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5 Big Problems Faced By Small-To-Medium US Manufacturers

YoungUpstarts

When people think of manufacturing in the US, they often imagine huge plants hiring thousands of workers. The management team decided to ask the AJ Weller Corporation, a 25-year old company from Shreveport, Louisiana, for help because it had a developed a sterling reputation for solving apparently intractable wear problems.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

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?

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Instead of offering better products or better service at lower prices, rent seekers hire lawyers and lobbyists to influence politicians and regulators to pass laws, write regulations and collect taxes that block competition. Strategies at this stage include: Hire your own lobbyists. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Instead of offering better products or better service at lower prices, rent seekers hire lawyers and lobbyists to influence politicians and regulators to pass laws, write regulations and collect taxes that block competition. Strategies at this stage include: Hire your own lobbyists. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3- And so I decided to hire a blogging coach in June 2020 and she has helped me tremendously in growing my business. Talentfoot started a sister company that has now generated half a million in revenue in the last few months, delivering on its promise. 3- Pivoting.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. start-ups fail, he says. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Subscriber Content Read Preview. California. Connecticut.

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111 Great Last Minute Gift Ideas For Clients

Mike Michalowicz

This South Louisiana coffee house has them all. Hire a massage therapist to go to your client’s workplace to give seated (fully clothed) massages to their employees or staff. If article marketing or product creation is what’s holding them up, hire a ghostwriter for them etc. like “ Hire Mike Michalowicz !”

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