When to Hire Your First Employee (and the One After That)

When to Hire Your First Employee (and the One After That)

Cost is the biggest reservation we hear from founders and entrepreneurs who are contemplating their first hire. Affordability is obviously a critical part of the hiring analysis — and there’s a lot more to it. Whether you’re ready to hire and (perhaps the bigger question) who you should hire depends on multiple factors.

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Trajectify 2021 Summer Listening List

Trajectify 2021 Summer Listening List

We typically share a summer reading list, but this year we have compiled a listening list. Many people are back traveling to and from the office, jetting off for vacations, or popping on those soundproof headphones while continuing to work from home. Our coaches have put together their top suggestions for additions to your listening queue to up your game as a business leader.

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When Was the Last Time You Did a SWOT Analysis?

When Was the Last Time You Did a SWOT Analysis?

If you’re in business, you’ve heard of a SWOT analysis. You’ve probably done one — maybe more than one. When did you last do a SWOT analysis for your organization? Unless you’ve just been doing some strategic planning, it’s likely been awhile. We see businesses wait too long between SWOT analysis sessions. They trudge along under old conceptions of their strengths or weaknesses and fail to effectively respond to the changes around them.

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How to Develop Your Core Values (And Implement Them) in Six Steps

How to Develop Your Core Values (And Implement Them) in Six Steps

Every organization has a culture, whether it was created intentionally or not. Developing and implementing your values puts you in control of that culture. Most importantly, it helps you identify who’s aligned with it and who’s not. Here’s how to create your core values — not just some words that you put on a wall or a website — but the actual tenets that underpin your organization’s culture.

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How to Delegate Like a Boss

How to Delegate Like a Boss

At some point, that do-it-all person will have to stop doing and start delegating. Otherwise, they’ll begin to feel like they’re on a hamster wheel — doing what they’ve always done but suddenly getting nowhere. Making that shift is challenging. In fact, it’s one of the most difficult, yet important, transitions founders go through.

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What Does a Good Business Coaching Relationship Look Like?

What Does a Good Business Coaching Relationship Look Like?

The concept of a coach used to be reserved for athletes. Now you can hire a coach to help you with everything from weight loss or parenting to public speaking and career transitions. So with all these coaches running around, how do you know what’s a worthwhile investment of your time and money?

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An Early-Stage Founder Belongs In the Trenches (Lesson #8 of 8 Lessons Growing 8 Companies)

An Early-Stage Founder Belongs In the Trenches (Lesson #8 of 8 Lessons Growing 8 Companies)

All those important lessons you learn over the course of a career can actually hurt you if you don’t know when to set them aside. You have to see when it’s not a time to be the seasoned CEO and instead lean into your role as the scrappy founder — even if this isn’t your first (or your seventh) rodeo.

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What Percentage of Profits Should You Reinvest In Your Business?

What Percentage of Profits Should You Reinvest In Your Business?

Managing your business’s finances might not feel intuitive. Many of us begin our entrepreneurial careers with a great idea. We spend the rest of that career trying to understand all the moving pieces that will make it profitable. There are people that will give you numbers. The truth is that there’s no clear rulebook. These profit and investment calculations are individual to each business.

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