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7 Reasons That Worker Empowerment Rules The Workplace

Startup Professionals Musings

Millions have bowed out of the labor market. Many of these retired from the labor market. The problem is particularly acute for middle-class, non-managerial, and exempt employees who don’t qualify for overtime pay under tightening labor laws, and high big-company expectations. Number of non-compete agreements is way down.

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8 Tactics For Every Entrepreneur To Manage Technology

Startup Professionals Musings

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. The non-technical leadership attributes of excellent communication skills, high integrity, passion, and perseverance are critical for the success of the whole team.

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6 Keys To Positioning Your Disruptive Solution Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur with a new technology tells me that his innovation will be industry-disrupting, meaning that it will render the existing technology obsolete, and create a new market. Entrepreneurs tend to look for big changes and big markets when seeking disruptive opportunities, when the opposite may be more effective.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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Starting a New Plumbing Business from Scratch

The Startup Magazine

From understanding the dynamics of the market and legal requirements to formulating effective marketing strategies and cultivating client relationships, these tips will provide you with comprehensive knowledge and invaluable insights essential for steering your plumbing business toward thriving success.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. It’s just a market. What happened?

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Pros & Cons Of Non-Compete Agreements

YoungUpstarts

Non-compete agreements can be an effective tool to protect these assets. Under the right circumstances and when properly drafted and implemented, non-compete agreements are enforceable in Florida. A competitor who hires an ex-employee under a non-compete can become liable for what is known as tortious interference.