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How to Be Ready for What’s Next

Duct Tape Marketing

billion as they transformed Cree from a start-up into a global market leader with 6,500 employees worldwide. billion as they transformed Cree from a start-up into a global market leader with 6,500 employees worldwide. Under his leadership, the company grew from just over $6 million in annual revenue in 1993 to over $1.6

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Stop Fighting What You Don’t Love And Outsource The Nonessential

YoungUpstarts

I run an online art business that prints and ships thousands of orders each week to buyers all over the world — and I’m able to do it with only four full-time employees, thanks to outsourcing. I love it when all of my employees have creative, fulfilling projects to work on, and that’s exactly what we have — every day.

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Is Loneliness a Side Effect of Working Remotely?

Transformify

The company adopted a remote work policy several years ago allowing its employees to work from home several days per month. Remote work is still seen as a perk by many employers who usually allow their employees to work from home a day or two per week. Additionally, remote working allows employees greater flexibility.

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The myth of the brainstorming session: The best ideas don’t always come from meetings

The Next Web

In the 1940s, advertising executive, Alex Osborn, was frustrated with his employees’ creative output and began experimenting with ways to improve it. After this experience, I wondered why the group brainstorming session is often the default choice when we’re pressed to find that perfect idea? The origins of the brainstorming session.

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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

When it comes to best states to start a business in, North Carolina ranked second, and the state as a whole also ranked top five on cost of labor, low business costs, and beneficial tax structure.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My wife, Kym, was already doing this – working on her laptop in the van as we headed on vacation to North Carolina or Nova Scotia. Now, I have employees, a production studio and we are very busy. Or, relocate for 2 months in the summer and not skip a beat with my business. How did it work out for me?

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ATA Action Alert: Texas’ bathroom bill

Austin Startup

The concept isn’t new: the country watched last year as North Carolina passed its bathroom bill, resulting in lost business that grew into the billions. Governor Patrick, and Members of the Texas Legislature: We write to you as employees, executives, and entrepreneurs in Austin’s thriving technology sector.

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