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3 Reasons Why Every Business Needs Professional Photos

YoungUpstarts

If you are on the fence about whether or not to bite the bullet and hire a professional photographer to get some high-quality photos done, here are three reasons to do so. Having professional photos done of your team, individual employees, and even of your office space can greatly impact the success of your business.

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Turnstone Decks Out My Kansas City House

Feld Thoughts

It’s been a blast to have a house in Kansas City. And it continues to be really fun to tell the story of the look on Amy’s face when I came home and said “hey – I bought a house in Kansas City today.” I hired a contractor who the HandPrint folks hung out with and he turned it into a great new loft.

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Why There’s A Startup Boom In The US Midwest

The Startup Magazine

Pittsburgh has Duololingo, Columbia, MO has Equipment share, Madison has fetch Rewards, and Kansas City has Backlot Cars. They understand that with the emergence of remote work, they can compete globally for talent, rather than restricting their hiring to their operational geography. . billion in the 2018-2019 period to $10.1

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How to Start A New Business in Less Than 50 Hours

ReadWriteStart

The master of ceremonies for the weekend was Steve Chau, who hails from Kansas City (about four hours away by car) and who has run several weekends in other places for the past four years. Now is a full-time employee that works for the operation, but that was a relatively recent circumstance: before he was hired, he volunteered his time.

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Founder Interview: Abraham Gin on Entrepreneurs and Leadership

The Startup Magazine

Another example is the City Table Leadership website that is created for the city of Kansas. A key feature that is highly valued to people in leadership positions, is their ability to view data and see the different types of engagement their employees take part in. TSM: As Gin Consulting grew, what were the primary challenges?

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4 Tips on Hiring New Team Members

ReadWriteStart

But for startups and small businesses looking to hire for new positions in order to operate at optimal speed, hiring new team members that work out in the long-run can be one of the more difficult challenges. s nothing more inefficient than hiring a new person, on-boarding them (?showing Never Hire Out of Desperation.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. What does a social enterprise look like?