Team Building for Startups

Team Building (for startups)

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How to build an amazing team? On a limited budget (or after you get funded), team building will remain one of a startup founder's most p...

• Video How to Build and Manage Teams - CS183F | Stanford University | Vinod Khosla
• Book The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries
• Article Effective Collaboration: You Don’t Need Superstar Developers
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Acqihire - Team Building (for startups) - using mergers and acquisitions to grow your team

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Acqihire - Team Building (for startups) - using mergers and acquisitions to grow your team

• Article The Complete Guide to Acquihires | a16z Future

How to Handle Conflict in Teams

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a collection of articles and videos to help team members manage conflict and disagreement

• Article How to Resolve Conflicts with a Remote Coworker | Harvard Business Review
• Article The Co-Founder Relationship – Fred Wilson AVC
• Article How to Minimize Politics in Your Company – Andreessen Horowitz
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The Problem of Bad Management (for teams)

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a collection of articles and resources looking at Bad Management (for teams)

• Article People leave managers, not companies. Don't let that manager be you
• Article State of the American Manager Report | Gallup
• Article Try to see things from a manager's perspective.
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Payments, Salaries and Team Building at Startups

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How much should you pay your founding team? How about the team? Here is a collection of articles and videos looking at Team Building usi...

• Article What are the average CEO salaries in the US for VC-funded startups? - Quora
• Article What income should CEOs make compared to the income of their employees? - Jason M. Lemkin | Quora
• Article The Co-Founder Relationship – Fred Wilson AVC
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Innovation and Team Building (for startups)

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a collection of articles about Innovation and Team Building (for startups)

• Article 4 Ways to Build an Innovative Team
• Article The two-pizza rule and the secret of Amazon's success | The Guardian
• Book Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Colin Bryar
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Managing remote teams (for startups)

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A collection of articles to help entrepreneurs Managing remote teams (for startups)

• Article Interview with CTO and Co-founder of Zapier on Working with Remote Engineers
• Article Stripe Atlas guide: How to start a remote business | Stripe
• Article 7 Tips for Managing Freelancers and Independent Contractors | Harvard
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Interviewing tips - Team Building (for startups)

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A collection of Interviewing tips for Team Building (for startups)

• Video Cathy O'Neil: How It's Unfair to Use Personality Tests in Hiring
• Article Business questions engineers should ask when interviewing at ML/AI companies
• Article The two questions I ask every interviewer
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The Problem with Shared Open Offices

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a collection about The Problem with Shared Open Offices

• Article Do Chance Meetings at the Office Boost Innovation? There’s No Evidence of It. - The New York Times
• Article It's Official: Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time
• Article Why It’s so Hard to Actually Work in Shared Offices · The Walrus
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The "Head of Strategy" role in leading organizations

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a collection of articles and research about the "Head of Strategy" role in leading organizations

• Article Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail - Harvard Business Review

Join a Startup - Team Building, Hiring advice for Potential Employees

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a collection of tips and advice for (potential) employees who are thinking about Joining a Startup - Team Building, Hiring advice for Pot...

• Article 20 Questions To Ask Before Joining A Startup
• Article The Equity Equation | YCombinator. Paul Graham essay
• Article Some Thoughts On Equity Compensation – Fred Wilson, AVC
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Triplebyte - interview platform for hiring engineers

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a collection of articles and resources about Triplebyte - an interview platform for hiring engineers

• Podcast YC podcast - Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram – Y Combinator
• Article Triplebyte has raised more money for its “background blind” tech recruiting platform – TechCrunch
• Video Building an Engineering Team YC Startup School - by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
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How to run a more effective Meeting (for team building and management)

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a collection of articles about How to run a more effective Meeting (for team building and management)

• Article “Scaling People” is a textbook piece of management writing
• Article The Most Productive Meetings Have Fewer Than 8 People - Harvard Business Review
• Article How to Get Out of a Meeting You Know Will Waste Your Time | Harvard Business Review
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AI tools for online meetings - otter, zoom, others

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A collection of resources about AI tools for online meetings, featuring platforms such as Otter, Zoom, and others. This compilation offer...

• Website Fyxer | AI that writes your email replies
• AiChat Granola raises $43M Series B, launches team workspace features
• Article Otter is introducing a meeting-oriented AI chatbot | TechCrunch
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Team Building - hiring and developing - Engineering, Coding talent at startups

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A collection of articles and videos about Team Building - hiring and developing - Engineering, Coding talent at startups

• Video Building an Engineering Team YC Startup School - by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
• Podcast YC podcast - Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram – Y Combinator
• Video Startup Technology - Technical Founder Advice
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Buffer app - managing social media for your business

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a collection of articles about Buffer - the app for managing social media for your business

• Article Buffer - Guide for Building Remote Teams and Finding Your Dream Work-from-Home Job
• Article How Our 10-Person Marketing Team Spends Money Each Month || Buffer
• Article After Growing to 50 People, We’re Ditching the Office Completely: Here’s Why || Buffer
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Team Building - hiring and developing talent at startups

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How to build an amazing team? On a limited budget (or after you get funded), team building will remain one of a startup founder's most p...

• Website GreenLight.ai - Simply Manage & Pay Your Extended Workforce.
• Article How to Tell an Employee They’re Not Ready for a Promotion
• Article “Scaling People” is a textbook piece of management writing
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Team Building - developing talent, and skills of current employees

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A collection of articles about Team Building - developing talent, and skills of current employees

• Article How To Upskill And Retrain To Retain Talent || Forbes
• Article Why Amazon pays employees $5,000 to quit - CNBC
• Article These are the 5 “super skills” you need for jobs of the future - Fast Company
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HR, reviews and feedback - Management (for teams)

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HR, reviews and feedback - Management (for teams)

• Article How to Get the Feedback You Need - Harvard
• Article Subtlety Is Overrated
• Article How to Deliver Constructive Feedback in Difficult Situations
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Examples of Tech Startups - founded by non-technical cofounders

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a collection of articles and resources with Examples of Tech Startups - founded by non-technical cofounders

• Article Tyra Banks And More Put A Million In The Muse (2014) – TechCrunch
• Article It took 10 years for Airbnb to reach full-year profitability - Recode

Technical Cofounders

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a collection of articles and resources about Technical Cofounders

• Video Startup Technology - Technical Founder Advice
• Video Building an Engineering Team YC Startup School - by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar

Loom - asynchronous Video messaging, chat tool for teams

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Loom - asynchronous Video messaging, chat tool for teams

• Article Investing in Loom - Andreessen Horowitz
• Website Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording Software
• Video Teach with Video Using Loom - Free for Educators and Students (Forever!)
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The argument for remote teams (for startups)

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A collection of articles to help entrepreneurs Managing remote teams (for startups)

Zombie Startups - lessons for employees thinking about Joining a Startup - Team Building

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a collection of tips and advice for (potential) employees who are thinking about Joining a Startup - Team Building, Hiring advice for Pot...

• Video "Zombie Startups" by Mathias Pastor
• Article Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad

examples of startups that began WITHOUT a technical cofounder

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tips and advice for entrepreneurs getting started with your (tech-based) startup idea -- without a technical co-founder (yet)

• Article I Sell Onions on the Internet - Deep South Ventures

Managing remote teams (for startups) - collaboration tools and resources

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A collection of articles to help entrepreneurs Managing remote teams (for startups)

• Article Investing in Pyn - Andreessen Horowitz
• Website Figma - Design, prototype, and feedback
• Article 12 Essential Remote Work Tools We're Using at Buffer Every Day
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Mission, Vision and Values for Team Building - hiring and developing talent at startups

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How to build an amazing team? On a limited budget (or after you get funded), team building will remain one of a startup founder's most p...

• Video Cathy O'Neil: How It's Unfair to Use Personality Tests in Hiring
• Podcast IndieHackers podcast - with Lynne Tye of Key Values
• Article Hard Startups
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Benefits of working with distributed, remote teams (for startups)

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A collection of articles to help entrepreneurs Managing remote teams (for startups)

• Article Hire the Best People, and Let Them Work from Wherever They Are - Harvard Business Review
• Article A 2-Year Stanford Study Shows the Astonishing Productivity Boost of Working From Home | Thrive Global
• Article 4 scenarios where hiring an offsite dev team makes sense - TNW
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CEO and the CFO - Team Building - hiring and developing talent at startups

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How to build an amazing team? On a limited budget (or after you get funded), team building will remain one of a startup founder's most p...

• Article The Map, the Terrain, and the Role of the CFO - Andreessen Horowitz
• Video How Airbnb’s CEO uses an Unconventional Management Approach to Drive the $85 Billion Brand
• Article CEOs Don’t Steer
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Surveillance, Privacy in the Workplace

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examining issues related to privacy, surveillance and security in the workplace

• Article The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss
• Article Investing in Rewind - a16z Andreessen Horowitz
• Article Big Brother isn't just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move
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Startups and the Economic Impact (USA) of the COVID19 - Coronavirus pandemic

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Startups and the Economic Impact (USA) of the COVID19 - Coronavirus pandemic

• Article Start-Ups Are Pummeled in the ‘Great Unwinding’ - The New York Times
• Article Some indie hackers are especially vulnerable in this recession (April 2020)
• Article Small Businesses Depend on the Stimulus Package. The Stimulus Will Depend on Fintech
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Communicating at work - synchronous vs. asynchronous messaging, chat

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Communicating at work - synchronous vs. asynchronous messaging, chat

• Article Investing in Pyn - Andreessen Horowitz
• Article Asynchronous Communication: The Real Reason Remote Workers Are More Productive - Doist blog
• Article Slack is the opposite of organizational memory
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Scheduling Software for Planning Meetings

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Scheduling Software for Planning Meetings

• Website Setmore | Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software
• Website Calendly - Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software
• Article How to be More Productive and Focus (+ Free Schedule Maker)

Managing Global Teams, and Cross Cultural Communication - tips, suggestions

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A collection of resources about managing global teams and cross-cultural communication, this compilation offers insights into effectively...

• Video Cross-Cultural Management
• Book HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Across Cultures, by Harvard Business Review
• Book The Culture Map (INTL ED), by Erin Meyer
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Books about Managing remote teams (for startups) - tips, suggestions

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A collection of books about managing remote teams for startups, offering practical tips and suggestions. Key themes include effective com...

• Book It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
• Book Remote: Office Not Required, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Managing remote teams (for startups) - tips, suggestions

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A collection of resources about managing remote teams for startups, offering practical tips and suggestions. Key themes include effective...

• Book It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
• Article Buffer - Guide for Building Remote Teams and Finding Your Dream Work-from-Home Job
• Article Stripe Atlas guide: How to start a remote business | Stripe
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When to bring in an external CEO - Team Building - hiring and developing talent at startups

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When to bring in an external CEO - Team Building - hiring and developing talent at startups

• Article Bringing in an External CEO
• Podcast On Fear and Leadership: Product to Sales CTOs & CEOs - Andreessen Horowitz | Podcast
• Article Toronto digital textbook publisher Top Hat raises $130-million from Georgian, recruits new CEO - The Globe and Mail

Design process for remote teams - team building and management

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Design process for remote teams - How to run a more effective Meeting (for team building and management)

• Article IDEO's 6 Step Human-Centered Design Process: How to Make Things People Want
• Article The modern web design process
• Article Inside Figma: the product design team’s process

Atlassian - Confluence, Trello, Jira - Tools for team collaboration

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Atlassian - Confluence, Trello, Jira - Tools for team collaboration

• Article How Atlassian Built a $10 Billion Growth Engine
• Website Confluence - Team Collaboration Software | Atlassian
• Article Goodbye HipChat: Slack and Atlassian Team Up on Chat Software - Bloomberg
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Stack Overflow - Question Q/A website

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Stack Overflow - Question Q/A website for internal discussions, communication, learning

• Article Stack Overflow adds a free tier to its fast-growing Teams service – TechCrunch
• Article Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow
• Article Stack Overflow Raises $85 Million To Double Down On Teams Software Business
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Pair programming - Team Building developers - Engineering, Coding talent at startups

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Pair programming - Team Building developers - Engineering, Coding talent at startups

• Website Tuple: The best pair programming app on macOS
• Website GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer
• Website Codeanywhere - pair programming, collaboration - Cloud IDE · Online Code Editor
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CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality

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CEO pay - Wealth, Wages and Inequality

• Article Will shareholders halt the inexorable rise of CEO pay? | The Economist
• Article What are the average CEO salaries in the US for VC-funded startups? - Quora
• Article What income should CEOs make compared to the income of their employees? - Jason M. Lemkin | Quora
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How to set up a great Mentorship program

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A collection of articles and resources for mentors and entrepreneurs setting up mentorship programs

• Article What No One Tells You About Seeking A Mentor for Your Startup
• Article Techstars Mentor Manifesto In Detail - Feld Thoughts
• Article Mentoring at Techstars - Techstars
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Getting started with your (tech) Startup - WITHOUT a technical cofounder

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tips and advice for entrepreneurs getting started with your (tech-based) startup idea -- without a technical co-founder (yet) A collec...

• Video Building a Startup is About Solving a Problem || Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy
• Article The Reality of Breaking Into Startups | by Ruben Harris
• Video Storyboards, Paper Prototypes, and Mockups | UC San Diego
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Virtual Assistants - How to find a Personal Assistant (online)

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a collection about How to find a Personal Assistant (online) - Upwork, TaskRabbit and others

• Article 7 apps that will let you hire people to do almost anything | Popular Science
• Website Zirtual - Virtual assistant services for entrepreneurs, professionals, and small teams
• Article Double emerges from stealth with $6M to pair CEOs with remote assistants
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AI and Coaching, Consulting, Mentoring

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AI and Coaching, Consulting, Mentoring

• Article ChatGPT for career growth? Practica introduces AI-based career coaching and mentorship | TechCrunch
• Article AI providers will increasingly compete with management consultancies - Leave it to the experts - The Economist

Book Review: “Scaling People”, by Claire Hughes Johnson

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Book Review: “Scaling People”, by Claire Hughes Johnson

• Article “Scaling People” is a textbook piece of management writing
• Book Scaling People

How to find Co-founders for your Startup?

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a collection of tips and advice for finding cofounders for entrepreneurs

• Article My 5-step blueprint for finding the ideal cofounder
• Article Meeting Cofounders: 27 places to find them
• Podcast The Founder Dating Playbook – Here’s the Process I Used to Find My Co-Founder - First Round
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Employee health care benefits - tools, platforms, services for startups

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A collection of resources about employee health care benefits tailored for startups, this compilation offers essential tools, platforms, ...

• Website Thatch | Modern Health Benefits Platform
• Website Gusto - Payroll and benefits

Hiring remote workers (for startups) - tools and resources

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Hiring remote workers (for startups) - tools and resources

• Website Pilot.co - Hire Anywhere | Global payroll, benefits & compliance - pay contractors and employees worldwide
• Website Deel | Global Payroll, Compliance & HR Solutions | HRIS
• Website GreenLight.ai - Simply Manage & Pay Your Extended Workforce.
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Managing, Leading Innovative Teams, Creativity

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Managing, Leading Innovative Teams, Creativity

• Video The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink - TED
• Article Makers, Don't Let Yourself Be Forced Into the 'Manager Schedule' | Inside Nuclino