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Recommended by Tammy Sturge in her CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture on HR, so you know this is a good resource for up-start entrepreneurs. If you find HR issues challenging, you are not alone! To help you address these challenges we've compiled this collection of HR articles, links and reviews.

Recommended link by Tammy Sturge, speaker at the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series session Human Resources for Entrepreneurs, so you know this is a good one. \n\nIt points you to all the human rights you should consider in dealing with human beings, which is, afterall, what HR is all about!

Hire people with the right attitude: coachable, emotionally intelligent, motivated, well-suited temperament, and yes, still have the technical skills (but that's the easy part).

You've got an idea. But you're all business. You need to bring your brilliant idea to a technical reality (virtual or otherwise). Here's the step-by-step on how to find the right guy or gal for the (coding) job.

The is recommended by Tammy Sturge, speaker at the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series session on Human Resources for Entrepreneurs, so you know it's good.\n\nEmployment standards are enforced under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) which sets out the minimum standards that employers and employees must follow.

While governance and fiduciary matters command a bigger share of their time and attention, the hiring of CEOs is among the most important, value-added responsibilities of Boards of Directors. It is also one exercised ever more frequently, with statistics showing that two-thirds of all venture-backed startup companies replace their founding CEOs and of these replacements, two out of every five fail in the first 18 months.

Simplicity-Driven Entrepreneurship is about scaling talent in a way that gives you the "consistent revenue" of a well-structured, systems and people based company, without the ever-present subconcious din of actually being the final word for everything that happens in that company.

Communitech EIR Advisor Dan Mathers writes about the new MaRS website including the Entrepreneur's Toolkit which includes planning documents and workbooks for strategy, financing, HR and financial model templates.

Dan Mathers mentions about the launch MaRS new website and highlights the MaRS Entrepreneur's Toolkit. Dec. 10, 2009

Great article with clear steps on how to run an effective meeting. Use it for your next project, use it for your annual reviews - just use it!

McGarry and Harkness from Corss Media NYC will stage the inaugural Cross Media Toronto event on July 21 in partnership with Toronto's MaRS Center and Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Center.

What does Canada's digital media economy look like? Find out in the Financial Post's feature on Justin Kozuch's Pixel to Product research which surveyed Canadian companies and individuals.

From Mark Suster, Entrepreneur turned VC, in his blog, "Both Sides of the Table" on October 22, 2009. His advice? Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class

Maclean's magazine features Canadian cleantech start-up and MaRS client, Morgan Solar in their story about a lack of Canadian CEOs. MaRS CEO, Ilse Treurnicht talks about the gap.