The Insider: Q&A

9 Resources to Help You Brush Up on Your Tech Skills

There are hundreds of resources out there now for women who want to brush up on their technical skills, from code to engineering. Here are 9 favorites.

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10 Tools That Simplify Startup Collaboration

Whether you work remotely or just like to collaborate with your team in the cloud, these 10 tools make brainstorming and sharing ideas 10x simpler.

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15 Top Perks of Entrepreneurship

From the freedom to define your own success to the ability to travel without getting the boss’s permission, 15 entreprneurs share their favorite part of being business owners.

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Love to Travel? 7 Startup Jobs for You

If you love startups and you love travel, there is definitely a job out there for you — if you know where to look.

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11 Tips for Cultivating Customer Loyalty

Selling a customer once is great. But earning their loyalty for your business’ entire lifetime is a gift — one you have to work to earn.

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12 Ways to Keep Your Team on Task (Without Micromanaging)

If a startup is like a baby, can you really blame a founder for wanting to manage every single task? But micromanagement can actually harm productivity.

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Want to Work for a Startup? 11 Tips From Founders

Always dreamed of working for an exciting startup? Eleven successful entrepreneurs share their insider tips for getting a leg up on the startup job hunt.

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13 Questions to Ask Your First Startup Hires

One of the most important qualities in an early-stage startup hire is the ability to grow with the company. Thirteen YEC’ers weigh in on which questions help you assess that hard-to-pin-down quality.

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11 Tips for Women Pitching Investors for the First Time

Female founders raising capital should do their homework, know their product/service and most of all, know their options inside and out long before pitching investors — and 10 other tips.

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What One Skill Do All Entrepreneurs Need to Succeed?

Fifteen successful entrepreneurs answer a very difficult question: what is the #1 skill ALL entrepreneurs must possess to achieve success and why?

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13 Ways to Manage Your (Hectic) Schedule and Stay on Task

In a startup, there’s a lot of multitasking, a lot of changing priorities, and big pressure to execute quickly. How do you wear multiple hats and manage your time without dropping the ball?

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YEC Member Spotlight: Jeff Testerman, Managing Partner/Co-Founder, BROKERHUNTER.com

For BrokerHunter co-founder Jeff Testerman, success is measured not in dollars, but in how well he serves his financial services industry clients year after year.

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13 Tips for Connecting With Female Founders in Your Community

For young women in business, peer mentorship and support are especially valuable — but not always as easy to find. Thirteen YEC women share their best advice.

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Do You Need a Business Consultant? 11 Things to Think About

Before you bring a consultant into your startup, do your due diligence — both on their skills and client lists, and on your own problem. You might be surprised to learn you don’t need a consultant at all.

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15 Tips for Attracting the Best College Interns to Your Startup

A startup is a great place for an intern to gain needed job skills — but your startup might not have the same cache as a bigger firm. How do you find talented interns to join your team?

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14 Simple Tricks and Tools to Keep Your Team Organized

From a Kanban whiteboard to chalk walls, 14 YEC’ers share their favorite gadgets for keeping the office — and their teams’ brains — uncluttered.

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12 PR Don’ts for Online Entrepreneurs

Increasingly, reporters rely on your online presence — from your company Twitter account to your personal blog — to glean info about your startup. But that can go terribly wrong if you’re not prudent.

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15 Tips to Do More Focused Work (Even When You’re On the Go)

Entrepreneurs spend a lot of time in potentially distracting places — co-working spaces, airports, buses, trains, conferences. How do you get real work done when there’s no office door?

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12 Strategies to Keep Virtual Employees On Task

Managing virtual employees has gotten a lot easier thanks to some nifty cloud-based project management tools, but entrepreneurs still have to keep tabs on remote team members.

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12 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Give Back and Do Good

From making good part of their company mission to volunteering on days off, young entrepreneurs are invested in giving back to the community. Here are a dozen ideas to inspire you to do the same.

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