Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Small Business Owners: Who Should You Hire for Marketing? written by Jordan E read more at Duct Tape Marketing When it comes to marketing, small business owners have a big decision to make: who should you hire to get the job done? You get access to outside experts without needing to hire full-time employees. Let’s break it down.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Contractors and freelancers, like any other business, manage their own internal processes, but they can’t manage your business.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Photo by Bench Accounting on Unsplash Here are tips to help you hire the ideal virtual CFO: Understand Your Business Needs Your first step is to clarify what your business requires. For example, if your primary concern is managing rapid growth, you’ll need a VCFO experienced in scaling businesses.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

From budget management to vendor coordination, the responsibilities are extensive—and that’s where professional event planners come in. Keep reading to discover the key benefits of hiring a professional to orchestrate your next gathering. Time management is yet another forte of the professional event planner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There are many books written on this subject, but this classic by Chris Ducker, “ Virtual Freedom ,” manages to pack a lot more practical guidance into a small space that many others I have seen. Contractors and freelancers, like any other business, manage their own internal processes, but they can’t manage your business.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2025

We spoke to a few providers offering quality managed IT support in Melbourne , San Francisco, and London. If youre not confident in managing these alerts yourself, consider hiring a reputable Managed Services Provider (MSP) to handle 24/7 remote monitoring for you over the holidays.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 6, 2024

When starting a property management business, offering key services, such as tenant screening, property maintenance, rent collection, and financial reporting, can set you apart and attract clients. Managing rental properties involves providing comprehensive solutions beyond finding good tenants. Will you start solo or hire employees?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2025

Small Business Owners: Who Should You Hire for Marketing? Hiring a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) or Marketing Director costs between $15,363 and $29,732 per month. This is a popular choice for small businesses who have the money and that dont have the time, interest, or internal team to manage marketing themselves.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. Staffing Professional. Staffing requirements come and go in every company, big or small. Administrative Professional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

The CEO must focus on key management team hires and assume a few mistakes which need to get fixed. A great hire can make a company, but a single bad one can break it. In it, he says "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." There are several books written on this subject.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In my experience as an employee, up to an executive, in large companies as well as small, I’ve found that people who are consistently negative and complain are a big constraint on productivity, as well as the most difficult management problem that most business leaders face. Hire only people with positive and can-do attitudes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If they or you find it hard to trust others, love to work alone, always have to be in control, or insist on micro-managing, it may be time for change or looking elsewhere. Neither partner needs to be managed. Partner decisions are more important than team member hiring decisions. Carry minimal historical baggage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2022

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business. Employees will lose focus on their work.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Manage customer service. Personnel Manager. This is one of the key roles in a growing new company which can benefit from someone who clearly has experience dealing with people – whether it be hiring and firing, assisting in performance reviews, or dealing with the day-to-day crises of any growing business.

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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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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By offering tools that simplify reporting, streamline case management, and connect individuals with legal experts, these companies are making it easier than ever to address cases of abuse, including battery injuries. One example is platforms designed to guide families through the reporting process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

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. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. Hire only ethical people, so further time on business ethics is not needed. Ethics can’t be managed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Leaders are judged on key elements of execution, including a focus on priorities, ensuring clear accountability, managing decision making, mobilizing others, adapting quickly, and communicating execution urgency. Good performance management is more about rewarding desirable behavior than penalizing bad performance.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

One increasingly popular strategy is to hire a fractional chief marketing officer (CMO). Early-stage startups often operate with tight budgets, making it impractical to hire a full-time CMO. Hiring a full-time CMO, according to Salary , can cost your startup around $360,672 a year.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

Other Notable Functions Generative AI is poised to revolutionize supply chain management by enhancing demand forecasting, enabling businesses to anticipate market changes and adjust inventory accordingly. This not only speeds up hiring but also lowers the costs associated with lengthy recruitment cycles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

Leaders are judged on key elements of execution, including a focus on priorities, ensuring clear accountability, managing decision making, mobilizing others, adapting quickly, and communicating execution urgency. Good performance management is more about rewarding desirable behavior than penalizing bad performance.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2025

Michael later served as a group partner, managing director, and CEO of YC. Manage operations leanly: The most common problem for startups is spending too much money. Focus on increasing average talent with each hire and hire slowly: Your early employees should ideally be smarter and slightly more risk-averse than the founders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Minimize permanent hiring and customized operational facilities. In this age of the gig-economy, you can more quickly hire and manage freelancers, contract workers, and contract operations. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2020

One of the things I’ve learned in working with aspiring entrepreneurs is that managing and leading a team is a scary venture into the unknown for many people, even if they have worked as a business professional for years. Then when you have to hire people, you will pick the best. Understand both leadership and management.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

Here are my recommendations for training and managing your team to keep their delivery memorable for customers, as well as profitable for your business: Hire team members who enjoy customer interaction.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While the appearance matters, remember you are hiring the development firm primarily for its development skills, not its graphic design skills. Project Management: Get a clear understanding of the company's process. Is there a project manager? An account manager? If so, what’s the vibe like? How do they handle testing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Hiring virtual assistants for each specific project can be a lot more efficient and cheaper than hiring and managing employees. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution. Generate revenue around the clock. Use the Internet to outsource staff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

Manage customer service. Personnel Manager. This is one of the key roles in a growing new company which can benefit from someone who clearly has experience dealing with people – whether it be hiring and firing, assisting in performance reviews, or dealing with the day-to-day crises of any growing business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2020

Don’t manage details and hold people accountable. Balance here comes again from the operational expert, who is very good at leading, managing, and holding people accountable. Tends to hire helpers and not develop talent. Good integrators are fanatical about problem resolution and making decisions.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Choosing the right structure not only impacts your personal liability but also your ability to protect intellectual property, secure investment, and manage taxes. Use Contracts to Your Advantage Whether you’re hiring employees, working with vendors, or entering into agreements with partners, contracts are essential.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2020

You must also routinely review your data security plan as you hire more employees and create more departments. Embrace Managed IT Services. It is, however, possible to strengthen your company’s cybersecurity by training your team, creating a data security plan, and introducing affordable managed IT services into your operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

In both cases, it’s easy for them to become frustrated and give up, since most have never been trained in change management, and don’t even know what questions to ask. It takes a strong team and strong leadership to manage it. Provide step-by-step job aids, training, and hiring for critical aspects of the new plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

The allocation of shares among the founders, and the number and size of outside investments, will tells volumes about the health, stability, and management of the business. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Every organization must constantly review its hiring practices, training, and leadership to make sure the focus is on people who are motivated, open-minded, and empowered. Managing an agile business means managing change, not solidifying a status quo. Bureaucracy can appear quickly in startups as well as large companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. Staffing Professional. Staffing requirements come and go in every company, big or small. Administrative Professional.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

Investors bet that by offering prospective hires a stake in the company’s future growth- with a visible time horizon of a payoff – employees would act more like owners and work harder– and that would align employee interests with the investor interests. That made sense. And you’re working just as hard.

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