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How do you motivate people - beyond money?

Valeria Magoni Content & Inbound Marketing - Web / Digital Marketing - SEO - Marketing Automation - Lead Generation

February 18th, 2016

Please share your experience and some examples of non-financial motivational techniques. Can you help me?

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Would you have fired Talia Jane?

Shingai Samudzi

February 23rd, 2016

Talia Jane is a millennial (25) who recently got sacked for speaking out against her employer Yelp in a Medium article:https://medium.com/@taliajane/an-open-letter-to-my-ceo-fb73df021e7a#.aqku8dufuJust... More

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Dealing with a Contractor Bully

Alison Lewis CEO/Creative Director

September 13th, 2013

How does one best deal with a contractor refuses to give source files as a start-up?  Obviously, we've asked for them and they are ignoring requests.  More

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Firing a founder

Joseph Galarneau Founder and CEO at Mezzobit, creating transparency and control for Internet data

May 27th, 2013

We had two core cofounders and decided to add two additional cofounders (a general counsel and a chief architect) to dramatically increase our changes... More

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What is a fair compensation scheme for staff in a lean start-up?

YingYing Liu Assistant Brand Manager

October 1st, 2014

My co-founder and I would like to create an app, but we do not expect to generate any revenue within the first year. We work purely out of passion... More

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Ethical use of interns: Should I just go for it?

helloandyhihi

November 25th, 2013

I'm a solo entrepreneur who has avoided hiring anyone by outsourcing a number of functions. I have a friend in a related field who has two unpaid... More

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What are the best tools for managing people in a growing startup?

Deborah Chang

August 22nd, 2013

In my observation, when most startups begin, they are a group of two or three people working together in the room. There's little need to put in systems... More

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Best Practice for Managing Shy or More "To Themselves" Engineers

Alison Lewis CEO/Creative Director

June 10th, 2013

We have worked with number of talented contracted hardware engineers. Over the past few months, I've noticed some difficulties with having our current... More

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Best HR company to outsource to?

Corey Schwartz President at Loanatik.com

April 18th, 2016

We're an early stage tech company and we're just starting to scale.  I've hired 3 people in three days and there are more coming.  I know if left... More

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Do open workspaces hurt productivity?

Rachel Zheng Business Development Manager at Honyee Media

April 24th, 2015

I've longed worked in open office layouts and I like them and think high cubes are anti-social. But was ready this statement by someone who went from... More

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