David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Our long-term goal is to ensure that the best people can consistently find their calling within the HOF family, including identifying logical next career progression opportunities across different HOF companies when a rising employee does not have a logical next move within her current employer. CB Insights’ Ava is a version of this.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Employees and staff members will likely become confused and wonder whether the nonprofit is worth investing their time in. When mission creep becomes palpable, employees and volunteers may lose faith in the nonprofit, and the management could face a sudden employee turnover problem.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 26, 2022

Communication – Have a Plan: Once a detailed disaster plan has been developed, the plan should be distributed to employees and discussed as a team. Be sure to include: List of emergencies and response plans that could impact facilities and operations, such as power failures or weather emergencies. Who responds to press inquiries?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Apple employees before a product launch) or a subset of consumers (e.g., The radio show This American Life unearthed the recipe , which had been published in 1979—down to the dram—in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The order of operations may surprise you. Insiders, Aspirants, and Outsiders. Image source ). Image source ).

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Part of my goal is to show leaders that a business can be both profitable AND stand for something bigger than itself; that you don’t have to sacrifice growth in order to do right by your employees and make a positive impact on the world. And so I am excited to announce the launch of Purpose Group , a different kind of private equity fund.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Apple employees before a product launch) or a subset of consumers (e.g., The radio show This American Life unearthed the recipe , which had been published in 1979—down to the dram—in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The order of operations may surprise you. Insiders, Aspirants, and Outsiders. Image source ). Image source ).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

For effectual business operations, information transmission has to be efficient, fast, and robust. As your growth increases, you’ll need to upgrade your business facilities to accommodate more expansive operations and a larger customer and employee base. One particular example is the Jim Ellis Automotive Group, based in Atlanta.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

So everything from a retail operation to, you know, a dry cleaner on the corner to a consultant, it's really typically most of our business owners are less than 10 employees. Air is the leading platform for marketing teams to manage and automate their creative operations. They're, we always say small and growing businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

From New York and New England to Atlanta, Mother Nature has thrown more than a few punches our way so far this year, which has been a constant reminder that small businesses should always be prepared for the next storm. Update your disaster plan. What if you had to put it into action on short notice? Focus on training.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The data recovery plan should be a part of the broader disaster recovery plan which will cover a variety of concerns, including; how employees will physically evacuate, which staff hold special responsibilities during and after the disaster, and how will upper management meet and discuss the ramifications of the disaster to the business.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2016

In the end, it’s the cultural aspects of your company that will help you build an empowered and enthusiastic employee base, while allowing you live to your fullest growth potential. That’s the kind of culture that yields the business results about which most employees and investors can only dream.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Several years prior to this my wife started a newborn photography business, over time I became more involved in the back end operations of the business and within several years had helped her grow her business into a full-time professional position. 16- Treat employees in a better way. She now photographs thirty newborns a month!

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

You can ensure that your office encourages the right health and safety procedures when operating a computer. This could cause crashes or collisions which injury your employees. If other workers don’t know when an employee is operating a forklift truck, this could result in injuries.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Ø Human-centric: it bases itself on utilizing how its employees and managers work best. In a business world where most companies operate on the principle of reactivity, proactive thinking is more likely to lead to a resilient business idea. The three R’s are a way to use fundamentals to spot good business ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud. And you can now negotiate for fees for cable and satellite operators to carry your channels.

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The Next Web

MARCH 31, 2013

That they started out of the house of a woman in north Atlanta (much like myself) and grew to become a household name is noteworthy. They absolutely have it right in terms of leadership and taking care of their employees. We should all operate with that mentality. Kelly Azevedo , She’s Got Systems. Baby Einstein.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 27, 2016

The energy there is palpable already and I believe it’s going to be a great addition to the city of Atlanta. Those values helped guide his company from a one-man operation in his apartment in midtown Atlanta at the age of 36, to a company with thousands of employees and market cap of $3 billion.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2019

Each employee you speak to has passion and commitment. The reason I really am impressed by this company as a marketer, is because they hit all the marks in terms of proper branding, their social media story, their vision and their operations sustainability. They have found the balance between Technology and Human Relationships.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 6, 2011

In fact, there was a time when I had employees who were graduates of Harvard and were using Facebook, and I wasn't able to use it myself. Next it launched in cities including Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, San Diego, Phoenix and Seattle. Then, it was only available to students at Ivy League schools. And then it opened up to everyone.

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 14, 2016

And to sit at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce board meetings and see name plates for Atlanta’s great companies (Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, The Home Depot…) and then see “Dragon Army” next to them. We pay for an employee and their guest to come on the cruise with us. That’s fun.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I was not an early employee of Google, nor did I exit a company for 6 zillion dollars. Moved to Jerusalem, Israel, then Atlanta where my wife was in medical school, and finally moved back home to Detroit when we started having children, all the while building up a good book of design business for tech companies. Jonathon : Oh man.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Founded by legendary advertiser Leo Burnett in 1935, the company now has 85 offices in 69 countries and more than 9,000 employees. In its 12 years of operation, the company has worked for some of the biggest companies online, including Google, Disney, Slack, Medium, and more. Headquarters: Chicago. courtesy of Metalab.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

We had ~200 employees that went to the new company, and five years later roughly 90% of those employees were no longer with the company. Operating differently. These are massive, billion dollar companies that have acquired smaller, independent agencies and either merged them together or kept their brand separate.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

They want to create wealth for themselves as well as their investors and employees, and that requires them still having a meaningful ownership stake at exit. The entrepreneur was doing $50k in quarterly revenue by helping men in Atlanta and elsewhere to dress better and thereby become more confident.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

By way of example, Tolleson Wealth Management , is a multi-family office operation that manages the affairs of more that 150 high net wealth families. Capital One campus in Plano (Dallas): can you say 5,000 employees! And, there are many more like them.

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Venture Chronicles

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Last week I was in Atlanta to support Brent Leary’s Social Business Atlanta event. When Brent called me last year and said he was putting together an event I said “sign us up” without even knowing what he was planning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

You can see a list of every city where they operate and make directed donations on their site.)Thanks Ryan Sarver : I always talk about, I joined Twitter around the 30th employee and stayed there until 3,000, and that was breakneck scale and speed of growing. Wait, this is incredible. Maybe I should switch industries.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The first was with Raymond King , CEO of Zoo Atlanta; the second was with Devon Wijesinghe , CEO of Insightpool; and the third with Mark Feinberg , CEO of Uruut. I truly believe in hiring great people and letting them influence the culture, operations and overall impact of the business on top of the foundation that I built early on.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You really want to see how your company treats its employees, treats its customers, treats the environment, taking a longer-term view." I've also been spending a lot of time on the phone with my family and my mom in Atlanta. As he explains, it also has "a diversified bottom line where it's not just about near-term profits.

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Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

As a venture funded startup, you’re supposed to operate a certain way. The nine teams we have people in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin and Atlanta. In 5 months since the program began his revenue is growing, he’s moved out of his basement and has hired his first employees. So we have.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. The Spaceport in Houston is the home of Axiom, builder of the world’s first commercial space station. You Don't Have to Move to Austin.

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