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Small Business – 4 Reasons You’re Too Small to Fail

Mike Michalowicz

?. Mural by Luke Buchanan, Raleigh, North Carolina. They hire employees who may not be hired by other larger businesses, and have the unique opportunity to create new roles that serve the company as well as prospective employees. It’s a bit bumpy lately, right? . How many small businesses are there?

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A Google Docs interview with Richard Simms, co-founder of Tech Talent South

Jeff Hilimire

Right now, we run programs here in Atlanta (where we started the company) as well as in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Asheville, NC. Right now, we’re running sessions in Raleigh and Asheville, in addition to Charlotte and Atlanta. So that begs the question, what happens when you open up in a 3rd city? We already have!

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Meanwhile, I was doing a great job creating content for my website and ranking in the search engines – so good a job, that people wanted to hire me to handle their content and SEO. We hired a consultant to promote the book, allowing us to reach 14 different Amazon Bestseller lists and selling over 1,000 copies in the first 48 hours.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I was hired as a training instructor to teach microprocessor system design for the existing Z-80 family and to write a new course for Zilog’s soon to be launched 16-bit processor, the Z-8000. Two Jobs at Once When I was hired at Zilog part of the deal was that I could consult for the first six months for my last employer, ESL.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

Hearpreneur

So much so, that I hired an artist to paint a mural of this quote in my office so I can be reminded of taking risks in my business on a daily basis and to inspire all those I come in contact with to do the same! . #5 Thanks to Ryan Fitzgerald, Raleigh Realty. #7 Ralph Waldo Emerson. 5 – Expensive Professional.

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Startup Lessons Learned

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Transcript of How National Companies Can Infiltrate Local Markets

Duct Tape Marketing

That was December of 2015, November, December and around March of 2016 we hired a few people to help build out ZipSprout to do more cities so it would available for more clients and it’s just been growth since then. The team is all based out of Raleigh Durham, North Carolina where I am. I would definitely say that’s true.