Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. A solution I often recommend, as least in early growth, is the use of outsourcing for critical tasks.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013
Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. If a team member has a plan that is too ambitious and likely to set them up for failure, he or she needs your direct mentoring to dial it back. There will be a lot of demands on your time as an entrepreneur, and you can’t be in all places at once.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2012
Startup businesses are very demanding. When you understand how you work most effectively, you will do a better job of delegation, use of outsourcing, and selection of partners and employees. The current economic recovery demands a transformation of business processes and cultures, beginning at the startup level.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 5, 2012
Others hire consultants, or outsource much of the real work. If a team member has a plan that is too ambitious and likely to set them up for failure, he or she needs your direct mentoring to dial it back. There will be a lot of demands on your time as an entrepreneur, and you can’t be in all places at once.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Startup businesses are very demanding. When you understand how you work most effectively, you will do a better job of delegation, use of outsourcing, and selection of partners and employees. The recent economic disaster demands a transformation of business processes and cultures, beginning at the startup level.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
Startup businesses are very demanding. When you understand how you work most effectively, you will do a better job of delegation, use of outsourcing, and selection of partners and employees. The recent economic crisis demands a transformation of business processes and cultures, beginning at the startup level.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 11, 2010
Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come. Demands on your time. But there are some things that DEFINITELY come with other people’s money. They’re new and different problems. The worst investors are small investors.
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