management Archives

Effective Communication in Startup Environments: 20 Tips from Leaders

Effective Communication in Startup Environments: 20 Tips from Leaders To help startups foster clear and open communication, we posed a question to founders and CEOs, gathering twenty insightful responses. From setting SMART quarterly objectives to...

byBrett Farmiloe

November 6, 2023

The Future of Gigging: Could the Gig Economy Save the Startup Market?

The labor crisis has taken its toll on the startup market. After 47 million Americans quit their jobs in 2021, small business leaders are facing a national skill shortage. With more competition than ever before,...

byRebecca Barnatt-Smith

June 15, 2022

How To Lead Remote Meetings — And Have a Little Fun Doing It

Being a manager is already tough. Navigating the switch to fully remote teams in the last few years has probably made your job even tougher. Leading remote teams is not intuitive and requires different skills...

byIan Fraser

April 11, 2022

3 Ways to Engage Employees from a Place of Meaning, Purpose, Intrinsic Motivation, and Connection

Excerpted from "Mindfully Wise Leadership: The Secret of Today’s Leaders" by Keren Tsuk. Copyright 2021 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Mindful leadership enables us, as managers, to be mindful to ourselves, employees, customers, and the...

byKeren Tsuk

February 15, 2022

Ways to Improve Your Leave Management Process

Leave management can be a complicated process, even for entrepreneurs and small businesses. The logistical sides of leave management can confuse any sole proprietor or LLC owner. Even freelancers can find it difficult to take...

byJessica Perkins

December 14, 2021

Why Long-Term Incentives Are Key to Employee Retention

One of the many consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the enormous strain it is putting on an organization’s ability to hire talent. Many businesses are now implementing a return-to-office mandate, which is causing a...

byPerry Doody

November 17, 2021

The Advantages, Challenges of Building a Multi-Founder Startup

Running a successful startup is ultimately a team game—irrespective of whether you follow the single or multi-founder approach. At the end of the day, success depends on how efficiently you allocate resources to solve problems....

byMiguel Fernandez

October 12, 2021

6 Tools to Help You Manage Your Remote Side Hustle Efficiently (and Easily)

Managing a side hustle on top of a full-time job requires a lot of dedication. Depending on the type of work you’re doing, it can even feel like your side hustle requires more work than...

byLucas Miller

August 7, 2020

How to Staff a Strong Culture on a Shoestring Budget

Founding a successful startup is one of the hardest things an entrepreneur can do. Money is tight, talent is limited and competition is fierce. Time is money. It can be a vicious cycle, which explains...

byPatrick Clements

June 9, 2019

Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on How to Stay Motivated and Never Lose Sight of Your Goals

One of the top questions I get asked by entrepreneurs and people working at startups is, “How do I stay motivated?” In the early days (or quite frankly, any day), starting a company and all...

byJulie Zhuo

March 19, 2019

Why Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Look at Teams, Not Ideas

Many would-be entrepreneurs spend hours, weeks and maybe even years working on the “perfect” idea to attract venture capital funding. They travel from coast to coast, setting up meetings and refining their idea. However, the...

byMark Lamoriello

March 7, 2018

Tips for Successfully Leading Your Team Through Change

We all have our reservations and hang-ups about change. Change creates uncertainty, and in the human mind this drudges up fears of the unknown. Some of us are downright afraid of change and will avoid...

byJustin E. Crawford

November 28, 2017

How to Set Annual Business Goals Your Startup Can Achieve

Goals are important, but they can also be detrimental to your business if you aren’t careful with them. As with any venture, you want to set yourself up for success when it comes to annual...

bySimon Slade

February 7, 2017

Improve Your Startup with Strategic Team Management

Now is a fantastic time to start a business. The internet is full of information on how to get started, the marketplace is bristling with technology and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) can help you take care of...

byDaniel Matthews

November 14, 2016

The Job Most Entrepreneurs Don’t Think to Outsource

You might already outsource your web design, your call center, your cleaning services and many other tasks. But when it comes to the C-Suite, entrepreneurs don't often consider the option to outsource their chief operating officer. The...

byJustin E. Crawford

October 17, 2016

15 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills

Every startup team needs a fearless leader to help them grow and to push them to be the best that they can be. But starting a business and heading a group of people are two tasks...

byInstant Offices

September 18, 2016

A Startup’s Guide to Business Risk Management

While it’s easy to focus on the positives of your growing business, what about mitigating risks for the future? Every company—whether it’s a fledgeling startup, a growing SME or a booming multinational—should be continually figuring...

byRebecca Poulter

August 20, 2016

Former Apple Consultant Ken Segall on the Power of Simplicity [Book Excerpt]

Is there anyone in business who doesn’t recognize the power of simplicity? It’s an inescapable fact of life that human beings are attracted to simplicity and turned off by complexity. When I started my life...

byKen Segall

August 16, 2016

How Successful Leaders Manage Conflicts

They say that a good manager is distinguished from the rest by the way he takes care of the ones who are positioned below him. This is true for the most part. However, there are...

byJoel Roberts

August 14, 2016

What You Need to Know to Close Your Business

You’ve invested a lot of effort, time, and money to start your small business and keep it running. So it’s understandably difficult to make the decision to close your business. But there are any number...

byBrette Sember

July 10, 2016