People & Culture

Oct 12, 20234 min read

How to Define and Build Your Startup's Company Culture

Here are three tips for shaping a startup culture that ensures your team can reach its goals without falling apart in tough times.

Creating Successful Company Offsites — Location Is Everything

Jun 20, 20234 min read

Startup Leadership

Creating Successful Company Offsites — Location Is Everything

Picking the right location is essential to creating successful company offsite retreats. Get our tips.

Mar 28, 20223 min read

Startup Leadership

Navigating the Great Resignation

Navigating “The Great Resignation” and Lessons from a Lighter Capital portfolio company, by Melissa Widner, CEO Lighter Capital Nothing...

Employee Retention Strategies for Tech Startups

Nov 26, 20196 min read

People & Culture

Employee Retention Strategies for Tech Startups

For SaaS companies, understanding how to utilize effective employee retention strategies to reduce employee turnover and retain key...

4 Ways to Protect Your Business From Wage and Hour Lawsuits

Nov 7, 20193 min read

Startup Law

4 Ways to Protect Your Business From Wage and Hour Lawsuits

In 2017, employers were hit with over 8,200 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour lawsuits, largely due to failure to pay the...

Oct 23, 20194 min read

Customers

How to Build a Customer Success Team (and When to Scale)

When to invest in a customer success team is a big question for many growing startups. Obviously, happy customers are key to business...

How to Pick High-Quality Angel Investors

Oct 22, 20194 min read

Funding & Finance

How to Pick High-Quality Angel Investors

It pays to do your research and know the kind of investment partner you want to take on for the long haul. Look for these 5 qualities.

When to Hire a Content Marketing Manager for Your Startup

Feb 17, 20193 min read

People & Culture

When to Hire a Content Marketing Manager for Your Startup

Every business lives or dies by the way it communicates. Whether it’s advertising, press releases, social media, email marketing, or blog...

Equity Compensation for Startup Employees: Top Mistakes to Avoid

Feb 11, 20196 min read

Startup Law

Equity Compensation for Startup Employees: Top Mistakes to Avoid

Equity compensation is a great recruiting tool and an effective employee retention strategy for startups and early-stage companies. You...

Strategies for Raising Capital to Build a Startup Team

Jan 30, 201910 min read

Funding & Finance

Strategies for Raising Capital to Build a Startup Team

Start planning to build your early startup team, how you'll compensate them, and your strategy for raising the capital you need.

When to Hire Your First Employee (And Who to Hire First)

Jan 23, 20195 min read

People & Culture

When to Hire Your First Employee (And Who to Hire First)

There are several sets of questions that face every startup entrepreneur in the early days of their business adventure. These include:...

How to Hire Sales Reps for Your Startup and Ensure Their Success

Jan 15, 20196 min read

People & Culture

How to Hire Sales Reps for Your Startup and Ensure Their Success

“Every person in your company is a vector. Your progress is determined by the sum of all vectors.” – Elon Musk Sustainable growth is...

Why Teams Fail, Part 5: Personal Status Kills a Results-Focused Culture

Jan 2, 20195 min read

People & Culture

Why Teams Fail, Part 5: Personal Status Kills a Results-Focused Culture

Sometimes people are happy just being part of the team and the status that brings to them personally. Ensure they're invested in results.

Why Teams Fail, Part 4: Avoidance of Accountability in the Workplace

Dec 26, 20184 min read

People & Culture

Why Teams Fail, Part 4: Avoidance of Accountability in the Workplace

This may be the hardest dysfunction to overcome, because it requires a high level of discomfort to accomplish. Read pt. 4 of Why Teams Fail.

Why Teams Fail, Part 3: Lack of Team Commitment and Buy-In to Decisions

Dec 19, 20187 min read

People & Culture

Why Teams Fail, Part 3: Lack of Team Commitment and Buy-In to Decisions

Functional teams break down when there is a lack of commitment to decisions made as a team. Ensure you have both commitment and buy-in.

Why Teams Fail, Part 2: Fear of Conflict

Dec 12, 20185 min read

People & Culture

Why Teams Fail, Part 2: Fear of Conflict

Next in our series exploring why teams fail, we dive into the fear of conflict and why conflict can actually be good.

Dec 11, 20182 min read

People & Culture

5 Women Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2019

Women are creating some amazing companies these days — taking exciting, new ideas to market and snapping up VC funding in the process. A...

Why Teams Fail, Part 1: Fear of Being Vulnerable

Dec 5, 20188 min read

People & Culture

Why Teams Fail, Part 1: Fear of Being Vulnerable

This is the first of a series of articles in which we discuss why teams fail and how you can prevent it from happening at your startup.

5 Tips to Help You Hire for Your Startup

Oct 4, 20183 min read

People & Culture

5 Tips to Help You Hire for Your Startup

Hiring for your SaaS startup can be surprisingly tricky. How do you find someone who’s qualified, a good match for your company culture,...

Sep 28, 20184 min read

People & Culture

How to Network as an Entrepreneur

They say it’s lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to be. Especially when so many people are going their own way in business these...

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