Design Hiring Operations Rhode Island 
Up and Running
AUGUST 6, 2014
An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. What does a social enterprise look like?
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you. An interior designer was hired to make the space shine. Give it a try.
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entrepreMusings
JULY 6, 2013
In contrast, small business owners gave Hawaii, Maine and Rhode Island an “F,” while California and Illinois rounded out the bottom five, both earning a “D” grade. The relative ease of running a business where I live is a direct reflection of the way our city and state operate and enforce the rules. What is Thumbtack.com ?
Reid Hoffman
OCTOBER 17, 2018
To succeed, you’ll have to violate many of the management “rules” that are designed for efficiency and risk minimization. Traditional business strives for order and regularity in management, operations, and financial results. Rule #2: Hire Ms. Part of hiring Ms. Rule #1: Embrace Chaos. Annual plans. Revenue guidance.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” We’ve kind of designed the kind of growth that we want.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” We’ve kind of designed the kind of growth that we want.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 9, 2020
19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) 19:36) Brian on his background as a RISD-trained industrial designer. (20:32) One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. I'm a designer. 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)
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