Running a start-up
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Whom Should You Hire at a Startup? (Attitude Over Aptitude) | Both Sides of the Table
Whatever you’re working on now, the half-life of innovation is so rapid now that your product will soon be out-of-date. Your existence is irrelevant unless you continue rapid innovation. Your ability to keep up is dependent on having a great team of differing skills.
Often when I meet with startups, the employees have no job titles. This makes sense, because everybody is just working to build the company.
Titles and Promotions // ben's blog
I never worry about action, but only inaction. - Winston Churchill It's cheating to start a blog post with a quote from Winston Churchill. He was that good.
Action Oriented
Creating an operating plan for 2010
Quarterly objectives help your board identify what’s going well and not well at the company. Are the goals realistic? Are we understaffed?
Chasing the Money vs. Chasing the Problem
I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot recently, and the funding announcement for Chegg and BookRenter motivated me to write a quick post. As a VC, I think a lot about how to determine what investment areas I think are interesting and also how to select the most promising companies within those areas.
Why vanity metrics are dangerous
In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics .Whether they're found in a garage or inside an established enterprise, startups struggle with decisions about process and infrastructure. The speed at which a startup can learn is its competitive advantage and the defining factor in its success.
For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? - The Conversation -
MySpace Employees Speak Their Mind. Lots Of Yelling Going On, Ap
We’ve had lots of emails from MySpace employees with their response to our most recent post about the crumbling mid level management structure .Ben Horowitz has a post called The Case For The Fat Startup on the All Things D blog.
The Case For The Lean Startup
Key Business Metrics
The past five MBA Mondays posts have been about accounting concepts, financial statements, and related issues.A long time ago, I had to make a really tough choice: invest in an MBA from New York University, or make do with my bachelors.
Is an MBA a Plus or a Minus in the Startup World?
Most managers seem to feel that training employees is a job that should be left to others. I, on the other hand, strongly believe that the manager should do it himself. —Andy Grove, High Output Management
Why Startups Should Train Their People // ben's blog
Root cause analysis and preventive maintenance are concepts we expect to see in a factory setting. Start-ups supposedly don't have time for detailed processes and procedures. And yet the key to startup speed is to maintain a disciplined approach to testing and evaluating new products, features, and ideas.
The Five Whys for Start-Ups - The Conversation - Harvard Busines
So my message to you if you work in a position where you have people reporting to you – don’t sweep feedback under the rug – even if it’s negative. Employees will always appreciate honest and constructive criticism over nothing. So here’s some guidelines for you if you’re currently on the “less than annual” plan