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Qualcomm Confirms FLO TV Shutdown Plans, Layoffs

socalTECH

San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Qualcomm said it is suspending direct consumer sales of devices, and will continue maintaining the service until Spring 2011.

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LivingSocial Shuts Torrance Facility, Cuts 400

socalTECH

In a major Los Angeles area layoff, daily deals and offers service LivingSocial is closing a sales facility in Torrance, and cutting 400 employees throughout the company, as part of a restructuring. livingsocial torrance layoff jobs employment daily deals restructuring marketing' READ MORE>>.

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Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be revealed at its LA design studio on March 14

TechCrunch LA

Tesla said that to achieve this lower price it will shift all sales globally to online only, meaning the company will be closing many of its stores over the next few months. There will be some layoffs as a result. Musk later said they would be hiring more service technicians.

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Have you made the mistake of hiring too soon?

Berkonomics

Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. Well, you may not be alone. The balance between preparedness and cost. Your reputation with your employees at risk.

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Take advantage of the good times to build stakeholder loyalty.

Berkonomics

The truth is that many employees merely make a simple pact: timely pay for time in service. And it is that disconnected employee, usually one or more of the better performers, that starts looking for a job when times look bad for a company. That one hurts early investors and founders more than perhaps any other action by investors.

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and most often operate remotely (from anywhere in the world) in this age of the Internet. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs. We are becoming a society of entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs Can Thrive on Services or Products

Startup Professionals Musings

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs. We are becoming a society of entrepreneurs.