YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

Here are nine tested and true tips and insights for getting the job done right: You’ll need to rule your startup like a benevolent dictator. Let “Mother” do the hiring. Bad hires are not only disruptive to businesses — they’re also expensive. How can you stack the deck in your favor when making a new hire?

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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. Back then, in the early nineties or even the mid nineties, people didn't want to work for a startup. We needed to bring in revenue as quickly as possible.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Hiring an expert or a coach to walk you through this stage can help you minimize the chances of failure although identifying the problem first can be a great way to create a long-lasting strategy. Cohen and Greenfield borrowed $4,000 to build their first ice cream business in Vermont in 1978, with a total investment of $12,000.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. I don’t have control over luck.

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