My 7-year-old small business is about to graduate from being a home-based business to moving into a small commercial office space and hiring its first employee(s). For the past se …

My small business is about to graduate from being a home-based business to moving into a small commercial office space and hiring its first employee(s). In 2004 and 2005, the busi …

I have a similar question to this one regarding putting your "startup" on your resume. I have a full time job and started a small company on the side. My startup isn't a product …

Let's face it. As startups, we can't really offer top-dollar salaries to our employees. But we can offer some fun benefits that the big companies can't/won't. Here are a few that w …

I'm pretty new to twitter ( http://twitter.com/roadbud). I'm hoping to build customer relationships, provide customer service, engage people with blog, and lead prospects towards o …

I wonder - is it possible to sign a contract with a freelancer for a regular contract job securely? I mean how can I justify that all the work he has done will be given to my comp …

I am interesting in moving out to another city to work at a promising startup, particularly one with venture funding and user traction. How do venture-backed startups generally ha …

We recently hired a junior developer as employee #1 at our startup. He's doing a great job on all fronts (produces good work, gets along with team, etc.) with one exception--he is …

I've been running my business for 3 years now. It's grown substantially and doing quite well but I seem to be losing the passion of running the business. I'm interested in doing n …

We're getting ready to formalize our processes around employee reviews and I wondered if anyone had some great advice and/or links to articles/resources that are valuable on the su …

My bootstrapped startup (Textaurant) needs some help with market research. Since we're so close to two of my alma maters (undergrad is ~1 mile, grad is ~5 miles), I figured I would …

Having a virtual company empowers you to hire talent anywhere in the world and manage a team of employees using the wonders of modern technology. I have personally worked this way …

So here's the situation: I was discovered by a startup company through some of my work. I was interviewed by one of the cofounders, and they were interested in putting me on their …

I have worked in a variety of environments wanted to share my opinions and see what others thought on the subject of ideal office space layout. Once our lease is up (in a few year …

As a solo-preneur one really needs outside support. Consultants, freelancers, etc. Challenge is finding them, qualifying their experience, and tracking their work; as efficiently …