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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

I was thrilled that what I did employed 50,000 people and did business in every state but Vermont, with international operations in China, Japan, Brazil, and Mexico. Like many successful entrepreneurs and operators at this stage, I live to work rather than work to live.

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Proposal for Tte Importation Of Drugs From Canada – The Merits and the Risks

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Trading Partners : The SIP Proposal would need three major participants in the import deal. The importer should be a wholesaler or pharmacist licensed to operate in the United States. A Brief Summary of the Proposed Rules. This would put the entire project in jeopardy. The Road Ahead.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. How do you decide? <Yep.>

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

Talk to the farm down the street about how they’re using their hilly, forested land to plan for a future logging operation. You can learn more about the small farm classification system from the USDA’s website, but so long as you’re within the $0-$350,000 bracket, you can guarantee your operation will be classified as a small farm business.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Besides the obvious fitness benefits, according to research done by the Vermont Board of Education , exercise is not only healthy for you, but it also increases your productivity. Here are our core operating principles: - Healthy alternatives should be truly viable alternatives, not luxury products.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

At the same time, I wanted to make sure the name is unique and available – that is to ensure no other businesses are already operating under that name. So the partners locked ourselves in a room with a bottle of bourbon and threw up ideas on a white board starting with what we were about and what we do. 12- Easy and clock names.

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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. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based