{"id":45687,"date":"2023-10-20T15:45:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/tips-for-three-of-the-most-crucial-things-youll-do-as-a-startup-founder-negotiating-your-worth-networking-and-hiring-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:45:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:45:42","slug":"tips-for-three-of-the-most-crucial-things-youll-do-as-a-startup-founder-negotiating-your-worth-networking-and-hiring-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/tips-for-three-of-the-most-crucial-things-youll-do-as-a-startup-founder-negotiating-your-worth-networking-and-hiring-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for three of the most crucial things you’ll do as a startup founder: Negotiating your worth, networking and hiring – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ability to negotiate your own worth, build a great network around you and hire the best people will make or break you as a startup founder, Agency Iceberg founder Anna O\u2019Dea says.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Dea left a career in recruit to launch her own startup two years ago, with her talent agency now nearing $1 million in annual turnover.<\/p>\n
She says there are three core things to be considered before launching a startup.<\/p>\n
If you can answer \u201cyes\u201d to these questions, there are three critical skills that founders need to develop while growing their early-stage ventures.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t buy a network,\u201d O\u2019Dea says.<\/p>\n
Building a network can help with another from bringing in early adopters or scoring external funding.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many clients do you have realistically that you can start talking to when you do start your startup,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to think revenue and relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ability to hire the best people early-on and compensate for your own gap in knowledge or skills as a founder will make or break a startup.<\/p>\n