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http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/04/building-management-team.html# How to Build Your Management Team A growing company needs more expertise than even the most skilled founder can provide. Here's how to assemble an executive team to run your business. Complete the gaps (a-g) with a suitable phrase or sentence (1-8). There’s an extra sentence. There’s an example at the beginning By Inc. Staff |  Apr 1, 2010  A.______________5_________________________________Final del formulario a. ? Different people answer that question in different ways. One definition—and a good one—is that a company has reached some level of maturity when its founder no longer relies exclusively on his or her own skills to manage the business. b. ______________________________ is a sure sign that a company has become viable and will survive the long haul. After all, a business must produce significant cash flow or have significant funding in place in order to cover the high salaries that a team of managers will no doubt command. Of course, c. _________________________________First, there's the personal sense of loss that an entrepreneur inevitably will feel at the moment when he or she allows pivotal company decisions to be made by others, without (much) meddling. d. ______________________________________ Persuading talented leaders to join a start-up is not as hard as it once was, but it still involves having a good eye for talent and the ability to sell an idea and its potential upside to a savvy operator who might well have other options. e. _____________, making the wrong hire at the highest levels of an organization can have serious consequences. The severance costs of terminating a top manager can be high—and they can be higher still when you factor in any turnover in a key department that precedes or accompanies the departure of a bad hire. For all of these difficulties, however, entrepreneurs who have built strong management teams enjoy obvious rewards. They can rely on the skills of others to compensate for their weaknesses. They can focus on strategic issues while confidently delegating day-to-day tasks, such as managing people. f. ________________________________and establish creditability with potential customers. Best of all, entrepreneurs who bring in senior executives to advise them can enjoy the delicious experience of seeing their companies grow stronger and larger and expand in new and surprising ways. For many founders, the ultimate goal is to build an organization that changes markets, changes people's lives, and proves durable over time. g. _________________________________________ Recruiting top managers is not always easy. building a management team is not easy. In addition, Only with a strong management team in place will that dream become a reality. When does a start-up become a real business? Reaching the point when members of a team of senior executives share day-to-day operational tasks And they can use their management team to secure outside funding Managers are very flexible.