A founder friend of mine recently gave an employee a raise. They thought they were doing something good — that this was a significant “generation” raise that would lift the spirits of the employee, giving them an increase in pay that would truly make a difference for their standard of living in the long run. As...

In my time working for and writing about startups, I’ve observed that people who deserve a raise the most are often the least likely to ask for one. It seems like every organization has that one workhorse who completes large numbers of tasks but who doesn’t seem to know their own worth. Sometimes people forget...