Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Microsoft and Google). Yet we have all heard stories about the high turnover, unstructured work environment, lower base pay, and unpredictable expectations from the top.
Assuming you are lucky enough to get hired, what can you do to survive, and even stand out above the rest in this environment? Here are some tips from a recent book by Harvey Mackay, titled “Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door,” which work even better in a startup than they do in a bigger company:
Make yourself indispensible. The truly indispensible person in a startup is a problem solver, because every startup has plenty of problems. Very few people are willing and able to take on any challenge, and make it work. You can’t outsource that one.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Startup Professionals Musings: Ten Ways To Get Ahead of the Pack at Your Startup
Author: Martin Zwilling
