3 Tough Problems

Entrepreneurs Faceand some frameworks & tools to solve them

Rand Fishkin | @randfish | moz.com/rand

http://bit.ly/entrepreneurtools

#1Hiring the Right Candidates

Culture vs. Competence Matrix

http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2012/12/hire-for-cultural-fit-over-competence.html

Types of A-Players Diagram

Thanks/credit to Matt Blumberg of ReturnPath: http://www.onlyonceblog.com/

Organizations Should Promote Both ICs & Managers

http://moz.com/rand/whats-the-right-team-structure/

Belief in the Mythical “10X” Hire Hurts the Team

http://moz.com/rand/belief-in-the-mythical-10x-hire-hurts-your-team/

The Resumator

http://theresumator.com

RoundPegg

http://roundpegg.com/

RoundPegg

http://roundpegg.com/

#2Getting the Team’s Heartbeat

Our Evolving Model for 1:1s

Step 1

Our Evolving Model for 1:1s

Step 2

Our Evolving Model for 1:1s

Step 3

(this is the part where we talk about the meaty details)

Our Evolving Model for 1:1s

Step 4

(this is the part where we talk about how they’re

getting along with their teammates)

Our Evolving Model for 1:1s

Step 5

If your review were to be held today, I’d give you an “NI/ME/EE/O.” Here’s

what would make that higher: (give specific, actionable examples).

http://moz.com/rand/my-performance-review-for-the-first-half-of-2012/

SurveyMonkey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

TinyPulse

TinyPulse

http://tinypulse.com

TinyPulse

#3Getting More Time in the Day

Phone Calls Bad. Email Good.

http://moz.com/rand/time-recovery-hacks/

Turn 1 Hour Meetings into 30 Minutes

http://moz.com/rand/time-recovery-hacks/

30 Min Blocks!

Substantive Email Can Be Done Anywhere!

Chinese Bakery in Boston = EMAIL TIME!!(thanks to a QWERTY

keyboard)

They Let a 14-Year-Old Run SEOmoz!?

Sincere apologies for subjecting you

to the rare, beardless, Rand. Ewwww, gross.

Schedule Discipline

Segmented Blocks Create Focus

Schedule Discipline

Enough Email So I Never Hold Up My

Team

Executive/Personal Admin = 2X Productivity

It’s OK to Archive/Delete Emails!!

http://gmailmeter.com

Don’t Try the Auto-Response, Though

http://moz.com/rand/making-email-more-scalable/

Rand Fishkin | @randfish | moz.com/rand

http://bit.ly/entrepreneurtools

3 Tough Problems

Entrepreneurs Faceand the tools to solve them