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How Businesses Can Be Sustainable And Profitable

The Startup Magazine

In some cities, such as Sacramento, this is already the case and has been for years. Green Energy: Rather than wait for the government, some companies are putting up solar panels today. Encourage Employees to Commute in a Green Manner. Incentivize Employees to Come Up With More Green Ideas. Offer Remote Work.

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Champing At The Bit: Can You Pay Your Workers In Bitcoin?

YoungUpstarts

There is no middleman between parties exchanging the currency, unlike regular forms of payment that are backed and controlled by a central government authority or a bank. So what’s the appeal of paying your employees using this form of cryptocurrency? Every Little Bit Helps: Pros Of Paying In Bitcoin. dollar-based compensation.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

Fantag is based in Sacramento. Sacramento has a thriving startup ecosystem with the San Francisco Bay Area just an hour and half by car or train to reach investors and partners. Fantag was started in San Jose and moved to Sacramento to take advantage of this ecosystem. Tell us about the startup scene there. Sleeping more!

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Everyone’s Business: Drinking on the job, Overpaid NBA Players, Offshore Accounts

Up and Running

Responding to a New York Post article glamorizing drinking on the job, The Atlantic’s Jen Doll dispels the mystique of boozing with the boss by claiming that it is a ploy to keep employees at work longer. From a 19 ppg, All-Star season with a finals appearance to this, this guy has reverted back to his Sacramento Kings days.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! He spent a bunch of this time in Canada. Irony, hey?).