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What is considered “generous-stock-options” for a start-up company in its early days?
We are a young startup, founded by 3 members about a year and a half ago, and recently closed a seed-stage investment round.
We are about to hire our first 3 employees, 2 tech, 1 ...
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Hiring someone as an employee AND contractor
If an employee wanted to clean our buildings above their normal responsibilities, could we hire them as an independent contractor for the cleaning work in addition to them being an employee?
Is there ...
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How do I motivate someone who values his time significantly more than money to come to work on time?
I'm looking for a strategy to negotiate punctuality with an employee who is quite skilled. However, I fear that docking his pay may not have an impact because he values his own time more highly than ...
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Should I hire relatives in my startup?
My sister and I started a small company. I don't mind working with her. So far, we've been doing well and have managed to keep our professional issues separate from our family life. The problem is my ...
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Should I do it all alone or co-operate with others?
I have builded some web startups earlier with medium winnings. I have to say that the whole work was done by myself as I have the ability to do it programmatically. However I think I am not the best ...
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How should the next generation of employees be?
I recently read a news article (in Norwegian) that "the ability to cooperate" was essentially the only requirement for applicants, which was just as relevant 50 years ago as it is today, while ...
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How much in stock options should we offer new employees?
We're a software startup with annual revenue in the ballpark of half a million. We're completely bootstrapped, and have no current plans to take funding. We currently have 4 employees. We're ...
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As an employer should we care about the employee's welfare?
Do you think as an employer we should care about the employee's welfare? Should we care about our employees' financial difficulties, and raise their salaries [i.e because prices are going up] or lend ...
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What PEO providers are out there other than TriNet? What questions should I ask potential PEO providers? [closed]
Looking at PEO (professional employee organization) providers - just wanted to get a sense for who else is out there other than TriNet. I only know about TriNet from Feld's AskTheVC blog: ...
