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Workplace Flexibility Boosts Remote Teams’ Loyalty

Transformify

The first was a shakeup in our software engineering team, which was originally based out of New York City. We found an extreme talent in Adeel Ahmad who worked between Lahore, Pakistan and Chicago, Illinois at the time. We found ourselves with a large project and the need to bring in a new team in order to be able to take it on.

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What Is Leadership?

YoungUpstarts

“Leaders paint a picture of the future that taps into employees’ intrinsic motivation and helps them understand how their work ties back to the company’s vision. ” As companies scale, they can use employee engagement tools to track how people feel about their work environment and their leaders.

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Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

John (Shuo) Yang is our Senior Software engineer and one of the smartest people I have ever met. Chris Detmer is our UI Developer (the guy who codes and polishes the user-facing parts of the site) and has been with cS longer than any other employee. Thanks, guys! Plus he likes Legos. Thanks, Chris! Thanks, Adriano!

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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

This site is a wonderful resource for Chicago-area with disabilities; essentially a version of Yelp targeted to folks who need special accommodation in their everyday life. 275,000 software engineers work together on this platform to deliver results to client companies world-wide. JJ’s List.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

7- To prioritizes employee and client retention. The three of us had the exact opposite mentality and created a company that prioritizes employee and client retention. We treat employees with respect, reward them for a job well done, provide them with new opportunities, and challenge them with exciting projects.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

Dedication: At a typical organization, dedication of its employees is important. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr. Software Engineer @ General Electric (Barrington, IL) Sr. But at a startup, it’s critical.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

They really care about their employees, and have enough money to buy a fair amount of happiness. My team and I have created Happster, the first product created to take employee happiness to new heights through positive psychology. Starting with just a push mower I grew that business to 70 trucks and 145 employees. 4 – Sr.