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Tips to Help you Think About Sales at Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. When & Whom should you hire? when is the right time to hire your first sales employee?

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6 Pain Points Any Fast-Scaling Startup Needs to Know

Tech.Co

So you’ve finally got your startup up and running. But as you have probably realized at this point in your startup journey, the learning process is constantly changing as your startup reaches new stages. Hiring Too Fast . What’s the way to counterbalance a few too many sloppy hires?

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Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos

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Under the heading, “The Book On Bezos,” the callout lists ten actionable and impactful nuggets of startup advice. Establish A High Hiring Bar – You’re Creating An Enduring Culture. “I’d I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.”. We didn’t give up.”. “

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Ten Startup Tips From Steve Jobs

InfoChachkie

Other installments include: Words of startup wisdom from Jeff Bezos. He did more for Apple’s shareholders, customers and employees than any other CEO has ever done for their shareholders, customers and employees. People should not try to emulate him, because they will be setting themselves up for failure.

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10 Ways Startups Can Reduce Expenses in 2016

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The good news is we know what attributes successful startups tend to have in common: they produce a product or service that meets a specific need, they thrive on the uncertainly of startup culture, and they don’t run out of cash. Hire freelancers, temps, or college students. Hire freelancers, temps, or college students.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

Both Sides of the Table

And a key point is that when it comes down to “negotiations&# you need to turn up your personal heat and dial back the middle man. Let me start with an example. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. .&# Middle Men need to be led by you, not the other way around.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

InfoChachkie

Oh, you got me there right in the first question! Does the world really need more servers in more datacenters gobbling up more power to send more tweets and Facebook pages around the world? That’s what we’ve started to tackle and the mission RightScale is on. 9) The story of how you started RightScale is classic.