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Some of the interesting articles I've shared on Flipboard.
The people who got to the top on a four-day week
For Marc Nohr, being a part-time boss means he can spend more time with his family and on charity work.
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'I'm the boss and part time, don't call me slacker'
For Marc Nohr, being a part-time boss means he can spend more time with his family and on charity work.
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Replacing JavaScript: How eBay made a web app 50x faster by switching programming languages
And why JavaScript still has an important role to play. The best programming languages to learn in 2019: Top coding skills that pay you the most Online …
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/briannawiest/2020/01/24/small-businesses-that-fail-in-the-first-year-always-have-these-3-things-in-common/
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Small Businesses That Fail In The First Year Always Have These 3 Things In Common
The process of turning an idea into a lucrative business is never easy, but it’s particularly challenging for small businesses. Without the resources of larger operations, small businesses have a unique challenge in front of them: they have to turn a profit in a relatively short amount of time while …
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Trump handed big business a massive tax cut, and all he got in return was embarrassment - Business Insider
Two years after his administration passed a massive tax cut for corporations meant to spur economic growth, the verdict is in, and the results are embarrassing. The tax cuts did not "unleash animal spirits" (as the business media is so fond of saying). And it did not usher in a period of 3% GDP …
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As robots take over warehousing, workers pushed to adapt
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Guess who's getting used to working with robots in their everyday lives? The very same warehouse workers once predicted to be losing their jobs to mechanical replacements. But doing your job side-by-side with robots isn't easy. According to their makers, the machines should …
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2019/12/15/why-you-need-to-worry-about-your-job-going-away/
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Why You Need To Worry About Your Job Going Away
Much as I hate to be a Debbie Downer on the future of work in the coming years, I’ll be blunt: Millions, if not tens of millions of jobs, are going away due to automation. If you are early or in the middle of your work life, you need to be concerned about this trend. It’s not some paranoid fantasy …
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Almost Everyone Has An Incredible App Idea, But Very Few Have A Business Plan For It
The last couple of years have been all about mobile apps and smartphone-dependent businesses. Uber is one example that brought a revolution in the business world with the concept of ride-sharing and on-demand delivery. There was no looking back. We've witnessed apps for anything and everything, be …
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Council Post: Almost Everyone Has An Incredible App Idea, But Very Few Have A Business Plan For It
The last couple of years have been all about mobile apps and smartphone-dependent businesses. Uber is one example that brought a revolution in the business world with the concept of ride-sharing and on-demand delivery. There was no looking back. We've witnessed apps for anything and everything, be …
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Colleagues Who Bite - 4 Ways To Screen Them Out
When the sign clearly said "Dangerous Animal - Hyena - Do Not Come Close" I could never understand why someone would poke their hand through the bars. It seemed so crazy, reckless, self-destructive. They invariably got their fingertips bitten off. It happened to my school friend Martin, on a class …
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