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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

These include Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri (all businesses except construction), Tennessee (if not construction, coal mining, or trades), West Virginia (if agriculture), In Florida, if you have an agricultural business and have six (6) or more employees and twelve (12) or more seasonal employees , you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Up With Changing Regulations

YoungUpstarts

by Kelvin Simmons , a partner at Nexus Group. Kelvin Simmons is a partner at Nexus Group , a full-service firm dedicated to government relations, lobbying, and consulting. Simmons is a former principal at Dentons and served as the chief of administration to former Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

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MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

Louis, Missouri and has expanded their pressence to Frisco, Texas and Denver, Colorado. The success of the Stadia portfolio companies has led to Stadia Ventures being one of the longest running and truly global players in the sports and esports technology space. It is headquartered in St. For more information, visit: [link].

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. the previous year. Comcast Corp., and Verizon Communications Inc. District of Columbia.

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Book #11: Never Split the Difference

Jeff Hilimire

After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator.

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Why Good Design is More Important Than Ever for Your Business

crowdSPRING Blog

Let us count the ways… A Missouri University of Science and Technology study used eye-tracking to determine that website visitors needed a mere 180 ms to form a first impression. John Maeda, design partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, says: Top companies are leading with design. First impressions matter.

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SXSW Startups: Healium

Austin Startup

Beyond cost and time savings, there is a rich digital storytelling ecosystem here anchored by the Missouri School of Journalism, the world’s oldest Journalism school. My co-founder, Dr. Jeff Tarrant, was my husband’s business partner when they had a psychology practice together. I have literally a two-minute commute to work.