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7 Ways To Inspire Creativity In Your Employees

YoungUpstarts

You need creativity to keep going, and you need creativity from your employees to keep growing. Fast-forward a few years, and MyLocker.net now sells customized gear all over the nation out of our Detroit headquarters. Possibly the most important step to inspire your employees’ creativity: Acknowledge innovative accomplishments!

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

These topics were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Joining me in the Stanford University studio were: Tiffani Bell , co-founder of the Detroit Water Project. Clay Hebert.

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CEO Kryptonite - What Savvy Company Leaders Avoid At All Costs

YoungUpstarts

They take the time to groom capable employees into leadership roles for each and every company function. As an executive, if you allow employees to ask you questions every time they don’t know the answer you’ll end up spending a chunk of your day doing your employees’ work for them. Wear Many Hats. Answer Questions.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

16- Treat employees in a better way. The company I worked for did not treat their employees very well and we knew by treating our staff better we would outperform the competition. I documented my struggle on my YouTube channel, which now garners over 70M views. Thanks to Marielle Chartier Henault, AquaMermaid ! #16-

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 23: Nina Tandon and Brandon McNaughton

Steve Blank

What it was like to get out of the research lab to build a startup was the focus of interviews with two of the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). We said, “Well, we’re going to hire our first employee, and you know what?

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Dedication: At a typical organization, dedication of its employees is important. Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. But at a startup, it’s critical.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

One neighbor owned the corner drug store, and another had a furniture store, though most of our neighbors were simply employees with 9-5 jobs in retail and construction. Detroit is an automotive cluster, Hollywood an entertainment cluster, New York City for media and financial services, etc. Lessons Learned.

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