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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

According to a variety of studies, the cost of firing senior- or middle-management personnel can be as high as 300 percent of that person’s annual salary, and in some cases even higher. This includes the cost of finding a replacement, training, and the ancillary emotional and unsettling peripheral and disruptive effects.

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Proposal for Tte Importation Of Drugs From Canada – The Merits and the Risks

Women Entrepreneurs Can

These changes in the importation law are being done to enable a reduction in the cost of purchasing drugs by the end consumers. Hence, the parties that wish to apply for this import permission are expected to demonstrate significant cost reduction to the consumer along with their application. A Brief Summary of the Proposed Rules.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. How do you decide? <Yep.>

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

Talk to the farm down the street about how they’re using their hilly, forested land to plan for a future logging operation. You can learn more about the small farm classification system from the USDA’s website, but so long as you’re within the $0-$350,000 bracket, you can guarantee your operation will be classified as a small farm business.

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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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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

At the same time, I wanted to make sure the name is unique and available – that is to ensure no other businesses are already operating under that name. 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. 12- Easy and clock names.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Low Cost Franchises. the previous year. Comcast Corp., Of the 6,613 U.S.-based