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Made From Scratch

Leading Blog

It is a well-written story that takes us from his days as a student-athlete through his formative years working his way up in bars and restaurants from busboy to manager, to the wild ride founding and growing Texas Roadhouse into the international success it is today. In 1997 he was awarded an Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.

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Taking a Look at the Future of Oil and Gas Industry

Strategy Driven

What is more, the adoption of new technologies will facilitate oil and gas operations. It could contribute to climate change goals or at least stop acting as a green boogeyman. It could contribute to climate change goals or at least stop acting as a green boogeyman. The goal is to reduce the emissions by at least 3.4

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Should Everyone Be Allowed to Invest in Private Tech Companies?

Harvard Business Review

His stated goal is enabling small investors to get access to alternative high-quality investments, such as in private tech companies like Uber and AirBnB. They therefore seek investors who understand their initial losses and can facilitate secondary rounds of funding when their operations grow.

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When Unequal Pay Is Actually Fair

Harvard Business Review

Another novelty pay practice occurred last year when Gravity Payments’ CEO Dan Price, rather famously cut his own pay to set the base pay for each employee at $70,000. While radical approaches like Price’s are effective in driving a news cycle, they also miss the mark in attracting and retaining top talent.

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Calculate How Much Your Company Should Invest in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless. Setting the growth target. But this is not cause for alarm.

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Before You Link Pay to Customer Feedback: Five Essentials

Harvard Business Review

In most larger companies, you'll need to generate roughly 200+ responses per operating unit per period. Your customer metrics must correlate with financial and strategic goals. You can also use these processes to inform policy, pricing, staffing, process and product improvements. Truly reliable feedback and metrics.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Coca-Cola was not alone in facing increasing costs in 2011; one of my clients, Kimberly-Clark, took an earnings hit from record pulp prices. These companies are notable victims of a new reality: resources are constrained and input prices are fundamentally rising. The goal: to reduce negative environmental and social impacts of the $1.4