When You Start A New Company, You

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My First Company Failed Completely. And It Failed At About Ten Months Old. I Had About 12 Months Of Savings, So When It Failed I Was Thinking: 'do I Go Back To Work?' And At That Point I Believed So Deeply In What I Was Doing That I Couldn't Imagine Anything Else Other Than Trying To Make This Business Work.

Done Right, A Performance Review Is One Of The Best Opportunities To Encourage And Support High Performers And Constructively Improve Your Middle- And Lower-tier Workers.

You Know, As Most Entrepreneurs Do, That A Company Is Only As Good As Its People. The Hard Part Is Actually Building The Team That Will Embody Your Company Culture And Propel You Forward.

Sure, You're An Intelligent And Highly Capable Individual, And You Are Learning A Lot On The Fly As You Build Your Company. But You Also Need To Come To Terms With The Fact That There Are Things You Have Chosen Not To Be An Expert In.