Jason Kulpa
AlleyWatch
San Diego, CA, United States
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How Best to Hire for Rapid Growth
Hiring quickly without checking first whether potential employees were a good culture fit ultimately led to a higher turnover, loss of productivity, and wasted money. → Read More
How Best to Hire for Rapid Growth
Patience will serve you really well throughout the process. → Read More
3 Strategies for Bootstrapping From the Beginning
While choosing to forego outside investment can leave your business more susceptible to the ups and downs of the market, it can also be exhilarating to be in complete control of your professional destiny → Read More
How to Prevent Disengaged Employees From Killing Your Bottom Line
Learn to spot the signs of employee disengagement and head it off before it starts seriously costing the company. → Read More
How to Win in the Biggest Tech Investor Boom Ever
In this period of peak startup funding -- and competition for capital, don't make the pitch mistakes I did. Focus on the team factors investors are looking for. → Read More
How to Be the Startup VCs Want to Invest In
Securing startup funding has never been easy. Help your startup get where it needs to go by getting enough rest, being supportive, and thoroughly preparing. → Read More
Where to Intern If You Really Want to Be an
An internship is a great way to get career experience and find an industry you love. → Read More
How to Measure Productivity Gains From Office Redesigns
An office redesign can be great for your team's productivity. But if you don't track the process, you will never know how great. → Read More
Don’t Just Invest in Software, Invest in Culture
Here's how to create a company culture that brings employees together and makes them excited to come to work. → Read More
What World Series Fans and Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Cubs Coach Joe Maddon
Want to win your own industry's pennant? Coax greatness from your team. → Read More
How Large Enterprises Can Get More from Their Marketing Budgets
Large companies tend to have marketing budgets that match their size. However, this “extra padding” can lead marketers toward lazy thinking and anemic returns on investment. This is especially tr… → Read More
How Your Business Can Build Lasting Partnerships With Nonprofits
Building a long-term partnership with a nonprofit can be great for your business and the community but a lasting, meaningful alliance can't be bought with a large check. → Read More
To Help Your Startup Succeed, Invest in Your City
Here are a few tips to help support and strengthen the existing startup space in your community. → Read More
5 Steps to Getting Your Employees On Board With Stock Options
When introducing the benefit of stock options, it's important to be transparent with your team to maximize buy-in and trust. → Read More
To Motivate Employees, Find a Balance Between Job Enrichment and Job Enlargement
To enrich the work experience and instill motivation in your employees, implement these practices into your organization. → Read More
5 Core Lessons for Expanding Your Growing Company
While rapid growth is a great problem for an entrepreneur to have, your cramped quarters don't do much for your team dynamic or company culture. → Read More
4 Questions to Ask Before Doing a National Product Rollout
A successful national rollout is achievable -- it just requires a little planning. → Read More
Want to Attract More Loyal Customers? Focus on This Marketing Strategy.
This marketing approach is about pitching your brand to those in the audience who are actually listening -- the ones you can bring real value to. → Read More
To Be a Successful Service Company, Shift Your Focus to Tech
This pivot from service to tech is a strategy more firms are adopting. And those that do will experience a competitive edge. → Read More
Outsourcing Is Dying -- Long Live Insourcing
Five years ago, outsourcing looked like the future of doing business. Major U.S. companies such as General Motors and Caterpillar were outsourcing aggressively to bring down costs, and at the peak of the outsourcing movement, about 30 percent of call center jobs were sent overseas. However, the benefits of outsourcing are beginning to look like short-term fixes rather than long-term solutions,… → Read More