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Cultivating A Culture Of Excellence From The Ground Up

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by Jeff McManus, author of “ Growing Weeders Into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Up “ The difference between employees who approach their job as drudgery and those workers who enthusiastically contribute isn’t just about work ethic and matching skills to tasks. My lessons in leadership took years to develop.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

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I research various aspects of employee wellbeing and the benefits of incorporating wellness programs in the workplace. I truly have a weak spot for entrepreneurs who don't let their past define their future and make it big after going through extreme hardships. Thanks to Nina Nguyen, Fraulila !

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How Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) Can Help Your Business

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They can also help startups think through things like how to grow and when to hire their first employee. Mississippi State University helps process the data each year and organizes the results for the ASBDC. How SBDCs help existing businesses. They also tend to last longer than the average startup, or experience greater survivability.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

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Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. The Number of Employees You Have Matters. In most states, if you have just one employee you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

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An employee at Red Wagon Creamery serves up a scoop. By contrast, Stuart grew up working in his father’s law office in the Mississippi Delta. Now that Red Wagon has a retail storefront, 20 full-time and part-time employees, and is building toward its expansion plans, Stuart keeps a tighter eye on cash flow. “We

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How to Fund a Startup

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The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Ifyour competitors offer employees stock options that might make themrich, while you make it clear you plan to stay private, yourcompetitors will get the best people. How much stock do you give early employees?

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

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At its peak, in 2010, Goodmail had roughly 40 employees. Both studies counted only incorporated companies with employees. Mississippi. Mississippi. 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.,