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Audit Committee Responsibilities for a Nonprofit Board

Board Effect

Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), there’s been a greater focus on sound governance principles for all types of organizations. All managers should be accountable for turning in receipts, using timesheets to report work hours, getting approval for travel reimbursement and having all expenses reviewed for accuracy.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. Have a cushion.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

Decades later, in 2002, Dutch marketing professor Ale Smidts coined the term “neuromarketing.” The party leader said they would stop hiring neuroscience consultants to register voters’ brain waves and read their facial expressions.). Bernays believed that people could be influenced via crowd psychology and psychoanalysis.

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How to Find the Time to Accomplish Anything

Feld Thoughts

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. They hired someone else to wash the dishes and clean the house. After I published Avogadro Corp, I knew that I wanted to send review copies to newspapers, bloggers, and other folks in the tech industry. Enter the Craziness.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served.

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What Defines Your Company Culture?

Up and Running

Similarly, in it’s own 2002 study, the communications agency Cone found that 77 percent of respondents said that a company’s commitment to social issues was a major factor when deciding where to work,” writes CEO of TOMS shoes Blake Mycoskie, in his book Start Something That Matters. Give credit where credit is due. Fun events.

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. It was a disaster.

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