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10 Troubling Employer-Employee Lessons

by Tim Berry on August 24, 2009

in Business Management, Reflections, advice

I was lucky. As Palo Alto Software grew up it found some good people along the way. Some of them stuck with us, and some were related to me, a second generation. We had a sense of community that seems, now that it’s grown, vital to that growth.
But I’ve never really understood about managing employees. [...]

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Problems with “Fit”

by Tim Berry on July 7, 2009

in Reflections, advice

I’m troubled by the concept of “fit” and how it works with growing a company and hiring employees.
It’s not a new concept, and I should have figured it out, by now, since I’ve watched Palo Alto Software grow from nowhere to 45 employees.
But I haven’t. And I don’t think it’s just me. I think there [...]

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5 Thoughts on Hiring People for Growing a Company

by Tim Berry on June 16, 2009

in Business Management, Uncategorized

1. The early hires have huge impact.
Just do the math. Think about how much more a single person affects company culture in a company of one, two, three, or four people, compared to a company of several hundred.
2. Building by shedding jobs
We’ve used the shedding jobs strategy as we built from a one-person-do-everything business to [...]

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