Enhance the talent on your team.

Wednesday December 21, 2016 Startup Stories You Should Read Curated by startup folks who care - this issue by The Startups.co Team. [20160306072720-shutterstock-301082705.jpeg] Top Story Invest in a good team first—not perks. [Perks, like free food, an open bar and a new laptop, aren't necessarily magnets for talent—and shouldn't be one of the main selling points for prospective employees.] Instead, view these as a way to enhance the talent that already exists. When you have the right team working with you and you want to help improve their focus, be sure to give them everything they need. Crowdfire / Nischal Shetty [Stop worrying about your bookkeeping. Let us do it for you.] Trending [Above all else, prioritize the people of your organization.] When conceptualizing and implementing organizational changes, put your team first. Improve your teams resiliency by creating a culture of learning and growth, one that embraces a spirit of constant improvement and welcomes challenges with open arms. Medium / Isaac Lidsky [When it comes to passwords, think security early.] Before you start a list of things to add to your password storage system, stop. Store passwords with a well developed, tested, and audited tool that already exists. If you try to spin your own crypto, you’ll more than likely get it wrong. Axiom Zen / Andrew Burian [Storytelling isn't just for kids.] If your startup doesn't have a clearly articulated story, then you don’t have a straightforward and well thought-out strategy. Medium / Tina Seelig Advice [How do you choose the right investor?] Figure out if they can dig in and help you design a more engaging product and if they are able to help you carve out the right sales process. You should view your investors as one of your partners, and they should be able to create a measurable inflection point in your business. Medium / Anthony Pompliano [Customer Development is the most effective way to narrow down who your target customers are.] It's all about applying a hypothesis to your business model to validate your ideas rather than assuming they are true. So, strike up a non-sales conversation with potential customers and get a feel for their roles, goals, and pain points. Clarity.fm / Bryan Harris + 1 Other Reviews [Pick up your next favorite book with suggestions from the book experts at Riffle,] whose mission is to inspire people to read more books. Riffle / Discovered by Steph Newton [Spend less time going back and forth and more time designing with Framer Cloud, an end-to-end product design and feedback flow.] The in-app notifications open onto a new dashboard, which affords access to version history and the ability to edit/share details and delete prototypes. Framer Cloud / Discovered by Steph Newton [Facebooks has launched Live Audio, which is a platform that can be used for interviews, news, live podcasts, book-readings and more.] In addition, similar to the video-based Live content, will feature News Feed discoverability and real-time reactions. Facebook Live Audio / Discovered by Steph Newton --------------------------------------------------------------- [s-logo.png] --------------------------------------------------------------- Startups Daily is the TL;DR version of everything interesting happening in the startup world. Got an interesting story? Awesome. Send it our way - [stories@startups.co] If you dig our stuff, please forward it to a friend --------------------------------------------------------------- Startups.co 1322 Manning Parkway Columbus OH 43065 USA You received this email because you are subscribed to Startup Stories from Startups.co. Update your [email preferences] to choose the types of emails you receive. [Unsubscribe from all future emails]