Creating Successful Company Offsites — Location Is Everything
Picking the right location is essential to creating successful company offsite retreats. Get our tips.
top of page
- Mar 28, 2022
- 3 min
Navigating the Great Resignation
Navigating “The Great Resignation” and Lessons from a Lighter Capital portfolio company, by Melissa Widner, CEO Lighter Capital Nothing...
- Nov 26, 2019
- 6 min
6 Effective Employee Retention Strategies to Reduce Employee Turnover
For SaaS companies, understanding how to utilize effective employee retention strategies to reduce employee turnover and retain key...
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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...
- Oct 22, 2019
- 4 min
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.
- Apr 30, 2019
- 12 min
On Being a Startup CEO – Roles, Responsibilities and Priorities
Over the years, I have mentored a number of startup CEOs, and I’ve been one myself for over 30 years. I’ve made numerous mistakes over...
- Feb 17, 2019
- 4 min
How to Know When It’s Time to Hire a Content Marketing Manager
Every business lives or dies by the way it communicates. Whether it’s advertising, press releases, social media, email marketing, or blog...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 6 min
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...
- Jan 30, 2019
- 10 min
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.
- Jan 23, 2019
- 5 min
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:...
- Jan 15, 2019
- 6 min
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...
- Jan 2, 2019
- 5 min
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.
- Dec 26, 2018
- 4 min
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.
- Dec 19, 2018
- 7 min
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.
- Dec 12, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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...
- Dec 5, 2018
- 8 min
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.
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
How to Define and Build Your Company Culture: 3 Keys to Success
Why is company culture important? Experienced entrepreneurs know that one of the paths to long-term success is building a company culture...
- Oct 4, 2018
- 3 min
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,...
APPLY NOW
bottom of page