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5 Tactics To Help You Make Good Decisions In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

I have found that the ability to make effective decisions is a key starting point, and a tough one to learn. I always struggle with coaching along these lines, so I was pleased to see some excellent guidance on tactics in making decisions in a new book, “ The Leap To Leader ,” by Adam Bryant.

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Recruit Cal Ripken, Not Reggie Jackson, To Your Startup

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Managerial Oversight And Performance Matter At A Startup. In contrast, Lex Sisney, author of Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business , CEO Coach and Co-founder of Commission Junction has had success compartmentalizing such difficult high-performers. Cal Ripken, Jr. was also a baseball star. Share and Enjoy.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. The reality of most startups is about survival. If people don’t know the mission there is no way to achieve the objective and you end up with a team pulling in 100 different directions – even if only by small amounts.

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Interview with Robin Richards, CareerArc

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Richards also has been an active angel investor in local startups. So, by pushing these job opportunities quickly to people, through a text, or email, as they occur, they have the opportunity to take their resume and quickly go to the top of the pile. com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. What is CareerArc?

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7 Work Ethic Elements Will Get You Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting and running a business is hard. As an angel investor in startups, I often find myself looking harder at the quality of the team and the leadership, than at the details of the product and business model. For your own business, the right time to address expected norms is during coaching and before hiring.

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8 Key Ingredients to a Profitable Consulting Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Raise the conversion rate with effective follow-up. Don’t forget seminars and events.

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Do’s and Don’ts of a Job Interview

Alon Schwartz

Yes, it’s more work but if you want the job, you’d better start working for it. I don’t believe in overdressing, as you want to see the person you will work with, not some made up version of them. These questions make the interviewer sits back in his/her chair, look up at the ceiling and think. The first 10 seconds. You tell me.