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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

Both Sides of the Table

I told the CEO, “I have the luxury of not knowing the name of the VC you’re talking to so I won’t sound biased. They encourage you to hire senior people on your team who have gold-plated resumes. We know VC Seagulls when we see them but we’re attracted to work with them because they have a brand name.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

Whether it’s naming a famous soccer legend, a popular dish from their country, or a famous event, you can see an immediate change in their face and body language. Technically, I have never lived in Pakistan (or carry a Pakistani passport) but it’s a second home to me and also a place where a majority of extended family still resides.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. While smaller clients are usually looking to hire one or two freelancers, some of enterprise ones work on a really big scale. million jobs. That’s where the Private Workplace comes in.

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Why It’s Time for Les Moonves to Go — You Can’t Charm Your Way out of Sexual Misconduct

Both Sides of the Table

There are four named individuals in the story, each risking careers by publicly speaking up. The board of CBS has hired an outside investigator. I have personally been involved with board cases where I had to hire investigators and defend employees wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct. This is good and right.

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How Virtual Assistants Are Reshaping The Business Landscape

Duct Tape Marketing

And so I got virtual assistance and I started out in India and then I was in Pakistan and in Sri Lanka and Vietnam and all over the place. (07:50): And I was using VAs at that time, but I hired my first VA in November of 2008. And so I kind of look at it, I go, you can't hire that talent here for the cost leverage that we can.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman. Parveen Baji, Pakistan. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. That may not sound like much, but I’m a massage therapist by profession without even one biology class to my name!