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Sometimes Founders do grow into great managers — and sometimes they were great managers already. But the real question is: "Do Founders need to be good managers?"

As Founders, no matter who we are, we all have to fight for our ability to get taken seriously.

As Founders, would we be better off just working with contractors versus taking on the burden of having staff? What are the pros and cons of creating staff these days?

Nearly every startup deals with a "toxic employee." And every minute we wait to address the issue, we create an even bigger organizational challenge that will be way too hard to tackle down the road.

Over the past few years we've developed a significant work from home policy at Startups.com. Here's what we've learned from our experience.

With such high stakes and low standards, it's not hard to imagine many startup Founder/CEOs are sitting around wondering "Shouldn't someone else more qualified be better at this job?"

Did you know that both you and your investors could potentially save millions in state and federal tax credits?

The key to communicating with our staff about money is to do it early and to get everyone on the same page.

As Founders, we feel like we're supposed to be certain. Yet when we dig deep, why is it that we can't find any foundation to build that certainty?

Everyone talks about starting companies — yet no one ever tells us how to shut them down. Here's a useful approach to winding down gracefully.