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Small Business – 4 Reasons You’re Too Small to Fail

Mike Michalowicz

?. Mural by Luke Buchanan, Raleigh, North Carolina. They hire employees who may not be hired by other larger businesses, and have the unique opportunity to create new roles that serve the company as well as prospective employees. It’s a bit bumpy lately, right? . How many small businesses are there?

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The Storm-Chasing Geologist Whos Fixing SalesTec

Hearpreneur

After that point, I quit my job in early 2016 to take the venture full-time, and have grown the company since to have 2 offices, in Raleigh and NYC. You work for your employees, they don’t work for you. We also have plenty of job openings for almost every position at our office in NYC and Raleigh!

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Research Triangle

ReadWriteStart

Created in the 1950s, the RTP development now spans over 7000 acres and is home to over 170 companies and some 42,000 full-time employees.

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The 5 Best Cities to Start a Business

Business Plan Blog

As an aspiring entrepreneur, you will want to launch your startup in a fertile environment with ample funding and quality of life (for good employees and good prospects likely seek out this characteristic in determining where they will put down their roots). 2 – Raleigh, North Carolina. 3 – Austin, Texas.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Burnout can turn productive employees into emotional zombies and destroy careers. But it can also force you to hit the pause button and perhaps take a moment to reevaluate your life and your choices. Hitting “burnout” changed the trajectory of both ends of my career in Silicon Valley.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

16- Treat employees in a better way. The company I worked for did not treat their employees very well and we knew by treating our staff better we would outperform the competition. I began by connecting talented employees with jobs but soon had to close the business due to a lack of a solid business model.