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5 Big Problems Faced By Small-To-Medium US Manufacturers

YoungUpstarts

Today, more than half of the US manufacturing sector has less than five hundred employees. In its first year in business, a Florida Rock Industries management team faced a huge problem at their rock plant in Newberry when the high moisture content of raw materials caused a processing flow problem. Difficulty in Finding Good Employees.

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Use Your Tax Refund To Grow Your Small Business

YoungUpstarts

By Carla Freberg, Vendor Services Manager at Balboa Capital. A recent survey conducted by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council reveals that 74% use it to manage social media marketing, 71% for email marketing, 34% for mobile websites and 18% to manage operations. Start Preparing for 2016.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

It was this same high-minded collective action that created a network of publicly owned hospitals – controlled by cities, counties, districts, boroughs (in Alaska), parishes (in Louisiana), etc. Additionally, investment managers are attracted to matching long-dated pension liabilities with the extended duration nature of leased asset.

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Mastering communication with your volunteer board members

Board Effect

Onboarding and offboarding new members, sharing relevant information, sending out board materials and managing relationships are all huge efforts, and as a board administrator, this can feel like a full-time job on top of your full-time job, in these areas that impact every aspect of your nonprofit’s work.

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How To Prepare Your Business For Black Friday

YoungUpstarts

By Carla Freberg, Sales Manager – Vendor Services Group, Balboa Capital. In order for your Black Friday to be successful, you need to have adequate employee coverage. If not, the day will be highly stressful for you and your employees. The right number of employees will keep your shoppers happy and cash registers ringing.

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

Currently, you can form an L3C in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, and in the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.