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15 Surprising Perks Employees Love

Up and Running

A happy team leads to a good product, so keeping your employees positive should make the top of your to-do list. Below, 15 founders from Young Entrepreneur Council share the surprising perks your employees might really care about. I never realized how much our employees loved and appreciated lunch until we skipped it for a week.

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9 Common Things that Stunt Business Growth (and What to Do about Them)

ConversionXL

Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As View the post and the answers. Okay, let’s get into it.

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What Does it Mean to Be a Socially Responsible Nonprofit Board?

Board Effect

In the interest of providing a frame of reference, corporate social responsibility (CSR) Is a business model that holds companies responsible for social issues. Employee turnover. Employee wellness. What Does It Mean to Be a Socially Responsible Nonprofit Board? Unequal compensation rates. Transparency in reporting.

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I‘ve founded and run marketing agencies for 20 years, I’m running one now, and yet I hate the agency industry. Here’s what I’m doing about it.

Jeff Hilimire

I sold one of my companies (Engauge) to a holding company, and the result was quite frankly disastrous. We had ~200 employees that went to the new company, and five years later roughly 90% of those employees were no longer with the company. There is exclusive content that only comes out in the email!

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The Demise of the Mad Men

Seeing Both Sides

Last year, I blogged about how Madison Avenue was going tech ("Revenge of the Nerds", I called it). So long as they are slaves to Wall Street, the major advertising holding companies will be unable to undergo the necessary, wholesale transformation required to thrive in the digital age. CFO/Procurement.

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Cap Tables Explained: Guide to Understanding Cap Tables

Board Effect

A company’s investors and legal counsel both have a hand in monitoring and maintaining a reliable ledger of equity division. There’s the owner—maybe a partner or two—but unless employees are offered equity from the get-go, there’s typically not a whole lot of dilution. Why do cap tables matter? How are cap tables used?