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Learn To Code With One Month Rails

YoungUpstarts

Part of Y Combinator ’s Summer 2013 batch of startups, The online resource for web development to date has taught more than 9,000 people Ruby on Rails, one of the most widely-used web programming technologies today. “I’m now making double my salary thanks to the knowledge gained.”

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[Singapore] Local ICT Industry Cite Manpower Cost As Key Challenge

YoungUpstarts

With the double constraints in place (higher salary and lower DRC) for foreign manpower and coupled with difficulty in finding local people to fill the jobs, due to incompetency of job knowledge and skills, business profitability was said to have taken a toll.

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8 Keys to Award Winning Startup Customer Service

Startup Professionals Musings

Companies with great service routinely spend 3% to 5% of salaries training team members – experienced as well as new. Marty Zwilling First published on Young Entrepreneur on 06/13/2013. The process must be employee friendly, as well as customer friendly, and have feedback mechanisms to correct poor results.

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Seven Ways To Make Sure Accountability Sticks In 2014

YoungUpstarts

But if you’re being honest with yourself, you know that you let a few things slide in 2013. With that in mind, think about where you and your people dropped the ball in 2013 in terms of client relations, personal integrity, and interactions with coworkers. Conduct a 2013 accountability post-mortem.

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It’s Not All Progress in the World of Business—Although We’re Making Strides

Up and Running

He breaks down his position clearly, by stating that “in 1975, more than 65 percent of salaried American workers earned time-and-a-half pay for every hour worked over 40 hours a week [.] By 2013, just 11 percent of salaried workers qualified for overtime pay, according to a report published by the Economic Policy Institute.”.

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The 7 Technology Trends That Will Matter Most To Small Business in 2013

ReadWriteStart

If 2012 was a year of “wait and see,” for small business technology, 2013 will be a year to “go for it.” Some 45% of business owners in a recent Kauffman survey believe consumer demand will grow in 2013. by late 2013, according to Moody’s Analytics. Competition for talent will get tougher.

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2013 Super Bowl Marketing and Small Business: More in Common Than You Think!

crowdSPRING Blog

Here are 5 elements common to the best viral marketing efforts; the most successful of the 2013 Super Bowl spots will no doubt leverage all or some of these: Spot a trend. The salary for the temporary stint was $150,000 and the lucky hire ended up staying at some of the most luxurious hotels and resorts Australia has to offer.