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How Politics Affects Peer-To-Peer Lending

The Horizons Tracker

When seeking a loan, individuals have traditionally turned to banks and loan officers, engaging in a face-to-face interaction at a local branch. Unlike bank loans, where funds originate from the financial institution, peer-to-peer loans derive their capital from a collective of investors, many of whom may share similarities with the borrower.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

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N2Growth Blog

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? Now a small team of Bettcher employees is venturing into clean rooms and observing the “work” that is performed.

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Relief At Last? Small Business Jobs Act Signed by President

Women's Leadership Exchange

It’s true that the government allocated stimulus money through the Small Business Administration (SBA) early on, but few banks were in a lending mood. The bill includes a series of small business proposals that the President put forth earlier this year, and small businesses will start benefiting from the bill on day one.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

Even though I had been working with entrepreneurs since 2005, and I had created my own Company in 2011, I was still afraid of being totally free to work on my dream. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. In any case, this is an indicator of wasted resources, and wasted dreams. Even myself, by 2013 I was still working for a Company.

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