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20 years ago Raj and I started a little company together in our dorm room…

Jeff Hilimire

It was there that I was placed with a roommate named Raj Choudhury , a skinny British kid who was immediately the most interesting person I had ever met. Our 70+ employees then became part of the new entity, Engauge. 2001 – Raj and I at our first ‘real’ office – Colony Square in midtown Atlanta.

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The Secret Sauce Of Start-Up Success

YoungUpstarts

Can a competitor’s product name be easily substituted for my company’s brand? Don’t settle for the “good enough” employee. I have employees that have left larger companies to work with me, sometimes taking a pay cut. I have never let an employee go and not have the team members thank me afterwards. Sound harsh?

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How Lemon Perfect Founder Yanni Hufnagel Hires the Best People

The Startup Magazine

Hufnagel, who possesses an intrinsically driven personality, leads with passionate optimism that pushes him beyond obstacles—and he looks for employees who share his unbridled enthusiasm. At The Lemon Perfect Company’s headquarters in Atlanta, Hufnagel says employees are as passionate as he is. “I’m Photo by nappy: [link]. “I

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Ethnic Names: Katie Kern on how an ethnic name can impact your career prospects

Transformify

I am very fortunate to be living in Atlanta as here we have a city-wide initiative encouraging diversity, inclusion and equity programs and the companies are incentivized to adopt such programs. A few studies suggest that even the name of the candidate may lead to bias and determine which CV’s out of a big pile float to the top.

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Unique Careers: Jenn Labin on hiring entrepreneurs at heart

Transformify

I know that you have a very unique experience taking the leap from an entrepreneur to an employee. How does it feel to be an employee again? Can you name a few tools you are using as this will be of interest to many companies that are facing the same challenge?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our mission stems from our passion in creating automotive technology disruption, our vision of a more sustainable future and our belief in astoundingly desirable designs that the Fisker name has been known for all around the world. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012.

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Balanced Teams: Why Atlassian got rid of the concept of cultural fit

Transformify

Again, both ‘’yes and no’’ Personal characteristics such as the color of your skin, the suburb where you grew up, your accent, your gender and your ethnic name are personal characteristics that inevitably have an impact on your life experiences. Absolutely agree with you.