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Protect your company secrets!

Berkonomics

But all will immediately question whether the new business will compete in any way with their enterprise and react to the future entrepreneur in either of two very distinct ways based upon those fears. Many states recognize the right of a former employee to work, even if in direct competition with a past employer.

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How to protect your company lists and trade secrets

Berkonomics

But all will immediately question whether the new business will compete in any way with their enterprise, and react to the future entrepreneur in either of two very distinct ways based upon those fears. Many states recognize the right of a former employee to work, even if in direct competition with a past employer.

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7 Reasons That Worker Empowerment Rules The Workplace

Startup Professionals Musings

Layoffs from bellwethers make headlines and scare us, but these are now mostly behind us. New and old entrepreneurs submitted over five million startup business applications in 2021 and again in 2022, making these the most popular years on record , according to data released by the U.S. The birth rate in many countries is declining.

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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees. To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances.

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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Although his focus is naturally on bigger companies, I contend that his recommended strategies apply equally well to entrepreneurs and startups: Demand a mindset of deep thinking for the long term. Cote, former Chairman and CEO of Honeywell. Attract, train, and reward only the best leaders.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. People scoop company layoffs, mergers, key people leaving a company or being fired and the like. But that’s not the world we live in today.

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Culture Counts in Every Business, Large or Small

Startup Professionals Musings

Competition is high, profitability is low, especially low when compared with some of the new, hot industries such as those burgeoning in the high-tech arenas. There has never been a layoff nor a labor shutdown in their history. Tags: excellence entrepreneur business culture startups. But are there lessons that can be learned?