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The Weird and Wonderful Business Of California

YoungUpstarts

But then, there’s a lot more to California – a state which has been racking up the weirdness since even before it became a state, all the way back in 1850. While we know it now as the Golden State, California was originally known as the Grizzly Bear State, and the grizzly can still be seen on the state’s official flag.

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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

Design and construction cost – the enforcement of strict building codes at different levels of governance coupled by the need to reduce building design and construction cost is fueling the development of green buildings across the US and the rest of the world. Distinguished entrepreneur, Rusty Tweed is a strong proponent of renewable energy.

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Can a California company have unpaid interns?

Startup Company Lawyer

On April 7, 2010, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) issued an opinion letter addressing the requirements employers must meet in order to have unpaid interns in compliance with California law. The DLSE’s new opinion letter concluded that all six criteria also must be satisfied in California.

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Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth Says Video Games Were What Hooked Him On Tech

Hunter Walker

The combo convinced me that software was for creativity and community — 100% impacted the rest of my life. Is there an alternate future where Boz didn’t return to California? Hunter Walk: For me, two formative moments with technology occurred pre-adulthood: Print Shop on the Mac and Alt.Net newsgroups. Do you have any “AHA!”

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Pitch Deck Month: “What Do You Do?” Slide

View from Seed

You can read the rest of the posts in the series by clicking here *. He then said EXACTLY what he was going to be shipping first: A 100% online, fully-accredited Masters in Education degree with the University of Southern California. We were able to then spend the rest of the meeting talking about the details.

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Cybersecurity Best Practices for Nonprofit Healthcare Boards

Board Effect

Data Protection and Privacy: Many countries have data protection laws (GDPR in Europe, HIPAA and the California Consumer Privacy Act in the U.S., Ensure data encryption: Data should be encrypted at rest and in transit. Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act in Canada, etc.)

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[Review] Unrelenting Innovation

YoungUpstarts

As it turns out, innovation is not so much systems and processes as it is about building a risk-taking culture, according to Tellis, a professor of marketing, management and organization as well as the director of the Center for Global Innovation at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.