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Employee vs. contractor: Here we go again.

Berkonomics

Several years ago, I wrote an extensive article on the ten most important tests of a company in classifying a person as an independent contractor. But things have gotten much more complicated lately, partly because of the Uber, Lyft and other new generation of workers and the best description of their class as “semi–independent.”.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

Both Sides of the Table

Leverage: with teachers not having to have in-person classes you can build a more cost-effective model and teaching can be targeted more to your individual needs. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Because email works!

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Citrix’s CEO Mark Templeton: Personal And Professional Success Secrets

InfoChachkie

This article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! it will keep you humble and it will help you focus on the things you can control. This same photo is shown at the outset of this article. Success Is (Mostly) In Your Hands.

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An Enchanting Conversation With Guy Kawasaki

InfoChachkie

I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. free weekly Infochachkie articles! In Art Of The Start , you encourage your readers to be responsive and to strive to return emails within 24-hours. You even include your email address at the back of the book.

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Recruit Cal Ripken, Not Reggie Jackson, To Your Startup

InfoChachkie

If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Seek CALs: Players with Class, Ability And Longevity. Although Temperamental Superstars will help your company achieve short-term victories, most startups do not have the time or energy necessary to keep them happy over the long run.

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Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. That said, I think it is written without taking the full extent of my sales articles into account. I wrote separately about that here – regarding “hiring people who punch above their weight class.”

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