Category Archives: Your Team

A Practical Guide to Non-Compete Agreements

From my colleague Stephen Furnari comes this intelligent article on how to make employment non-compete agreements “stick.”  Courts are generally…

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How Turnover Gets in the Way of Scaling

Listen to the Episode Below:  So you’ve finally decided you can’t do everything yourself. It’s time to grow. You put…

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How You Get the Most from a Distributed Workforce

Listen to the Episode Below: A team that works like a well-oiled machine is a key element to doubling the…

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How to Blow up Your Business with Independent Contractors and Interns

Listen to the Episode Below: You need the help and want to grow, but changes to minimum wage and salary…

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Why Add Mentoring to Your Employee Systems?

Listen to the Episode Below: Employee systems are great–they provide consistency and guidance for your staff. And it gets a…

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Do Contractors Need Liability Insurance?

The quick and simple answer is yes, especially if you want to protect your small business from any legal trouble.…

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The Many Models to Create a Kick-Ass Team

Meagan and I were sitting in a fresh sleek café that opened near the Museum of Modern Art. Over a…

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Ask for Help to Scale Your Business

I was driving north on Route 85 out of Atlanta, heading to the Novice to Advanced Marketing Systems (NAMS) conference…

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Revealing General Tips about Working with General Contractors

“Sallie” was nervous, but excited. She had found the perfect space for her growing PR firm – near the center…

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Walking the Employee-Independent Contractor Tightrope

“Helen” needed someone to handle her bookkeeping and billing. It only took 1 or 2 days per week, but she…

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