We previously wrote an article on advice that you would give to First-time Startup Founders and decided to follow up with the best advice for entrepreneurs who are struggling right now. Scott, Startup Mentor – Struggling is part of the process of becoming successful. The struggle is part of entrepreneurship. It should be a […]
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Advice that you would give to First-time Startup Founders
Many young entrepreneurs want to build their own businesses for similar reasons that young actors still flock to Hollywood by the busload. They want to the glitz, the glamour, the pool parties, and the name recognition. Yet, most do not make it in the end and we compile pieces of advice that we, ourselves, have […]
What really makes you happy at work?
According to Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski, an organizational psychologist and professor of business at New York University, there are three approaches towards work you can take. You can treat your work as a job, career or calling. The workers with the “calling” approach are happier and more satisfied with their life and work. Interestingly, Wrzesniewski’s research […]
What do I need to do to manage a UX team effectively?
Talking about managing a UX team, it’s actually things about UX leadership. Though not an entirely new one, UX leadership definitely goes viral in plenty industries. Since Steve Jobs pioneered in leading product design as the CEO, UX leader came into being. (We wrote about the Lessons to Learn from Steve Jobs for your Startup.) […]
Why does a startup need a product manager if it has an UX team?
UX folks typically focus on ways to make products/services EASIER TO USE: for instance through better workflows, consistent images or analogies, stepwise value analysis, follow-them-home studies, etc. If that were the ONLY ingredients in successful products, then we wouldn’t need product managers. And perhaps we wouldn’t need engineers. Product managers should be thinking […]
Funniest Excuses by Employees who are Late for Work
In this article, we ask some of our readers about the funniest, craziest and hilarious responses that they or their coworkers have given when they turn up all late for work, or never at all! Flora M: I once worked with someone who was either bored, incompetent, or a masochist. The supervisor in […]
Human Resources Management for Your Startup
Human resource management refers to managing all the activities required from hiring an employee to his retirement formalities and the process during his service. This process is very challenging for an HR and thus it can be prone to errors, loss of data. This article covers the following: Human Resource Management as a Strategic Function […]