Article Category : Entrepreneurship
Ideas for Entrepreneurs Facing Personnel Issues
What every entrepreneur should know before hiring or firing.
Alumni entrepreneurs stepped away from the heady world of running things to discuss that world and compare notes on hiring, firing, and promoting employees during an event at the Graduate School of Business.
It was the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies’ second Alumni Entrepreneur Reunion, during which about two dozen participants headed for a small-group discussion with Irv Grousbeck, consulting professor, co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, and exemplar to the mid-career alums gathered around the table to pick his brain. Grousbeck, who has taught at the School for over 20 years, co-founded Continental Cablevision Inc. in 1964 and is managing partner of...
Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches
If you’re like thousands of other designers, programmers and other creative professionals out there, at one point in time you’ve considered starting your own business. Unlike most, you’ve gone against common sense and decided to open shop for yourself. And not just freelance full-time, mind you, but file for the company name, get some stationery, and wade through the legal mumbo-jumbo. Maybe even get a real office with a water cooler.
This article offers real-world advice from the trenches of a small start-up, and is applicable to designers, web developers, copywriters, usability experts and all manner of service providers. Freelancers take heed: there are several items that are just as pertinent to your profession.
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