Categories Leadership & Culture

Great leadership boils down to managing one key startup asset: your people.

You can’t expect to hire engaged startup employees off the bat -- your job is to manage them so they’re inspired to work harder, stay loyal and meet company goals. But hiring, firing and managing take practice; few of us are born managers. Plus, every decision you make (good or bad) helps set the tone for your company culture. That's a lot of responsibility. Are you up to the task?

How Do You Make Time for Social Media?

As a founder, you don’t have time to monitor every social mention. How do you balance engagement with time constraints?

12 Strategies to Keep Virtual Employees On Task

Managing virtual employees has gotten a lot easier thanks to some nifty cloud-based project management tools, but entrepreneurs still have to keep tabs on remote team members.

11 Tools to Simplify Your Business Accounting

Successful founders share their favorite tools for tracking finances, from mobile apps like Square to good old Excel.

Which Tech Duties Can I Outsource? 15 Entrepreneurs Weigh In

For bootstrapping entrepreneurs, it’s tempting to outsource as much work as possible — especially technical jobs, like web development, than can add up quickly. But should any of that work stay in house?

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