Author Profile
Ben Baldwin & Donald Cowper
Biography
Ben Baldwin is the founder of ClearFit, a job matching service used by thousands of companies who want an easy way to find and hire the right employees. He’s a patent holder, Wall Street Journal Startup Mentor, business advisor, and speaker. Donald Cowper is a best-selling author and head of content marketing at ClearFit. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn, Google+, and Twitter.
ARTICLES BY Ben Baldwin & Donald Cowper
This Entrepreneur Raised $70 Million by Ignoring Some Popular Startup Advice
In the early days of his business, Wattpad founder Allen Lau faced a crisis. How he solved it would lay the foundation for astronomical growth.
One Sales Lesson That Saved Christmas and Sparked a $100-Million Company
Michael Litt, the co-founder of Vidyard, took a hard-won lesson about sales and used it to help fuel his company's meteoric growth.
Why Being 'Agile' Is the Key to Method’s Sales Success
In 2010, when Method Founder and CEO Paul Jackson set out to build a sales team for his software business, he made a costly assumption based on a widely held notion of sales. Turning his software solution into a top-rated app would require Paul to turn that assumption on its head.
How an Engineer Scaled HubSpot’s World-Class Sales Team
HubSpot's story shows no matter the size of your sales team is today, using metrics and analysis as early as possible is key to both preparing for scale, and ensuring you’ll scale successfully.
Why Hiring Someone From a Well-Known Company Can Backfire
Hiring someone from a high-profile company often seems to make great business sense, but sometimes it can backfire big time. Find out what the pitfalls are.
Customer Service Teams: The Common Mistake That Leads to Underperformance
If youre trying to build a world-class team and youre the head of a contact center, youd think that youd want to hire employees who are passionate about delighting customers. Thats what Sheryl, the new manager at a contact center for a tech company, thought.
