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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

Operating a small business is not unlike owning a really old house: things break a lot, and you need to fix them, over and over and over. It helps if you can look at failures as feedback and appreciate them for their educational value instead of taking them as body blows. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – America: Are Entrepreneurs the Bad Guys?

Strategy Driven

My firm employs a little less than 100 people; we have no debt, we pay vendors on time, and have always operated a profitable business. My portion of the tax load subsidizes another New Yorker’s child’s education in the school system. Public Relations Agencies, 5WPR. We pay our bills. All I seek is a little appreciation for that.

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Training Police Departments to Be Less Biased

Harvard Business Review

There’s an extensive and growing body of research across all professions — doctors, lawyers, judges, real estate agents, teachers, and yes, police as well, that points to implicit bias in human beings. But the science says we all have implicit biases, and even if we don’t express them, they can still be operational.