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Quick Tips For Hiring Your First Employee

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The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Hire for Swagger. Sales Mentality.

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Tips to Help you Think About Sales at Your Startup

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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. But the ground we covered was awesome for anybody wanting to know more about sales. When & Whom should you hire?

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

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How you build out your team in the first few years can have a huge impact on the trajectory of your company. Quick summary: Be careful not to have too many co-founders. Don’t hire a homogenous team. Your first sales people should be consultative sellers who can fuel evangelical sales.

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Ten Startup Tips From Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos

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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.”. As discussed in Hiring Entrepreneurs, the impact of each new hire during your startup’s early days is tremendous.

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A Dozen Team-Building Tips Inspired By The Dirty Dozen

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The classic phases of team-building, Forming, Storming and Norming were first identified by Bruce Tuckman in 1965. Just like Major Reisman, entrepreneurs are often forced to hire people with “unconventional” backgrounds during a venture’s nascent phases. That is exactly what Major Reisman is forced to do in E.M. Just Fiction You Say?

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

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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. I said, “If I start with your position I have nowhere to go but down. They know what is “market&# for your recruits in terms of base, bonus & stock options. Um, excuse me.