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How Company Passion Projects Can Add to the Bottom Line

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But what does a passion project for a company or business look like? In the early 2000s, Google encouraged an 80/20 policy, which gave employees the bandwidth to ideate, develop and innovate projects during 20% of their work schedule. The isolated cooking oil is supplied to a local producer who then reprocesses it for biofuels.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The government also reports increases in some industries beyond the trades, such as plumbing, electrical and other common apprentice fields including public administration, educational services, health care, social assistance and others. And it’s not just a post-pandemic or recent trend. Apprentice vs intern: What’s the difference?

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Will Small Businesses Drop Employee Health Coverage in 2014?

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We've looked at the new health care law and tried to understand and forecast what it means for small businesses.    The New York Times has an article covering McKinsey getting hammered over their analysis of the new health care law.    Which is one reason why the topic is so controversial.  The

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The government also reports increases in some industries beyond the trades, such as plumbing, electrical and other common apprentice fields including public administration, educational services, health care, social assistance and others. And it’s not just a post-pandemic or recent trend. Apprentice vs intern: What’s the difference?

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). We are a typical global, internet-based media company, operated out of the garage in my house.”

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Obamacare's Impact on Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

As the chart below shows, the percentage of full-time independent workers with health insurance has increased from 64% in 2013 to 83% in 2016. This increase is clearly due to Obamacare, which took effect in 2014. million more independent workers have health insurance than in 2013.  This means about 3.3

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