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Remote Staffing Crucial for Startups Suffering from Skill Gaps
If you’re running an early-stage startup, chances are there are some skill gaps in your core team. You may be strong on the technical side or a product whiz, but what about financial strategy or administration? Are you prepared to manage the day-to-day of your startup, from recruiting new talent to bookkeeping? If you have…
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5 Surprising Stats About Remote Work
As the remote working trend continues to grow at a mind-boggling pace, more money is being spent on research to discover what its effects (good and bad) truly are. Check out our video for some surprising statistics on the state of remote work.
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Top 5 Tasks To Outsource For Small Businesses
As a small business owner, you should seriously consider what activities you might be able to outsource. This will help you stop doing things you hate doing and are probably not that good at. Outsourcing will free up your time to focus on more important things like growing your business. It’s smart to…
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Essential Strategies for Managing Your Virtual Staff
Remote employees have become a fact of business life, and managing them effectively can be a challenge. According to a Trends in Global Virtual Teams survey, 20% of these virtual staff spend more than half of their day interacting with team members. However, 45% said a lack of face-to-face contact with colleagues makes it challenging…
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Do You Suffer from Small Business Superman Syndrome?
It’s the age of the superhero in popular culture. There are the Avengers and Spider-Man dominating the big screen. Even critically skewered productions like Suicide Squad rake in the big bucks. On TV, it’s a daily dose of Flash, Supergirl and so many more on the way. Superheroes are big business. However, you may be…
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The Startup Saga of The One-Man Wolfpack
Lone wolves versus teams—is it even possible today to create a successful startup alone? The success of famous single-person startups excite the minds of many aspiring entrepreneurs who think they can take on the world all by themselves. While the idea of starting out on your own may be appealing to your inner lone wolf,…
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The Drawbacks of Hiring Freelancers
As a business owner, you’re always looking for ways to cut expenses. Saving on labor cost is a common strategy to boost profits, so you hire freelancers instead of full-time Filipino virtual assistants. No paid sick leaves or vacation time, no health insurance—it’s a no-brainer. However, keep in mind that it’s not always peachy keen…
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How To Effectively Monitor Your Remote Staff
Tracking the performance of your remote staff from the Philippines is important, but you must tread carefully to get the best results. Whenever the topic of monitoring employees in the workplace is discussed, prudence is often advised. On the one hand, you want to trust your staff and allow them to develop their own working…
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Can You Be Too Critical To Your Small Business?
The world doesn’t revolve around you, but your small business certainly does. Unfortunately, you could be taking a big risk with if it relies too much on you. As a small business owner, it can sometimes feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Most of the time, even the simplest…
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How Remote Work Helps Small Businesses Overcome The Skills Shortage
According to a recent report, 21 percent of small business owners cite the current labor shortage as the biggest issue facing the small business economy today. Many employers have had to pay well above the market rate to attract quality staff. This approach shows a startling lack of originality. Of course, potential employees are unlikely…