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What Every Startup Needs to Know About HR

Anyone who has been there will testify that starting up a new business is an incredibly hectic and stressful time, involving a vast amount of work that needs to be effectively managed and prioritised. It can be all too easy for new directors to focus upon the speed of bringing their business and product to life while skirting over issues such as Human Resources.

Those who do this are making a big mistake as there’s no more crucial aspect to building a company from scratch than implementing an effective HR policy. Here we’re going to look at the core tenants of what a start-up needs to recognise in HR – and the benefits from understanding these from the very beginning.

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SUMMIT

SUMMIT provides accounting, tax and consulting. They offer a special Startup Package and one hour of free consulting. Just mention Founders Space and contact James at [email protected] or 914-500-8505.

Advice for Avoiding Common Startup Mistakes

Mistakes tend to happen for even the most seasoned startup veterans. Maybe you scaled too quickly, mistimed your product launch, or perhaps you just hired the wrong person. Whatever the reason, mistakes often provide a humbling opportunity for reflection and personal growth, and most importantly, give you an idea of what not to do going forward. At the end of the day however, there are some mistakes that can easily be avoided by listening to the advice of others.

We spoke to nine startup founders and asked them what their best advice was for avoiding the most common startup mistakes. Here’s what they said.

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A Name for Your “Baby” – Avoid the Common Mistakes!

by Julie Ellis at PremierEssay.net

Deciding on a name for your new business should take at least as much time as some people take to name their first-born!

And we’re no longer in the age of letting our “fingers do the walking” through the Yellow Pages. In those days, businesses that could not afford a huge add in that yellow book all scrambled to put “AAA,” “AA” or “A” in front of their names, so they would be first on the page in their categories. Read More...

John Campbell, Attorney at Morrison Foerster

John Campbell is an attorney at Morrison Foerster and Founders Space Mentor. he has focused his practice on transactional matters, including venture capital finance, public and private offerings of securities by domestic and foreign issuers, and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Campbell serves as primary outside counsel to a number of public and privately held companies. He regularly represents boards of directors and management teams in complex and challenging transactional and governance matters. He has a deep expertise in SEC reporting matters that enables him to provide expert, practical advice.

Mr. Campbell’s practice experience includes semiconductors, optics, software, life sciences, finance, consumer products and media. His clients have included some of the largest and most successful companies in these sectors, as well as early stage ventures, as well as financial intermediaries who serve them. Read More...

Charles Jo, Renegade Recruiter

Charles Jo

Charles Jo is a Founders Space Advisor and Master Recruiter.

He co-founded, VLppl along with Johnson Hor, VLppl and coined the term “virtual linkage.” Read More...

Dan Walter, CEO of Performensation Consulting

Dan Walter

Advisor

Dan Walter, CEP, is the President and CEO of Performensation Consulting. Dan has more than 15 years of experience assisting companies with both executive and broad-based compensation programs. He provides end-to-end solutions for private and public companies based in both the United States and abroad. He has worked extensively with companies around the world. Read More...

Joseph Avila, Director of Business Dev at Pioneer

Joseph Avila is a Mentor at Founders Space and Director of Business Development at Pioneer.

As director of business development, Joseph oversees the business strategy, planning and development for Pioneer Advanced Solutions, Inc. In this role, Joseph manages mobile solutions for Pioneer, cultivating strategic partnerships with outside content providers and focusing on automotive infotainment. He works closely with Pioneer’s internal product teams to integrate these solutions within the company’s current and future product line.

Joseph joined Pioneer with more than 15 years of technology industry experience in sales, marketing and business development for some of today’s largest CE companies, including Motorola and Samsung. Prior to Pioneer, Joseph served as national manager, business solutions advisor for Motorola Mobility, to establish strategic partnerships with businesses that would further expand Motorola’s wireless products and services. Read More...

Diana Stepner, VP of Innovation Partnerships & Developer Relations at Pearson

Diana Stepner is a mentor at Founders Space and the VP of Innovation Partnerships & Developer Relations at Pearson.

Diana helps business units accelerate digital innovation, drives global partnerships with startups, builds relationships with developer communities, including incubators and accelerators, and runs the Pearson Catalyst for Education accelerator program.

Previously Diana worked in Emerging Media at Razorfish and UX at Salesforce.com. In addition, she led Product Management in Western Europe for Monster Worldwide. She has a MIMS from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Boston University.

Steven Webster, Serial Entrepreneur

Steven Webster is equal parts entrepreneur and intrapreneur, a hardware developer and software engineer, a leader of technology and design teams.

Steven founded a design and engineering consultancy in the UK, iteration::two,which he sold to Macromedia/Adobe in 2005. He then helped build a startup organization – Adobe Consulting – inside of Adobe, growing from a small team of under 20 people to a design-led technology organization of over 400 consultants.

In 2011, Steven started a stealth organization, “Studio 415” inside of Microsoft. He joined with no team, and built a design and engineering organization co-creating innovative custom solutions to Microsoft’s most strategic accounts. During his time at Adobe and Microsoft, Steven pitched and sold innovative new ideas and solutions in the office of the CxO. His teams have won awards and delivered digital firsts for clients as diverse as Morgan Stanley, HSBC, FedEx, T-Mobile, The Whitehouse, the NFL and Nike. Read More...