The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Abraham Gin, an entrepreneur, business coach, and CEO of Gin Consulting Group , which provides unique leadership development and training platforms. Abraham serves his clients with both forward-looking business growth strategy and digital marketing through leadership applications partners. What problems does it solve?

Leadership 167

Leadership Founder Technical Review Entrepreneur 167

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Since employees have been working remotely, organizations have seen a significant increase in productivity and communication, making employers more open toward hiring or partnering with people that are located throughout the US and all over the world. It’s a win-win. Employees clearly want and enjoy the flexibility. It’s a win for both sides.

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Technical Review Cofounder Leadership Employee 275

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Much has been written about when it is time to hire a “professional CEO” to run a startup company and of course that has long been a norm in Silicon Valley when founders find that their inexperience may be a limiting factor in company growth ( know as the Peter Principle ). So why did Larry need to return?

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Founder CTO Hire Silicon Valley Leadership 309

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In each sales situation your goal as the leadership of the company is listening to feedback, calculating the customer ROI, testing what prices people are willing to pay, learning where budgets will come from, etc. We then brought the number up to 8-10 and even hired an SVP of global sales & marketing.

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Sales PR Forecast Technical Review 286

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The market seemed crowded and our leadership position that had been built over many years seemed to not matter any more. Everybody was doing marketing blitzes, over-paying to steal the best staff, pimping out urban offices to the nines , and hiring in a frenzy. Everybody was raising a shit-ton of money.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2025

Solving the Marketing Leadership Gap for Small Business (Marketing Leadership as a Service) written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Small business marketing can feel like an endless checklist: create content , run Google Ads, post on social media, and optimize for SEO. They fail because they lack marketing leadership.

Leadership 46

Leadership Small Business Marketing Social Media 46

Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2020

Every leading position in business requires a demonstration of diverse skills and leadership styles. My leadership style is a direct reflection of my personality: driven, competitive and compassionate. One of the many blessings of success is the opportunity to ponder my leadership style. Thanks to Lauren Mendoza, Swipecast ! #2-

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Leadership Entrepreneur SEM Employee 137

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Geographic expansion. Consolidation.

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Dilution Merger Flash Global 224

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Don’t let one incident, observation, rumor, or misunderstanding cause a rush to judgement, or hiring mistake.

Analytics 245

Analytics Metrics Employee Open Source 245

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Geographic expansion. Consolidation.

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Dilution Merger Flash Global 187

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 16, 2012

This global chat takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays (UK time) and is an excellent source of information on all things communications. This chat is called Hire Friday and is a great place to meet up with those looking to hire as well as other job seekers, perfect for new grads! Management and Leadership. #connectchat.

Social Media 228

Social Media PR Media Hosting 228

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing. So to everyone at WP Engine, let me repeat the message from one year ago: Look what we did !

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Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2019

Nowadays, businesses of all sizes need to adapt to new marketing channels, invest in the best technologies, and attempt to compete on a global stage. If you lack leadership skills or poorly manage your company’s time and resources, it is likely your business will be left behind. Recruitment Issues. Technology Advancement.

Reputation 127

Reputation Technical Review Global Leadership 127

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). 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. Their leadership has shown incredible foresight in engineering an amazing economic engine and formidable military.

China 329

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 329

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And truly, the development of tech, inclusive regulations, and an open global market did make the job of starting a company easier than ever before. The startups that play too safe and don’t take any active steps to meet these goals are making themselves vulnerable to the harsh realities of the globalized economy.

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Startup Non-Compete Social Media Global 183

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In 2019, did you… Hire slow and fire fast? (Or That’s why you should hire only people who will fit in with the culture you’re creating — and get rid of bullies and others who create a toxic culture. You may be reluctant to fire someone you yourself hired, but don’t wait till they do maximum damage.

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Technical Review North America Texas Employee 204

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

I wrote “ The Risk Advantage “ to help entrepreneurs face the many situations, predicaments, and crises they’ll encounter during their lives and to help formulate their leadership style and business strategy. Refusing to hire people who are smarter than you. Here are a baker’s dozen of them: 1.

Technical Review 254

Technical Review Entrepreneur Florida Cofounder 254

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

Because Bird was first to market, extremely innovative, quick to hire talented leadership and an experienced founder it was able to raise $125 million in an extraordinarily short period of time. This is why so many great LA funds like Upfront, Greycroft and B Capital Global have all backed Bird. There is nothing viral!

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San Francisco Valuation Los Angeles Technical Review 256

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Welcome to the future of work where employees may reside anywhere from Bali to Boston or Barcelona – how can you tap into this global talent pool to create your own successful enterprise with remote workers? Additionally, remember the Avengers are an inclusive group and embrace diversity when hiring.

Technical Review 146

Technical Review Business Plan America Hiring 146

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

12:50): How have you adapted TransPerfect to meet changing global trends? We brought in business, so we needed to hire quickly, and we brought in some people who were excellent, and actually some who were amazing, and then some who weren't so good. I mean huge global companies, but they needed other things. That is the hardest.

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Venezuela Cofounder Finance San Francisco 79

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

2009 was the nadir of the global economic crisis, followed up an unprecedented bull market. I’m quite optimistic about the direction that this is headed based on the momentum of more diverse hiring in the junior and mid-level ranks of the industry. First, let’s set the stage for this time period. The S&P500 was in the 700’s.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2022

He outlines a three-phase process to develop the necessary business culture of energy, resilience, and openness: Nurture your current leadership strengths. Learn how to recognize, cultivate, and leverage the competencies of your current talent to develop your leadership team. Hire the right team. Marty Zwilling.

Leadership 359

Leadership Early Stage Demand Hiring 359

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. You will hire (over time) and manage a field and inside team of Sales Directors and Market Developers, including for each direct report creating and managing goals directly tied to Company goals. I tried to make it a little more entertaining than your average job RSS feed.

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Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2020

I agree with Dr. Ardi’s writing, that most successful workplaces of the future need to adopt the following beta characteristics, and align themselves more with the beta leadership model: Do away with archaic command-and-control models. The best teams are hired with collaboration in mind. Leadership is fluid and bend-able.

Leadership 373

Leadership Curation Community Hiring 373

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Geographic expansion. Consolidation.

Dilution 134

Dilution Merger Flash Global 134

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2021

As a business advisor, one of the most disheartening things I see in business today is a serious lack of engagement at all levels, consistent with Gallup’s global engagement survey from a while back, finding only 13 percent of workers fully engaged in their job. After the hire comes mentoring and continuous training as the key to engagement.

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Leadership Employee Hiring Global 389

The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2023

As part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series , today we present Minué Yoshida, owner of the New York-based Yoshida Academy which offers courses to help clients in mastering public speaking and leadership skills and diversity, equity and inclusion consulting. Tell us more about its mission. Minué: YES!

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Founder Equity Leadership Hiring 158

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. Working with Social Media.

Analytics 179

Analytics Technical Review Social Media Software Review 179

The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Bound by her commitment to give back and to help the environment, Claudia later took a leadership position in EALgreen, scaling the sustainability programs across the United States and, not only helping over 21,000 students with EALgreen-based scholarships, but also diverting over 100,000 tons of potential waste out of landfills.

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Founder Argentina Chicago Switzerland 155

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2020

Hire slow and fire fast.). That’s why you should hire only people who will fit in with the culture you’re creating — and get rid of bullies and others who create a toxic culture. You may be reluctant to fire someone you yourself hired, but don’t wait till they do maximum damage. Fire him or her now. ’ 10.

North America 165

North America Texas Employee Dallas 165

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2020

With over 20 years of experience in the language services industry, Elizabeth garnered national praise for her leadership and expertise in her field with awards such as Negocios Now’s Latinas in Business Award (2017). We like to say that we hire, fire and breathe our values. But NAWBO also works tirelessly in Washington D.C.

Founder 158

Founder Chicago LLC Leadership 158

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

A particularly critical moment is when the founders hand over the leadership to a more managerial regime. This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Geographic expansion. Consolidation.

Matching 120

Matching Marketing Dilution Startup 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

And engaging customers in such ways is generally much less expensive than hiring costly employees or agencies. Even if you’re a global firm, it’s a good idea to restore community marketing. These are just a few of the powerful, growth-fostering impacts “Rock Star” customers are creating for a variety of companies.

Customer 154

Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Even after many years mentoring entrepreneurs and advising businesses, I continue to be surprised by the primary focus on products and processes, and the often incidental attention to hiring and nurturing the right people. Don’t let one incident, observation, rumor, or misunderstanding cause a rush to judgement, or hiring mistake.

Management 134

Management Analytics Open Source Hiring 134

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting thoughts from Wieden+Kennedy: Why We’re Not Hiring Creative Technologists – [link]. Wow – only 1318 companies control 80% of global revenue – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As an investor, I’ve sat on both sides of the table in more than a dozen acqui-hire situations. Companies that successfullyleverage acqui-hires can save years of work and gain a competitive advantage by adding skilled technical and operational talent, deep local market knowledge and an accelerated time-to-market.

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Global Hiring Technical Review Due Diligence 48