We just completed hiring an online marketing manager and we wanted to share our experience with the small business and startup community. This was a all-in-one role and we required a person who could work independently and be motivated enough to execute a number of online activities online. Our filtering process was a traditional ad [...]

On 23rd of September, 2010  I had accomplished my One Year In Redbytes Software I remember my first day in the ‘redbytes’, the small office 120, Ashoka Mall. I was the first employee of the company. Altaf sir was seated  in front of big Mac PC and there was a laptop on other table which [...]

In my last post in this series I shared my thoughts on ‘Finding the right people’, which is also the first step of the recruitment process. I divided the whole recruitment process in three phases viz. finding, selecting, and retaining the talent. As I mentioned in my previous posts in this series, the people who are [...]

Paul Graham says ‘Relationship of co-founders goes from friendship to marriage’. After reading this paragraph in this post I thought about the raised point, very deeply. Actually then this thought came into my mind or say I figured out that startup teams are simply just like families. There is a very strong correlation in both [...]

Identify the sources of stress in your life. Look at how you currently cope with stress. Think about the ways you currently manage and cope with stress in your life. Your stress journal can help you identify them. Are your coping strategies healthy or unhealthy, helpful or unproductive? Unfortunately, many people cope with stress in [...]

In my last post “Startup Talent – Hiring & Retaining”, I shared my thought (over-view) about hiring & retaining talent for startups. This whole process can be divided into 3 phases viz. spotting/finding the right person, selecting, and last but not the least retaining him. Finding the right person is the first phase of this [...]

There is always a debate in your head as an entrepreneur over what kind of company should you create? A product or a service company? A service company may have steady growth and the results are proportionate to the kind of business you generate and execute well. A product company on the other hand starts [...]