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9 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Business They are Starting Next Year

Hearpreneur

I’ve been flipping homes in Louisville for the past four years now and nothing has made me really inspired by the thought of scaling my operations. This got me thinking: What if these small businesses could hire a skilled Multimedia Designer per project-based assignments? Thanks to Lori Cheek, Cheekd ! #2-

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How Technology and Training Fueled One Ad-Based Company’s Growth

ReadWriteStart

To reduce that high turnover among the young people BlitzMetrics employs, the brand has created a tight qualifying process, only hiring resourceful and diligent people and maintaining a set of realistic standards for success. People will change jobs seven times in their lifetime,” Young says.

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Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA

chrissundberg.com

Also, hire a new lawyer. On my way to Louisville! Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA. by Chris on January 5, 2011. This is a series of Startup Myths. I’ve been hearing lots of people talk about starting their own businesses recently and would like to quell some of the misinformation that I’ve heard circulating.

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Transcript of The Secrets to Leading Creative People

Duct Tape Marketing

” You’ve hired great people and then you’re gonna look over their shoulder and micromanage every decision they make, that’s not the way to scale a business. Just as encouragement to you, it was really, really amazing to see your community in action there as well. Just tell me what you want me to do.”

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Twitter Link Roundup #159 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

What Job Are Your Customers Hiring Your Products To Perform? What Job Are Your Customers Hiring Your Products To Perform? Hire For Cultural Fit Over Competence - [link]. Fantastic post by Ernie Miller on why he loves bing a programmer in Louisville - [link]. crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. crowdSPRING Blog - [link].

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

He's been in Louisville, Kentucky over the last few years and he's been talking about moving to a more robust innovation community for as long as I know him. With this round, Backupify is going to be able to sharpen its product and business focus, and make some much needed engineering hires.

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For Startups, 2012 Swung From Consumers To The Enterprise

ReadWriteStart

“Sitting here in New England, I used to have a hard time hearing about startups in Calgary or Louisville,” Fagnan said (Disclosure: Fagnan is an investor in AngelList). Thousands of startups are launching and hiring, at the same time that giants like Google, Twitter and Facebook are hoovering up any and all competent tech people.