The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Use Contracts to Your Advantage Whether you’re hiring employees, working with vendors, or entering into agreements with partners, contracts are essential. Additionally, employment contracts ensure that you and your employees have mutual understanding regarding their roles and the company’s policies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Beware of being swayed by big-name firms or impressive name-dropping. While the appearance matters, remember you are hiring the development firm primarily for its development skills, not its graphic design skills. What are the employees and contractors' skills? Make certain you explore these projects.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2019

Your genius idea has a company name behind it, and you’re finally in the startup phase of your budding business. Hiring new talent is an inevitable and critical part of starting your own business, and it’s an exciting indication that your original idea has finally found its footing— now it just needs the manpower.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of the most stressful and unanticipated challenges that comes with starting a new business is hiring and managing employees. While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. I wrote about Jonathan’s visit (but never named him by name until now) because it was so memorable. I had stayed for 6 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. MakeSpace (as he named it) would help you get your excess goods into low-cost warehouses. As an early-stage VC I love this phase. what your product & engineering thought they cared about and you adapt your offering.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Whether you’re considering hiring a new employee or as an investor whether you’re looking to do a background check on the founders of a company. Most people delay reference calls until that point both due to expediency of time (why make phone calls unless you think you might hire the person?) Reference calls.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

They want platforms and services that automate hiring and retention while ensuring freelancers feel as supported as their full-time colleagues. Before the freelance economy can flourish, though, business leaders need technology that can help them manage and support freelancers as well as they treat full-time employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects.

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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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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2019

A great one produces happy, engaged employees who give their best efforts, challenge themselves to grow, and consistently meet goals and delight customers. This creates an unparalleled experience for both employees and customers, making both groups feel special, appreciated, and respected. Encourage employees to interview elsewhere?

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Up and Running

APRIL 14, 2021

And with the rise in remote work during the pandemic, a shift in how businesses think about their employees and hiring practices, and the growing number of people pursuing business ventures online, it will likely keep growing. The gig economy has seen tremendous growth over the past decade. New standards from the U.S.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2021

And hiring an intellectual property attorney may seem like a budget dealbreaker. Ideally, the trademark registration process should begin as soon as you’ve narrowed down a selection of possible marks, including business or product names, logos , and slogans. Applying for a trademark — Do it yourself or hire an attorney?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Brian shares insights on effective feedback techniques, the significance of employee engagement, and how to align a team around a common mission. The conversation highlights the role of training and development in fostering a motivated workforce and the importance of understanding employee perspectives through stay interviews.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

You can, however, make sure you do your part in keeping your employees and yourself safe from the disease. During this time, it’s also important to safeguard the morale of your employees. According to NBC News, companies with fewer than 500 employees may apply for forgivable loans of up to $10 million.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

This could be as simple as painting your storefront or making sure that all of your employees stick to a dress code, but sometimes presentation can go further than that. Having professional photos done of your team, individual employees, and even of your office space can greatly impact the success of your business.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). It wasn’t that I had somehow inherited dumb employees. We hired union laborers to do that.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Survival of the fittest is the name of the game in this digital age. According to a research study, published on CB Insights blog, 23% of startups failed because they did not hire the right individuals for their teams. I want to share with you a famous quote: “You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude.

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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. Making a Name for Your Business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

To support the three Cs, ING has also developed their own iterative practice named PACE. The result is a combination of design thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile Scrum, and Ignacio’s innovation team includes 25 coaches who train employees in PACE best practices. LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. They’re qualified.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2020

A positive one produces happy, engaged employees who give their best efforts, challenge themselves to grow, and consistently meet goals and delight customers. This creates an unparalleled experience for both employees and customers, making both groups feel special, appreciated, and respected. Hire slow and fire fast.).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 11, 2019

If AT&T, IBM and Google acknowledge these courses as a viable way to train employees, I think the rest of us can too. Prospective employees can see your skills and how you perform on projects. The development of nanodegrees has been a game changer for big name companies and small businesses alike. Probably not.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2021

These sets of fields will stem from your Active Directory infrastructure (some providers will only request first name, last name, email, and samaccountname.). Reduce the Time Spent Onboarding New Employees. Onboarding goes beyond hiring new employees. Let’s take a look at some active directory use cases.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2017

When these problems emerge, employees begin to feel as though no amount of effort will improve a bad situation. Ethics and personal integrity fall by the wayside, and employees focus on doing whatever it takes to keep the paychecks coming. They also develop a sense of responsibility to the company and a duty to uphold its good name.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 27, 2023

When the name of the game is quality, you might find that information like this proves to be highly valuable. While it’s just you and one or two people that you hire, you might find that you can make the most of available communication technology to allow everyone to do their jobs remotely.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

You can hire part-time employees or outsource some of your routine tasks such as bookkeeping, copywriting, and legal paperwork and contracts. When putting together a team of full-time employees, make sure to hire people with strengths that counterbalance your weaknesses. Make Excuses for Their Mistakes.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Many employees’ expectations of a healthy work-life balance and an ethical workplace culture have shifted as a result of the pandemic. Because employee objectives differ greatly, it’s best to poll your team in order to set expectations and develop effective retention strategies. Hire Strategically.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

by Trevor Foster , vice president of finance and innovation at Innovative Employee Solutions. Gig workers, believe it or not, tend to be less expensive and better employees than their full-time peers. Does it make sense to hire a full-time app engineer? Plan to function with more gig workers than full-time employees.

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San Diego Technical Review Salary Finance 157

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 15, 2019

Contract Brewing Company – In this business model, one business hires another brewery to manufacture their beer. Vendor and employee agreements. Your business name , your logo , your website design, your beer can or label designs, and your brewpub or tap house decor should all grow from the concepts you lay out here.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2015

These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. Hire and train your own managers for internal and external work projects.

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Philippines Startup Bandwidth Cofounder 120

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

A $150 llama rental for a photoshoot, $250 for a bagpipe player at a customer picnic, $5,000 for an executive’s tires — these are just some of the most questionable things people have paid for or attempted to pay for, in the name of business. When a team isn’t meeting goals, some companies hire a third-party expert to fix the problem.

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Cost Technical Review Salary Social Media 150

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2021

Taking this a step further, the current work-from-home scenario has blurred the lines even more, with organisations having less visibility on the handling or sharing of business data, or the security of their digital assets and those of their employees. When the weakest link is breached. The culprit? Its Mailchimp account.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2020

If you are interested in getting some expert tips, check out the following simple steps that can help reduce your company’s expenses, keep your profits up, and boost your bottom line: Hire the Right Energy Supplier. Just because you are working with the market’s biggest names does not mean that you are doing the right thing.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

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. Note to Chinese Communist party – the best name for your propaganda department should probably not be the “Propaganda Department.”). It’s an amazing cat and mouse system.

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