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Make Sure Your Rights as A Buyer Are Protected By Hiring The Services of A Real Estate Attorney

The Startup Magazine

You may already be struggling with many legal bills while you’re in the process of buying and selling your property, so you may not want to hire an attorney. But, hiring a lawyer will cost you more than you realize because the money will be deducted right away from your closing costs.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. We then spoke about startups.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

The wrong first hire could kill a company, so apply the Mark Zuckerberg test: “Would I be comfortable reporting to this person if the roles were reversed? They also love hiring creative minds, so they ask potential employees about their hobbies at the interview stage. Lecture 2: Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution – Part II.

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Design Your Company Culture Like The World’s Largest Hedge Fund

David Teten

I agree, which is why early this year I hired a coach who interviewed all of my coworkers to determine my areas where I could improve. Alternative Assets Connecticut Contributed Articles ff Venture Capital Financial Services Fund Management Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds Investing Management' Photo credit: Prayitno .

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

The video game and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality industry actively hire for people with design, screenwriting, and other visual arts skills. Some AI companies hire people with comedy-writing and script writing experience. The same can be said in fine arts, where USNews ranks Yale first. Research on high-performing cultures (e.g.,

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Can’t Decide What Business to Start? No Problem, We’ll Tell You

Up and Running

For example, Arizona currently ranks 2nd in the US for eating disorders among youths, and Middletown, Connecticut just cut funding for the student arrests prevention program. Scour the news in your area, or use a service like Google News in order to find out where children need help, perhaps as a result of budget cuts or lack of resources.

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Sick Leave for Your Employees: Why it Matters

crowdSPRING Blog

San Francisco, for instance, in 2007 passed the first such law and in 2012 Connecticut became the first state requiring such coverage. 5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it. But recently states and municipalities have been enacting laws requiring paid sick leave.