So I came across this article the other day at Inc.called 8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees by Jeff Haden. Here's the quick list. They ignore job descriptions. They’re eccentric. But they know when to dial it back. They publicly praise. And they privately complain. They speak when others won’t. They like to prove others wrong. They’re […]
Continue reading →So I week or so I tweet out that I was looking for a receptionist. Entry level college grad was the gist of it. I got four potentials on short order but I also got a few questions. College grad to be a receptionist? Really? Well yeah. While I am looking for a receptionist, and […]
Continue reading →Not to long ago a nice article (regardless of the title) made its way to my inbox. It was called “Three Types of People to Fire Immediately” by G. Michael Maddock and Raphael Louis Viton. It kicked off with this: I wanted a happy culture. So I fired all the unhappy people. —A very successful […]
Continue reading →So one of the things that I am doing these days is having at least one breakfast/lunch/drink a week with an advisor/business partner/friend/mentor to catch up and talk about what is going on in our day to day worlds. It's just so easy to get too heads down and overly involved in a startup. I […]
Continue reading →Interesting article over on the 37signals blog on why they don't hire programmers based on puzzles or math riddles got me to thinking about how I hire sales people. I have been a little hesitant to write about this as it could potentially change the entire game for anyone bright enough to do a little research […]
Continue reading →So October turned out to be another record month for Half Off Depot. Our more established markets showed some nice growth and our expansion markets came up to speed nicely, most of them exceeding rather aggressive growth plans. But this week I had to let two people go. That's always tough to do. Hard saddening […]
Continue reading →We have been looking for a community manager to join Half Off Depot for sometime. The basic plan was to have introductory meetings and then move forward with second interviews where the candidates would provide an overview of what they would do if given the job. Best plan gets to execute kind of thing. I […]
Continue reading →So we are hiring a lot of folks at Half Off. It's all across the board. Accounting, customer service, development, marketing, and sales. Our company wiki has 36 people in the directory now, but I suspect we have more then 40. And from time to time we do a little cross department interviewing. Such was […]
Continue reading →I am a member of the Jason Nation and over on the Launch blog Mr. C has a nice article. The overall post itself is about management misdirecting employees. While I don't always agree with everything Jason says or does he nails the startup sales equation. Dealing with a rabid pack of sales wolves is […]
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