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How to Start Your Own Gym

Up and Running

total revenues reached 27 billion U.S. Only 18 percent of total revenue in 2016 was from the top four largest players in the fitness industry, while small speciality gyms and independently-owned fitness businesses made up the rest. You’ll also be responsible for making sure any staff you hire has proper certification.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Can You Track An Employee’s Cell Phone Without Installing Software?

YoungUpstarts

In some states, such as Texas, Virginia, Minnesota, and Tennessee, tracking company vehicles without the owner’s consent is deemed illegal. Employees often fudge their hours – known as time theft – which could mean a huge loss of revenue for the company. In California, the penal code prohibits any “movable thing” from being tracked.

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9 Strategies to Increase Your Food Truck Revenue

Up and Running

Between 2008 and 2014, industry revenue increased at an annual rate of 12.4 Tennessee-based Califarmia has built their entire concept around this trend. Here in Portland, Oregon, you can’t swing a stick without hitting half a dozen food trucks serving up a range of delicious options. The craze for mobile eats has been on the rise.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

But when I switched from that to online ordering the revenue and the business tripled with the same customer base and, and I realized just how much friction there was in the ordering process. And so when that revenue tripled and suddenly I was like, Oh, I can hire people to help me, like this thing is gonna work.

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Transcript of Why Customer Service Must Come from the Heart

Duct Tape Marketing

I mean, you can simply say, “Oh, be a good person,” which obviously makes sense, but what are the traits that we’re trying to hire for and train for? You have to find a way to hire people so you’re hiring the human, not the resume, and a lot of organizations are now turning that into the combination of art and science.

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Episode 14: Be Your Own Boss, Restaurant Owners, and Friendliest Cities for Businesses | The Bcast

Up and Running

Jonathan: I think we talked about this on a previous podcast with regards to when is it time to hire somebody else on your team. Jonathan: They track a few different metrics, like the ease of starting a business, ease of hiring. Number six was Nashville Tennessee, great job, but you were edged out by Knoxville. Pretty exciting.

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