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

YoungUpstarts

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. Increased global competition. Fortunately, in some cases, America’s penchant for innovation can sometimes save the day.

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment.

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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.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3- In 2019 our agency was proud to receive two Grand Stevie Awards for helping entrepreneurs enter and win awards, and in 2020, although many of our client’s businesses had struggled, we managed to win a third consecutive Grand Stevie Award in 2020. 3- Pivoting.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

To put it into management speak, our digital infrastructure is world-class. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Mr. Willink would later bank roll the Louisiana Purchase - in someway a ‘super angel’ of the 18th century. A top-notch infrastructure. It was the first foreign loan in US history.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

In a quote that’s often attributed to Charles Darwin – but was in fact a Louisiana State University management professor paraphrasing Darwin in 1963 , “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. At that point I was a few years into my career and working as a project manager at Apple.

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

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Management. How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. » More. Real Estate. » More. Loading… Careers.