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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue. When you start a company in the Bay Area you can often get your first biz dev deal done with Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, eBay, Yahoo!

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Employee Benefits. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. But that hasnt deterred outfits like Arizona Bay.

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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

And that they don’t set your co-founders or key employees against you in meetings. Today’s article is presented by the founder of Stealthmode Partners in Phoenix, Arizona. Once you take investment, you will also have a fiduciary board, with the responsibility of making the company successful. Some of those will be outside the company.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Starbucks puts its employees first in a number of ways. Full- or part-time employees can now earn 100% tuition assistance for a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University's online program, which they have partnered with. Their 401k matching program is extremely significant for employees. Photo Credit: Vaibhav Kakkar.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

It has 25 employees across five time zones, four nations and two continents. Or consider Local Motors, an Arizona-based car company with a difference. And when that happens, micro-multinationals, their employees, customers and communities all prosper. [1] Some will go bust or be bought out. 3] Varian, H., 5] FedEx GCR 2014. [6]

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10 Easy Ways To Create A Healthy Workplace

YoungUpstarts

by Leigh Stringer, author of “ The Healthy Workplace: How to Improve the Well-Being of Your Employees – and Boost Your Company’s Bottom Line “ Over the years, we have developed work styles that are not good for our physical, mental or emotional health. . It’s not that we’re bad people, or that we aren’t working hard.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The chapter organizer of Lady Gaga Fan Club in Arizona, that person you can locate and you can talk to that person. Gelie: We are actually one of the most popular local websites here in Arizona. I’m actually very fortunate because I’ve had the same employees pretty much since day one. Dan: That’s true.

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