Up and Running
AUGUST 6, 2014
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?
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you. An interior designer was hired to make the space shine. Give it a try.
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Reid Hoffman
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Traditional business strives for order and regularity in management, operations, and financial results. Rule #2: Hire Ms. For most of Silicon Valley’s history, the conventional wisdom on hiring executives into a startup was to quickly bring in an executive who could scale. Part of hiring Ms. Rule #1: Embrace Chaos.
online.wsj.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” That was totally counterintuitive. And I said, “Why?”
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 28, 2010
We considered hiring an agency but we identified some weaknesses by going that route. The first is the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. Cost-savings, huge talent pool, timeliness, ease of use…who doesn’t want these things when operating a business! Why in the world did you decide to use crowdSPRING?!
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” That was totally counterintuitive. And I said, “Why?”
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