Working Capital Vol. 2

Working Capital: Assembling Your Team

by Sean K. Murphy

Every venture begins with an entrepreneur and their vision of a solution. This book is for entrepreneurs who want to grow their business beyond what they can accomplish alone.

You can grow your business beyond what you can personally accomplish by finding co-founders, hiring employees, contracting workers, partnering with other companies, and adopting automation tools to complete specific tasks.

The  “Finding a Co-Founder” chapter outlines a sequence of steps for finding a co-founder, who to look for, how to find the right person, how to recruit them, how much to disclose, crafting the offer, and tips for building successful relationships.

The “Forming an Advisory Board” chapter outlines the different decisions that advisors help with and common types of advisory boards. We offer a sequence of steps for building an advisory board, who to look for, how to find the right person, how to recruit them, how much to disclose, crafting the offer, and tips for building successful relationships.

The “Finding Early Employees” chapter covers who to look for, how to find the right person, how to recruit them, how much to disclose, crafting the offer, and tips for building successful relationships. 

The “Consultant, Suppliers and Partners” chapter outlines who to consider, how to find the right person, how m uch to disclose, crafting the offer, and tips for building successful relationships.

The “Consultant, Suppliers and Partners” chapter covers who to consider, how to find the right person, how much to disclose, crafting the offer, and tips for building successful relationships.

The “Activating Your Network” chapter covers how to activate your network: who to contact, what to say, and how to grow your network.

The “Coming to a Working Relationship” chapter outlines the importance of coming to a clear understanding based on a plain English agreement that addresses compensation, confidentiality, intellectual property, ownership of customer relationships, and how to end or exit the arrangement.

The book will inspire and support founders who have stepped onto the entrepreneurial roller coaster. They are doing the hard work of changing the world–it’s never dull, and it’s never easy.

“This is really great, thanks for the advance look at this. You have really put together what entrepreneurs have to learn the hard way, and broadened the scope of what they have to think about.”  

Kurt Jonach

“Working Capital” provides practical advice that combines high-level models with examples and tactics to make them work. I found the advice on exactly what to say in high-stakes situations particularly helpful as I’m putting together folks to work with. The author clearly has ‘been there, done that,’ and clearly communicates his deep knowledge. Highly recommended! 

Don C.