Demand Employee Ratchet 
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Whether it’s planning a New Year’s Eve soiree or buying gifts for family members, employees may experience productivity dips when the holiday season is in full swing. If you can offer employees the opportunity to switch up their work hours to meet their social demands, you’ll ease their psychological burden—which can be heavy at the holidays.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 7, 2008
As the company grows, hes the go-to person for almost everything technical, and so hes very much in demand. It also helps ratchet down the pressure, since so many of the interruptions that plague the typical hacker are actually the same bugs recurring over and over. He throws off volumes of code, and it works.
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Up and Running
JUNE 2, 2015
She has led large organizations with hundreds of employees through challenging times and major transformations. So many of our Bplans readers are solopreneurs or only have a few employees. When team members experience heartfelt emotion, their creative ability ratchets up a notch. At the outset I wondered the same thing.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Especially in situations where the founders have a large position and are key employees, it is not uncommon for investors to request that they agree to have some portion of their holdings vest on a schedule. Other major term-sheet provisions, in addition to these economic considerations, also focus on reducing investor risk.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
After starting two companies of his own, he now heads the NYCDOE’s Markets initiative, which works on fostering smart demand for innovative solutions to the most urgent problems in New York’s public schools. million kids, and 135,000 employees. Our annual budget is $25 billion.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 31, 2017
If your startup is eyeing international expansion early on, your tax compliance and planning needs, both home and abroad, immediately ratchet up. When you’re hiring a new employee out of state, for example, it’s best to check on potential filing issues in that state before bringing him aboard. Plan ahead.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
As Halloween comes to a close and attention turns to Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, you’ll probably notice a perceptible dip in employee productivity. The key is to have realistic expectations while still demanding a high quality of output. If you haven’t in the past, poll your employees to see what they want to do.
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