Hiring Your First Employee: Founder Execution Without Cashflow Chaos
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Hiring your first employee is one of the fastest ways founder execution breaks down under cash-flow pressure. In this episode of Let’s Get Entrepreneurial, Professor Gary Palin and serial entrepreneur Ryan Budden explain why early hiring failures are rarely about choosing the wrong person and almost always about hiring at the wrong time, for the […]
Investor Red Flags That Can Kill Your Startup (Run from These)
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Raising money feels amazing — until the wrong investor turns your dream into a nightmare. In this hard-hitting episode. Professor Gary Palin, angel investor & entrepreneurship educator, and Ryan Budden serial entrepreneur & startup consultant, pull back the curtain on the investor red flags that can literally kill your startup. If you’re fundraising or ever […]
Why Avoiding Hiring Red Flags Startups Strengthens Founder Execution
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Avoiding hiring red flags startups strengthens founder execution and protects your company’s future. You must hire 9’s instead of settling for 6’s if you want to build a high-performing team. Additionally, you create clear processes that filter out mediocre candidates before they join. You Spot Hiring Red Flags Startups Quickly First, you look for specific […]
Why Hire Slow, Fire Fast Helps You Avoid Hiring Red Flags Startups
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Hire slow, fire fast is one of the most repeated pieces of startup advice. Many founders hear it and nod in agreement. Yet putting it into practice is much harder than it sounds. Following this advice helps you avoid hiring red flags startups. The Real Cost of Hiring Too Fast When a startup is growing […]
Why Building a Dream Team Can Weaken Founder Control
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Growing your business with a great team is a major goal for most founders. Yet many discover that adding people can stress founder control and create new problems. The Founder Control Challenge of Scaling a Team As your team grows, maintaining founder control becomes harder. Adding more people brings new layers of complexity to daily […]