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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. The Number of Employees You Have Matters. In most states, if you have just one employee you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.

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[Review] The $100 Startup

YoungUpstarts

One should also determine if outsourcing to virtual assistants, subcontracting and hiring employees would truly work. To multiply one’s efforts, one could use a “hub-and-spoke” model of maintaining a home base while using other outposts to diversify oneself. Partnerships such as affiliate programmes may also work. 3 The Long Haul.

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Onward And Upward: Your Relocation For Work Guide

YoungUpstarts

We asked some of the leading HR professionals and a leading employee relocation company for their expert advice. It may surprise you, but there is no legal obligation for employers to reimburse or provide moving expenses for employees. Entry-level employees might be offered a lump-sum or no package at all. South Carolina.

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How to Choose a Business Location

Up and Running

Will you easily be able to find employees? Can you afford to pay your employees at least the minimum wage? He wanted to stay rooted in his community in South Carolina. “My My company, Bandwagon, is a ticket market for college sports, so where better than the South to start a company? Is safety very important?

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why They Love Their Business

Hearpreneur

Our target audience for the videos is the connected TV (CTV) market via devices like the Roku and Amazon Fire TV through the HD Carolina channel. Producing episodes require that we go out and have fun experiencing the many wonderful sites and attractions around North and South Carolina. 12 – My Employees.

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Fundraising Now? Remember Morality Impacts Valuation

ReadWriteStart

Uber is still living down reports of its founder’s past behavior, and California pushed to treat drivers like full-time employees and take on the associated costs. Companies that prompt employees to speak up about ethical lapses tend to be more profitable. Juul’s founder resigned. This may also be true… up to a point.

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Small Tech Company Finds Global Markets

The Entrepreneurial Mind

After William Haynes was laid off during the financial crisis, he started Sabai Technology , a company based in Simpsonville, South Carolina, that develops and sells wireless routers and network equipment, with himself as the sole employee. i] Jenny Munro, “World Beats Path to Powers’ Door,” Greenville News, January 18, 2009, p.