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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

Back in Europe, it is very common for companies to provide its employees with a daily supply of healthy snack, a coffee corner with good coffee or even a barista, company events, Friday drinks etc and it’s usually a high-selling point amongst potential employees. Looking for talent in the wrong places.

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29 Entrepreneurs Share Nonmonetary Benefits and Perks of Their Business

Hearpreneur

Hence, providing nonmonetary benefits by firms is essential in boosting the enthusiasm of employees and making them feel a part of the firm. It's a great way to help your company and its employees grow. A culinary lesson taken at the employee's request may provide an additional source of intrinsic motivation.

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Six Companies That Were Targeted In 2017: Seven Lessons We Can Learn From Their Struggles

YoungUpstarts

Procter & Gamble, the biggest company ever targeted this way, made headlines in 2017 when Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners demanded, and ultimately won, a seat on its board. To avoid being the target of activist investors, make sure your strategy delivers the hard numbers that investors demand. and Malaysia.

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2 Reasons Why This is the Best Holiday Season Ever

Growthink Blog

There are the obvious ones - financial debts and obligations (both contractual and de facto) to lenders, lessors, employees, contractors, suppliers, vendors, and the like. ViewQwest launched in Malaysia in Q3 2016 with Indonesia next in line. Starting with the bad stuff, liabilities. PayCertify (fintech), secured $700k in seed funding.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

On the enterprise side of our business, we’ve seen the increasing demand from traditional large corporate buyers looking for ways to manage a more distribute workforce,” Cooper said. “In We have 120 full-time employees and close to 350 freelancers working for oDesk directly,” Cooper said. “In

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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

prosperati.com

By and large, a lot of it were macro challenges that Malaysia itself faced. The cliches of hiring the best of the best is as true in Malaysia as it is in the US. In order for stock options to work, your employees must first have a vision of what stock options can do for them. It was very difficult to find the right people.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I encourage my employees to work lifestyle hours that allow them to be whole people while also growing their careers and growing the business. The commitment I have to the happiness of my employees is reflected in their commitment to building the business of RPR. I was on vacation in Malaysia. Image Credit: Alex Kroogman.