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Should You Serve Fair Trade Coffee?

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Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase. Meets the demand of the socially-conscious consumer. USD per pound), despite changes in the market.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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My idea was that during market downturns, people need to invest in marketing and reputation management because that’s when marketing matters most. But I stopped myself, realizing that I didn’t want to bash this small business online and forever tarnish their reputation. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

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In terms of knowledge workers, a programmer produces more good code and fewer bugs when well-rested. In his 1997 paper, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, and Human Performance in Continuous Operations , he found that: Laboratory studies show that mental work declines by 25% during each successive 24 hours of continuous wakefulness.