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Excellent article Thea.
So many of the senior people I deal with see the "start up" or SME as the "romantic" option. It can certainly be a wonderfully liberating experience from the perceived shackles of a more corporate environment - but it is also about being able to adapt ones mindset. Your point about data is a prime example - often when push comes to shove, people fail to adapt to the rough edges of a smaller business and realise how reliant they have become on lots of structure and processes.

in my view, recruiters and hiring companies should be super rigorous when hiring individuals as much as the candidate needs to be as clear as possible on their motivations for making such a move - at the same time as taking all the well made points above into account.

If both parties do their homework then it can often be a very happy and rewarding marriage. Without it, it can turn into an expensive mistake that small business can rarely afford.

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