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The 5 Best States In America For New Business

YoungUpstarts

Utah businesses benefit from low corporate taxes, business friendly regulations and energy costs 29 percent lower than the national average. The government supports small business owners with popular incentive programs and offers many training and networking programs. North Carolina.

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Interplay Learning?—?Helping the Skilled Trades Rebuild a Bigger and Better Workforce

Austin Startup

From regionals to HR to technology, our departments all came together to push out Interplay Learning’s program company-wide.” They also work closely with the Home Builders Institute (HBI)’s nationwide workforce development program. Ed Brady, President and CEO of the HBI said, “Our pilot program with Interplay was a huge success.

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Stop Fighting What You Don’t Love And Outsource The Nonessential

YoungUpstarts

If there’s a snowstorm in North Carolina that knocks out FedEx or UPS deliveries for several days (which actually happened last month), I can just transfer orders to our production facility in Los Angeles. Letting other established people and organizations compete for my business gets me the lowest cost every time. Transactions.

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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

By measuring various metrics like business survival rate, the prevalence of investors, and labor cost, they were able to determine which cities offer the best outlook for new ventures. With low operation costs and a large banking sector, Sioux Falls is receiving national attention as a great place to start a business. Springfield, MO.

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Bad Boys and the Fab Five: Business Lessons from Basketball History

Up and Running

These two basketball programs were like Coke and Pepsi, or Apple and Microsoft—major brands with deep pockets that attracted top talent. It wasn’t until they added Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, John Salley, and Rick Mahorn that the team took on a more aggressive style of play, a “win-at-all-costs” attitude, and acquired the “Bad Boys” moniker.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

Research from North Carolina State University found some nonprofit executives leave for “voluntary retirement,” but almost three-quarters depart for other reasons. If your search committee is executing the search, create a master list of potential sources that shows the cost and the committee member who will serve as contact for each.

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Risk Management Issues in Healthcare

Board Effect

Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s survey considered the responses of 825 board directors and C-suite executives from around the world. Also, the industry is suffering from the pressure to reduce regulation and to control regulatory costs. Several things have contributed to increased regulatory costs.