An information technology startup with just a Web site or app can be an advantage here: Have a shot at getting to be nicely profitable before having to start hiring. The standard example is Plenty of Fish, the Canadian romantic matchmaking site, long just one guy, two old Dell servers, ads just from Google, and $10 million a year in revenue. The lastest I heard was that now he's hired a lot of people.
I've thought that if my startup is successful, then my first hire will be an 'office manager', your RH man! Next would be a server farm administrator -- get the parts, plug together the computers, position the computers on shelf units or in racks, connect the computers to the A/C power and LAN switch, get the software installed and configured (hopefully using some automatic tools), get the system monitoring and management software installed, get the computer connected to the system management system, monitor everything, when there are symptoms of problem, diagnose and solve the problems, track performance and plan upgrades. Next would be the start of a group for ad sales and customer service. Next would be a software guy to bring up, say, a Web site for self service and 'analytics' for the advertisers. Next would be an internal guy to handle the money, that is, instead of just dumping all the paper on a CPA in town. Then grow it.
But the key thing is to get the software done, go live, and get users. Back to it!
An information technology startup with just a Web site or app can be an advantage here: Have a shot at getting to be nicely profitable before having to start hiring. The standard example is Plenty of Fish, the Canadian romantic matchmaking site, long just one guy, two old Dell servers, ads just from Google, and $10 million a year in revenue. The lastest I heard was that now he's hired a lot of people.
I've thought that if my startup is successful, then my first hire will be an 'office manager', your RH man! Next would be a server farm administrator -- get the parts, plug together the computers, position the computers on shelf units or in racks, connect the computers to the A/C power and LAN switch, get the software installed and configured (hopefully using some automatic tools), get the system monitoring and management software installed, get the computer connected to the system management system, monitor everything, when there are symptoms of problem, diagnose and solve the problems, track performance and plan upgrades. Next would be the start of a group for ad sales and customer service. Next would be a software guy to bring up, say, a Web site for self service and 'analytics' for the advertisers. Next would be an internal guy to handle the money, that is, instead of just dumping all the paper on a CPA in town. Then grow it.
But the key thing is to get the software done, go live, and get users. Back to it!
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