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Episode 90: The Adversity of Profitability with Dr. Rob Garcia

Mike Michalowicz

He joined the Air Force and learned the traits of success: hard work, diligence, and developing an unyielding desire for success. He moved to San Diego in 2002 and taught Engineering at Morse High School for five years, despite never having an Engineering degree. Show Links. Magazine: [link]. SHIFT Magazine on Facebook.

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The Guide to Your Nonprofit Whistleblower Policy

Board Effect

Whistleblower policies date back to 2002 with the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act , which came about as a result of corporations that misled their investors relating to fraudulent financial reporting practices. Identify the designated individuals that are authorized to hear concerns. What Is a Whistleblower Policy?

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24 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industries That Are Ripe For Disruption

Hearpreneur

9- Online management and accountability software. I’ve found that due to the undeniable efficacy that remote work-teams are presenting due to the coronavirus pandemic, the online management and accountability software industry are ripe for disruption. Thanks to Kenny Trinh, Netbooknews ! #9- Photo Credit: Austin Denison.

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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

Probably the first ‘’red flag’’ was Apple’s announcement that the company had revised its revenue guidance due to a slowdown at manufacturing sites in China as well as reduced demand by Chinese consumers. The same happened in Japan as Nissan closed its plants due to production slowdowns in China.

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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

I’m not talking about exploring a new city and feeling like you get to re-invent yourself simply by changing zip codes; everyone loves that. I’m living in my seventh zip code here already and I’ve lived in Austin while working at Domino’s Pizza making $7/hour and while working for a tech startup making nearly $200K a year.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? .

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” ” The Neuromarketing Science and Business Association has published a code of ethics to act as guardrails for those values. Other codes in the business world have similar principles: informed consent, confidentiality, privacy, etc.