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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

And you can run green lights and get in accidents. And there’s obviously opportunity costs to those — to not choosing those options. I mean, no one in San Antonio is going to know what you did in Montpelier, Vermont. You can run red lights and get through just fine. And then the other problem is hindsight bias. Annie: Exactly.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Besides the obvious fitness benefits, according to research done by the Vermont Board of Education , exercise is not only healthy for you, but it also increases your productivity. An additional incentive to remaking the workplace into a healthy, exercise-supportive environment is the cost benefit. Standing is healthier than sitting.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

The University of Vermont Extension has a whole lot more to say about hobby farming versus running a farm as a business. These reports might include estimates for production costs and returns, like this one on the University of Maryland Extension Portal. You’ll also need to know how much your rent/lease will cost you.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We knew that as the business grew, so would the cost of buying that domain name and we eventually reached a deal for the domain, Newair. I moved to Vermont to cycle and ski, and to work in a gourmet food operation in Burlington. Short and memorable, but the main domain name was taken at the time so we first ran with Newairusa.

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

Everyone, including opponents of giving legal status to millions of “illegal” or undocumented residents, seems to agree that our immigration system is broken: We have a system that has millions of people living in America in the shadows, defying the law, yet doing work that makes it possible for the rest of us to enjoy great luxuries at low cost.