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Unpaid Interns or Indentured Servants?

Don’t assume that hiring interns mean free labor for the Summer. As the summer season heats up, college and high school students are busy interning in many businesses. And there’s a lot of misconception out there about the “yippee, I get labor for free” mentality that we see within companies all too often. It’s true, you have the opportunity to …

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Gladwell, Maslow, and the Unintended Organizational Chart

So, the subject sounds pretty deep this week, but before you start wondering if we’ve taken leave of our senses – we’re talking about your organization and all of its structure – or lack thereof. You know; your unintended organizational chart. It happens – you’re going along someday thinking you’re the coolest boss in the free world, when all of …

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Go Big or Go Home – The Big Five Mistakes in Growing your Business

We’ve all been there. You know, that moment when you have to make the decision to play in the “bigs” or continue to do things the way that you do them now so that your competition can leave you standing in their dust. My advice? For heaven’s sakes, go big or go home. Nobody invests their whole being into creating …