Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Hire more help than helpers. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals. There is no free lunch.

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Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

One solution here is to hire help rather than helpers. Find a coach who has a holistic view of all elements. For example, there are several entrepreneur community networks, like EO and TiE , which offer education, mentorship, and peer networking for new business owners in the early growth stage of their business.

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Sales Organization Entrepreneur Examples 69

Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2011

He observed that the process we follow to be humane in our handling of underperforming employees, manage the risk of future lawsuit, finally then move to separate the employee, define the open position, recruit the candidate, train the new hire and count the new hire as up to speed in the job can take all of eighteen months.

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Training Sales Course IBM 136

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2018

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. So you made some bad hiring or partner decisions.

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 56

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Hire more help than helpers. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals. There is no free lunch.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2014

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. Yet if you already have some early adopters, that''s a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. So you made some bad hiring or partner decisions.

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Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 110

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Of course, not every entrepreneur wants to tackle this challenge. Of course, that means a new level of risk, giving up some control, and a new business plan. Hire more help than helpers. Leaders are needed to coach each salesperson, keep the team on message, and spur new growth and goals. There is no free lunch.

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Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2016

Of course, they may be out of money as well, but that is often more of an “excuse” than a reason. Yet if you already have some early adopters, that's a good indication that real marketing and education will likely bring your product or service mass acceptance. So you made some bad hiring or partner decisions.

Startup 58

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Course 58

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Of course there are some disadvantages that every entrepreneur knows all too well: No regular paycheck. Hiring and firing decisions are hard, and that’s just the beginning. Often times, you will find yourself working with people who "don''t know the ropes" and require extensive coaching and assistance.

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Startup Tips Satisfaction Entrepreneur 92

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Good entrepreneurs can admit when their course of action was wrong and learn from it. Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. But “he didn’t have the budget to hire a developer until he had raised money!&#. They move the ball forward every day. He looked stunned.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It may sound counterintuitive, but the greater constraint investors place on their financial resources during a downturn, the better your chances of success, given (of course) that your adVenture is able to either secure funding or generate adequate revenue from customers, as described below in reason #7 – Customer Dollars Taste Great.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Startup Venture Capital Capital Funding 390

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2015

It’s relatively easier to answer that question when you’re a founder & CEO and have total control over hiring & firing. I often tell people I learned more about how to become an entrepreneur by being president of my fraternity than any college course I ever took or any paid job I ever had.

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