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Keeping your startup’s employees with no cash: 5 tips for the digital age

The definition of ‘job’ has changed over the years. Way before, when there used to be an industrial economy, an employee was as good as a machine part: easily replaceable and obedient. Employees used to do what they were told to, with zero accountability and virtually no ownership.

But the new digital economy, also called the connected economy, has changed everything. The very notion of being an employee has changed – now, you are no longer hiring a machine unit which can be easily replaced but a skilled person who is an asset for your team. It is the ideas and the initiatives which matter, not obedience and compliance.

The digital economy workforce cannot be ‘instructed’ to do a particular task; an employee is not a machine anymore. He uses his knowledge, skills and experience to provide the optimal solution for your business, and there are no rules to be followed.

Full Story: http://ventureburn.com/2013/11/keeping-your-startups-employees-with-no-cash-5-tips-in-the-digital-age/

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