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Why Success Shouldn’t Be Defined By Revenue, Shareholders, Or Even You

YoungUpstarts

in 2012, its first step was gauging the local market’s wants and needs. And unlike traditional taxi services, it elected to move across the state lines that the District of Columbia straddles, providing a one-stop shop for a ride home. Small business success metrics must be defined by more than numbers pulled from the sky.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. more in Small Business. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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Sick Leave for Your Employees: Why it Matters

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This could represent a meaningful expense for many of those businesses, but also represents a meaningful opportunity to increase productivity, improve employee morale, and develop a stronger company culture of caring and confidence. Why is this good for small business? Small business Start ups new york city sick leave'

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Turning the Unemployed Into Entrepreneurs

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Self-Employment Assistance (SEA), a provision in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 , legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in February, allows the states to “ empower unemployed workers to start their own businesses.”. Big Government - or Small Business?