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Good Experiences with Serial Entrepreneurs being hired for Startups - however, be careful.

A brief review of the survey published in Inc Magazine summarizing the Google for Startup study of traits of successful startups.

Expanding on the on the operating strategy for small businesses.

Brief introduction to the Efficiency and Flexibility strategies that firms choose for there operations.

Many firms have problems that can be directly related back to how they design their operations.  In this podcast and several to follow, we'll discuss ways that firms can organize operations contingency on their desires and fit with the outside environment.

This final episode on the Vroom Yetton Model using some simple applications.

Taking a little break from the discussion on Decision Making in entrepreneurial firms, this episode discusses the 'trusted employee' found in many Product/Service type organizations.  Using a recent Financial Times article as a backdrop, we focus on the how the trusted financial officer of the Trump Organization is under scrutiny by regulators and prosecutors.  We then discuss general background of the trusted employees in small firms and how you might take steps to reduce the risk of too much power in one individual.

Building on our previous discussion, the Vroom Yetton Model for Decision making doesn't provide the solution but helps in the process of decision making, especially in weighing how much to involve the group vs. going alone.

The Vroom-Yetton Model of Decision Making is one of the most effective means to determine 'how' you should decide with emphasis on making a decision on your own vs. consensus.  The model, established in the 1970s and 1980s, still has relevance in providing insight on adapting your decision to the situation at hand.  This initial segment will focus on the five general decision making types in the model.

Managing a startup requires lots of quick but important decisions.  These series of podcasts will discuss processes in determining group vs. individual decisions.