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Ron Conway And San Francisco Startups Win Big In The Election, Saving New...
Ron Conway has actively encouraged the San Francisco tech community to get involved with the government. Yesterday his hard work paid off.The city of San Francisco voted in a new tax policy Conway...
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The Best Leaders Ask Employees How They Want To Be Managed
Forget what you learned in those management books. There's really only one way to ensure that everyone on your team excels.Management books have it all wrong. They all try to tell you how to manage...
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Why Evernote CEO Phil Libin Isn't Planning On Going Public Anytime Soon
Evernote is hands-down one of the most useful apps when it comes to writing notes and lists, making annotations, and more.It's also one of the most popular, with 41 million users. And after landing a...
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25 Small Companies With Better Perks Than Any Silicon Valley Startup
Giant tech companies like Google and Facebook get a lot of attention for their killer perks.But small businesses have been stepping it up with competitive benefits and great work culture."Strong...
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How To Prevent A 'Bossless Culture' From Slipping Into Chaos
The most innovative tech companies today are building work cultures that fly in the face of tradition.At companies like Valve and Github, gone are the managers who boss people around and expect servile...
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WE'RE HIRING: Join The Business Insider Team As A Paid Editorial Intern This...
Business Insider is looking for paid interns to join our editorial team this winter, starting in January.Don't be dismayed by the term "intern." At Business Insider, there's no getting coffee or making...
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Unilever Destroyed Its Rival In Argentina By Running Ads About Toilets
The best brands not only come up with great new products, but are able to successfully defend themselves from others.Kellogg School Of Management professor Tim Calkin's new book "Defending Your Brand"...
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Why Firms Fire Their Best Employees During Recessions
It may seem counter-intuitive, but some of the first people to get let go in a recession are the smartest, hardest working people. This counters the common idea that lower-skilled, lower-quality...
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Why You Didn't Land That Interview At JP Morgan
It’s a question I’ve been getting a lot lately.“Why didn’t I get an interview at Morgan Stanley New York?”“Why was my friend selected for JP Morgan Houston but I was not?”“Why did I get an interview at...
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Here's Why Evernote CEO Phil Libin Is In No Rush To Make More Customers Pay
Productivity app Evernote has roughly 41 million users, but only 1.5 million of them pay anything for the service.Those users pay $5 a month or $45 a year for Evernote's premium service—or less if they...
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Please Vote: What Are The Best Colleges in America?
College tuition has reached record highs and grads are still struggling to get jobs and pay off mounds of student debt.So, it's more important than ever to have a ranking that asks a simple question:...
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Why You Should Give Your Business Plan To Your Most Skeptical Friend
The first step to launching a startup is creating a business plan. Whether it's used to pitch investors or just as a roadmap, the best plans are flexible and have weighed all the inherent risks....
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10 Things You Should Never Say To Coworkers
Whether you love your co-workers or hate them, you're stuck with them for hours each day—and they're stuck with you.If you're not thoughtful about what you say to each other, you can make one another...
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This Wharton MBA Plans His Days Down To The Minute
America's top business schools are filled with students training to be the next generation of CEOs.Jonathan McEuen, a second-year Wharton MBA, pulls 19-hour days, starting his morning at 5 AM and then...
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A Supreme Court Fight Against Nike Could Make Big Retailers Afraid To File...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in a trademark dispute involving Nike's Air Force 1 low-cut sneakers.Nike sued smaller sneaker maker Already for allegedly infringing its trademark for...
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Legalizing Marijuana Is A 'Conflict That's Going To be Huge' In The Workplace
The pro-pot movement won a huge victory on Tuesday when Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.But what does this mean for the professional...
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Nike's CEO Explains Why Reading Business Books Is A Waste Of Time
One of the world's most iconic brands, Nike, has encountered some issues recently, such as the Lance Armstrong scandal, trouble in Europe, and weak sales plus a rapidly increasing cost of manufacturing...
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What It's Like For Female Execs To Rise In The World's Major Job Markets
When it comes to salary and a seat at the board in top companies, women still have a long way to go compared to their male counterparts.And this gap has been shown to have a negative impact on a firm's...
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When Google Wants To Buy Your Startup, It Sends You An Email That Looks Like...
In 2007, Google reached out to a startup it wanted to buy called Zlio.Zlio was founded in 2006. It let anyone open an online store, even if they had nothing of their own to sell. Stores could be...
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These Industries Are Losing Tons Of Money Because They Won't Touch Digital
Whether it's because of regulation, a conservative outlook, or simply because they don't see the benefit, some industries have been incredibly slow to embrace the digital age. However, even in the...
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