Management Questions

I know it's common to wear a lot of hats while at a startup, but I'm trying to understand my role is so that: a) if / when the company grows, I know what position i should navigate toward? b) if...

Management Career Software Engineers

asked Feb 25 '19 at 02:18

Daniel Tirer
1 point

From your own startups experience, who was the one to manage the first developers hired? Why? And also was it a techy startup and how many founders you had / what their roles at the...

Management Team Developers Startups

asked Aug 29 '17 at 14:39

Arnold Aaron
6 points

We're struggling to find a CRM suitable for ourselves, a SAAS company. When customers sign up for trials, we want to be able to keep a record of their progress with prompts to call or email them...

Sales Software Management CRM Growth

asked Sep 19 '13 at 19:46

Igor K
106 points

What are some actionable things a founder does to create a company culture where people are motivated by the vision, and not just getting paid?Also, what are some resources you'd recommend reading...

Culture Management Ideas Leadership Vision

asked Jun 27 '14 at 19:25

Bernard Childs
9 points

I am creating a service (PC maintenance) business and I need a tool for keeping track of which employees are available at what times. This data needs to be exported or otherwise accessible by a web...

Management Employees Website Tools

asked Dec 1 '13 at 07:25

Joachim
6 points

Is it better to set unrealistic deadlines to push your team harder or realistic ones?I have a feel that deadlines are like revenue goals -- you have to set the bar really high in order to get...

Management Time Management Product Management Productivity Timing

asked May 8 '14 at 14:07

Anthony Talley
11 points

What is the best way to give constructive criticism to people in creative roles? That could include designers, copywriters, etc.I know most designers are numb from getting color / font change...

Management Employees Leadership Writing Designers

asked Apr 17 '14 at 21:41

Joan Stacy
7 points

What's the single one best advice you have received or can give to a new founder to lead their troops? Both my co-founder and I are introverts (engineers by profession) and now will be hiring our...

Management Leadership Founders

asked Feb 5 '14 at 09:51

Anisha M
31 points

I made arrangements for a recent college grad to come in and help us out with some part time development as an independent contractor. The guy does decent work when he's here, but he rarely can...

Motivation Management Employees Human Resources

asked Aug 13 '13 at 02:23

Contrazoom
186 points

I run a small travel startup based in a remote town where it is hard to find skilled personnel or to get people to shift here. For this reason, I am planning to hire someone in a nearby town/city...

Management Tools Online

asked Aug 20 '13 at 01:55

Vaivhav
32 points

We are in a bit of a rough situation here. We have a team of 8 that seems to be committed to what we are doing. Most of them have full time jobs. Our start-up is more like a part-time or side thing...

Co-Founder Motivation Management Side Projects

asked Aug 6 '13 at 16:47

Noah
138 points

About a year ago I started working with a remote subcontractor, who has done some really great work for me since then. It is an ongoing project, and he has been very responsive and easy to work...

Incentives Management Sub Contractors

asked Jun 6 '13 at 22:19

Contrazoom
186 points

I run a small web development company. I take on a few clients and do much of the work myself. Typically I build e-commerce shops or basic wordpress sites. Sometimes the development is beyond the...

Management Outsourcing Billing Sub Contractors

asked Jun 12 '13 at 19:42

Start It
18 points

this may sound strange, but I had this tought recently. As you know, we visit doctors, they diagnose us and advice us how to get cured and in sometimes, the doc does the job. It may take hardly...

Advisors Management

asked Jun 21 '13 at 04:21

Nikolai
125 points

I have a person on staff who has been doing a lot of admin type work: support, billing, etc. I am thinking that I will want another programmer (PHP/MYSQL/etc) in the next 6-12 months for some new...

Software Management Employees

asked Apr 9 '13 at 01:27

Simon
165 points

We are a start-up working on a few projects and trying to build some strategic products alongside. This is a 3 member partnership setup with a development team of about 15 people. One person, let's...

Management Partner

asked Mar 5 '13 at 13:28

Muthu
159 points

I have worked with several developers who are very "hot and cold" in terms of their motivation. Sometimes they will slack off for weeks on a project and make zero progress, and other times they go...

Motivation Management Project Management Team Developers

asked Feb 14 '13 at 09:41

Contrazoom
186 points

Best practices of managing follow up calls in cold calling? Actually, I am searching for the best protocols in managing follow up calls.

Marketing Sales Management Project Management Time Management

asked Dec 31 '12 at 05:58

Anilkumble789
9 points

I'm currently managing 5 member (whom are also my friends) software development team for my startup and instead of looking for an angel investor I decided to finance my own product by my own. And...

Management Project Management Time Management Team Project Planning

asked Dec 31 '12 at 09:06

Timur Aykut Y?Ld?R?M
121 points

In my mind i have two companies. A in the A industry and B in the B industry. Even though in some cases those two industries may have things in common, they are different. Of course, name...

Getting Started Management

asked Dec 4 '12 at 12:21

Nikolai
125 points