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Sorry Idaho, Employee Noncompetes Are a Scourge

Hunter Walker

NYTimes Conor Dougherty covers the use of employee noncompetes in Idaho as a weapon in the conflict between local existing companies and startups. What’s crazy about Idaho’s law is how far it tips against the individual. What’s crazy about Idaho’s law is how far it tips against the individual.

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What You Need To Start a Carpentry Business

Women Entrepreneurs Can

A brand name helps describe your business type. For carpentry, figuring out your market and services will help you choose a name. Your name needs to be something eye-catching and easy to remember, not long and monotonous. Figure out a name that relates to a service or an abbreviation for a section of your state.

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Happiness Begins With Gratitude

Duct Tape Marketing

And as we were talking before we got started in Boise, Idaho right now. I may end up in, uh, Boise, Idaho, when, when airplanes start flying for me again, Dr. Sophia Godkin (22:39): Thank you so much for having me, John, and yes, if you're ever in Boise, um, I would love to connect in person. Dr. Sophia Godkin (02:33): Yeah.

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10 Classic Business Naming Mistakes

Up and Running

Legal isn’t the whole issue with names. Lots of legal names work fine until you grow and run into somebody else with the same name, in the same business area, who had it first. But when they started to grow, Victoria’s Secret would have had legal right to force them to come up with a new name.

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Social Customer Service Metrics: 3 Case Studies

Duct Tape Marketing

It’s happening constantly on channels such as Facebook and Twitter, to name the major players. Daniel Matthews is a freelance writer and musician from Boise, Idaho. Customer satisfaction turns into word of mouth, word of mouth converts the potential customer. And ultimately, your social media campaign will benefit the more you listen.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

These opponents have their own name – “rent seekers” – the landlords of the status-quo. The banks lobbied regulators in Louisiana , New York , California, and Idaho and soon they were issuing injunctions forcing PayPal to delay their IPO. Yet this is where startups will run into anti-innovation opponents they may not expect.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

These opponents have their own name – “rent seekers” – the landlords of the status-quo. The banks lobbied regulators in Louisiana , New York , California, and Idaho and soon they were issuing injunctions forcing PayPal to delay their IPO. Yet this is where startups will run into anti-innovation opponents they may not expect.