Management Questions

I've recently been brought on with a small startup to serve as their technical advisor to a group of developers offshore. The product is an ASP .NET WebForms application. One of my first tasks was...

Management Outsourcing Project Management Team

asked Jun 29 '11 at 01:24

Yuck
257 points

I run a well-funded startup. We're fortunate to have built a kick-ass team with a great product and good early traction. But I worry that our team's work ethic is sliding into stasis. Most of my...

Management Work Life Employees

asked Jun 3 '11 at 14:13

Randy B
14 points

Let me describe a situation I happened to be in by now several times. I work in the field of detector/electronics/imaging systems development. I often get some new technical ideas and solutions,...

Management Ideas Patent Employees

asked May 23 '11 at 02:26

Nick
6 points

What's the best way to market startup project management/facilities consulting company for homeowners, churches and businesses?

Management Entrepreneurs Consulting Business

asked May 17 '11 at 23:49

Mc Cants
16 points

I'm running a dating site and I have 3 volunteers working on the administration (approving photos, profiles, removing stalkers, etc). The problem I'm having is that they are, as volunteers, very...

Management Time Management Human Resources

asked Apr 26 '11 at 20:54

Sherif Buzz
462 points

Does anyone know of a comparable service to test a users skills to what they provide on elance? I like the ability to test various skills but I'm not sure if it preferable to have them set up an...

Hiring Management Testing

asked Apr 26 '11 at 23:53

Scott
468 points

Even though we are a startup and heavily leaning on result-only work environment model, I noticed it's really hard to do this correctly, we still do have core hours and so many similar stuff and so...

Management Productivity

asked May 1 '11 at 16:29

The Dictator
2,305 points

I recently caught up with a former colleague, a mid-level software developer. For the last year, he has been at a failing (badly), self-funded, single-owner software startup. According to him, the...

Management Finance Employees NDA

asked Apr 11 '11 at 00:49

Mqv
52 points

I run a software development company (mostly potential so far, not amazing amounts of income). I am often in doubt of how much I should spend in order to save one of my own working hours. I know...

Management

asked Apr 1 '11 at 19:25

David
1,567 points

There is a lot of focus on the cost of employee turnover in companies. I am curious to know whether there are any studies on failure-rate of high-tech companies increasing if the turnover rate is...

Strategy Management Human Resources

asked Mar 28 '11 at 22:22

David
1,567 points

I own a successful website selling a software product, but we do absolutely no in-house marketing at all. 75% of our sales come from affiliates promoting us. So, we'd like to become more involved...

Adwords Management PPC

asked Mar 17 '11 at 17:59

John
23 points

If you've exhausted your personal network (and friends' networks), and now need to hire people who have skills that you don't have, would you try working with a staffing agency? I've heard a lot...

Hiring Management Employees Growth

asked Mar 19 '11 at 08:35

John
23 points

I have a team of people scattered across time zones and the world. Most of these people have never been face-to-face with even one of their colleagues. Most have never heard anyone else's voice. We...

Motivation Management Team

asked Feb 27 '11 at 08:08

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

Ok gang, your input will be greatly appreciated here. I have convinced 4 of my friends and relatives to join me in founding an investment club ( a la private equity or VC) the idea is very simple:...

Management Equity Investment Investors

asked Feb 13 '11 at 21:14

User7566
21 points

As a consultant for large corporations my startup is considering recommending the following: Imagine that you have a large business with several thousand employees. Usually such a business has...

Management Budget Large Companies Strategic Management

asked Jan 4 '11 at 21:14

David
1,567 points

The following is a copy and paste from this discussion with Pierre 303: Let us take an example where I believe that it is clear that there are no reasons for budget. Imagine a company, which has...

Strategy Management Budget Large Companies Strategic Management

asked Jan 6 '11 at 19:30

David
1,567 points

I read the book*The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It*. It is said that we should treat a business as a system, as a money-making machine. We should...

Strategy Management Entrepreneurs Business

asked Jan 10 '11 at 18:40

Steven
1 point

I want to read some great books on how to talk to people, how to handle people's unfriendly comment non-defensively, how to turn a potential quarrel to a friendly and pleasant talk. I know there is...

Management Books People

asked Dec 22 '10 at 15:56

Steven
1 point

I am pretty bad with gifts and in the past years I was awarding monetary bonuses to folks who work with us. I am not particularly keen on the idea of bonuses mostly due to the fact that we can't...

Management Employees Gifts

asked Nov 26 '10 at 06:29

Alex
262 points

I've repeatedly heard the advice (from successful business owners) to not give up direct control over the company finances. It seems that enough founders out there have been burned by seemingly...

Bootstrapped Management Finance Planning

asked Oct 24 '10 at 08:19

Chris Hagner
881 points