is essential in business — it is problematic; digital marketing is the best way for a startup to increase brand awareness and attract new paying customers.

Startup 106

Startup Software Review Open Source Technical Review 106

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The lean start-up movement has been based on a single insight – which the purpose of a start-up is to discover a business model that works. The objective of a start-up is to discover a business model that works. This process continues until a viable product (and business model) can be discovered.

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Product Development Lean Developer Product 153