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This Is How Founders Fail When Hiring Their First VP of Sales
Massive stakes. Hypercompetitive market. Easy to get wrong.
This Founder Shares Why In Order To Learn Fast, You Need to Fail Fast
Hutch's Bea Fischel-Bock says you shouldn't be afraid to put something that seems unfinished into your customers hands. You never know what you'll discover.
How to Hire Freelancers Who Make Your Content Better
Finding freelancers isn’t difficult; but hiring good freelancers can be. Read these tips to hiring quality contractors – Content Marketing Institute.
8 Tips from Entrepreneurs Who Grew Startups into Successful Businesses
These eight founders and CEOs have advice for business newbies, so that we can reach success faster and easier than they did.
How to ask for advice
I get asked for startup advice many times everyday from both YC companies and non-YC companies. I have a limited set of experiences as a startup founder and investor but I am always happy to help motivated founders whenever I can.<br>The problem is that many founders ask for advice in strange...
How to Have a Successful Co-Founder Relationship
Choosing who your business partner will be is the single most important decision you will make in your business -- and potentially in your life.
Why Too Many Founders Stunt Their Company's Growth
The mantra of 'just do it' is OK for maintaining the status quo, but not for growing your business.
The Number 1 Mistake Most Founders Make
You better be right if you are so confident your idea is perfect that you don't ask intended customers what they think.
What Founders Wish They Knew Before Starting Companies
Entrepreneurship is about learning and iterating. See what successful founders wish they knew when they got started.
4 tips to turn an underdog startup into an undeniable success
A serial entrepreneur explains why stopping at "no" is the worst thing for a young founder.
Learn from Proven Entrepreneurs & Startup Founders
The resource entrepreneurs choose to build and grow a successful business.
How the Founder of GoldieBlox Overcame the Biggest Rejection of Her Life
Debbie Sterling started a toy business to introduce young girls to science and engineering. But when her product, GoldieBlox, was rejected from Y Combinator, she almost had to shut it down.
How Listening to Your Gut Can Make You a Better Founder
Make following your passions less scary by following your instincts.
Why Small-Business Hiring Should Make You Feel Better About the Economy
Add small-business hiring to the recession-is-unlikely column. At least for now.
6 Ways to Build a Lasting 'Co-Founder Team' for Your Startup
Make those important decisions upfront, so your relationship works like a well-oiled machine.
How to Know if You Should Actually Start Your Business Idea
Smart founders take this step to make sure their startup idea has legs, startup expert Steve Blank says.
When a Founder Is the Face of a Brand
Tying an executive’s personality to his or her business can be highly successful until the executive ages, leaves, dies or gets into trouble.
10 Great Questions to Ask a VP Sales During an Interview
Ready to hire your first VP Sales? But haven’t done it before? Let me give you a partial interview script that may help a bit. You’ll have to vary it for different types of SaaS businesses — a bit. But it will basically work f...
The ultimate sales hiring guide for B2B startup founders!
This is the ultimate sales hiring guide for startup founders. Learn when to hire sales people, who to hire and how to manage them at every stage of your sales process.
