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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

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Airbnb knew their first employee would be critical to their culture, so to find their first engineer they conducted hundreds of interviews over four to six months. At Stripe, all 170 employees have open access to every email sent in the company – which makes for a very transparent company – but a very crowded inbox.

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Fail To Plan, Plan To Fail: Designing An Implementation Process

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What is your budget for items, employees and equipment? It takes setting goals and milestones that you and your employees can reach successfully. How will you get the word out about your product and service? Your implementation plan should include the avenues you will take to promote your product and service.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

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Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. The Number of Employees You Have Matters. In most states, if you have just one employee you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company’s Success

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As employees work together to achieve this grand goal, they’ll come up with innovative solutions and new ideas. We started franchising and slowly expanded from Fairfield County in Connecticut over to New York. This mission is shared openly on our website, with potential franchisees, customers, and employees.