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Sick Leave for Your Employees: Why it Matters

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San Francisco, for instance, in 2007 passed the first such law and in 2012 Connecticut became the first state requiring such coverage. The trend has continued, in cities such as Seattle, Portland and the District of Columbia states have also enacted laws requiring paid sick days, with Vermont being the latest to consider new rules.

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Finding Your Co-Founders

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Other cities like New York, Boston, Seattle, LA and Austin TX also have pretty strong startup communities. In my case, I grew up in Connecticut and spent a fair amount of time in New York – all the while trying to start companies, relatively unsuccessfully. To be blunt, find a way to move to Silicon Valley.