Startup Execution: Time Is Money
Time is money, especially in startup world. Every startup is in a race against time, and every second counts. In the last post, I covered the first step of designing your minimum viable product,...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Creating Your Company's Execution Outline
We are officially past the tenth post of our new startup execution series. Let's quickly recap the series before digging in to creating your startup's execution outline. This is what startup execution...
View ArticleStartup Execution: 'Let Me Show You' vs. 'Wait and See' People
Most entrepreneurs when starting out are typically cash strapped. We bootstrap our businesses because we are forced to, not because we want to. At the time, especially if you are a first-time...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Outlining Values and Expectations
Today, we dive in to the startup people process. As we do in all posts, let's quickly recap the series to date. The Startup Execution Process This is what startup execution means in 2015 Defining the...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Picking Your One Key Activity
Today in Startup Execution I want to talk about developing what I call your one key activity. As usual, I've included a summary of our Startup Execution series at the bottom of this post. Almost all...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Determining Key Hires and Hunting for Them
Welcome back to our Startup Execution series in which I'm covering the startup strategy, people and operations processes that enable you to execute at your startup. In my last two posts, I've began...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Developing the Top of Your Talent Funnel
In our last segment of Startup Execution, we covered determining your key hires and how to hunt for them rather than passively hoping they come to you. Once your initial key hires are on board, it is...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Structuring Your Interview and Tryout Process
As I have mentioned in past posts, I'm a big believer that even as your startup grows, you want to be as time efficient as possible when it comes to interviewing candidates. You will need to work...
View ArticleStartup Execution: How to Determine Compensation for Your First Startup Hires
Hang on to your hats today folks, this a dense read on outlining pay for your seed-stage co. While initially tough to wrap your mind around, developing this type of system pays dividends in the long...
View ArticleStartup Execution: Developing an Employee Offer and Negotiation Process
In seed and even A-round stage companies, the hiring process is often loosely defined. I work with a lot of companies that have very informal conversations with the folks they want to bring on board...
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