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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

Owners of corporations also pay taxes when they are paid dividends or profit from sale of the stock, which is why it is common to say that corporations are “double-taxed.” However, a lawyer can create Articles of Organization or Operating Agreements that give you more flexibility in how you run your specific company.

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The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer

Andrew Payne

These tests were assembly language programs that tested for correct CPU operation, and management had budgeted 6-8 weeks to develop a particularly complex set of tests. Their study measured “effort” (time to complete), lines of code, and defect count for ten programming assignments: [.]

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Navigating Failure: The Science of Failing Well in Entrepreneurship

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Connect with John Jantsch on LinkedIn This episode of The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Work Better Now Visit WorkBetterNow.com mention the referral code DTM Podcast and get $150 off for your first 3 months. That's work better now.com.

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Best Financial Practices for Healthcare Organizations

Board Effect

Medicare introduced a coding system for billing. These are some of the statistics for your board to review: Number of cases where there were complications. Review investments to determine if they’re profitable and prudent. Review data and the quality of care versus your expenditures. Death rates. Lengths of stay.

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Template for a Corporate Resolution

Board Effect

Boards work cohesively with senior executives to ensure that the company has the necessary resources to support all departments and operations. Also, board directors are individually responsible for giving due diligence to their performance. Writing a Certified Corporate Board Resolution from a Template. *A

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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Thanks to Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend ! #3-