Working as the Content Marketing Manager at a growing and innovating startup has not only helped advance my career, it has also taught me some valuable lessons. Here are 5 key takeaways that I’ve learned over the past year from working at a startup:
#1: Ask and you will receive: Over time, I’ve learned that you must ask first in order to receive. Working at a startup has highlighted this notion. For instance, if I think that the company’s social media strategy would benefit from investing in a social media platform that focuses primarily on analytics, I will gladly express this to my CMO. I’m not afraid to speak up and ask for certain things that I think would help advance my career development as well – if I think that marketing books and training courses would help, for example, I ask for these things. Startups have created a culture that allows their employees to express their opinions – the outcome is usually positive…
