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Small Business – 4 Reasons You’re Too Small to Fail

Mike Michalowicz

?. Mural by Luke Buchanan, Raleigh, North Carolina. They hire employees who may not be hired by other larger businesses, and have the unique opportunity to create new roles that serve the company as well as prospective employees. You’re increasing the local job market and revenue. It’s a bit bumpy lately, right? .

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. Strategies at this stage include: Hire your own lobbyists. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc. How do Rent Seekers win?

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4 Simple Ways Retailers Can Boost Curb Appeal

YoungUpstarts

When the town of Maggie Valley, North Carolina was experiencing a rapid decline in tourism a few years ago, they called in a consultant to help them regain some of the foot traffic that was becoming increasingly elusive. Try hiring a company to conduct a repair, as this typically costs 50 percent less than replacing it.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. Strategies at this stage include: Hire your own lobbyists. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc. How do Rent Seekers win?

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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. North Carolina. North Dakota. South Carolina. North Carolina. North Dakota.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. Bouncing around the country, went to school at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. And then I, of course, need revenue for this." And so she had an Academy. "I

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Transcript of How National Companies Can Infiltrate Local Markets

Duct Tape Marketing

That was December of 2015, November, December and around March of 2016 we hired a few people to help build out ZipSprout to do more cities so it would available for more clients and it’s just been growth since then. The team is all based out of Raleigh Durham, North Carolina where I am. We have match makers.