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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

“You don’t build loyalty with the ‘what’, you build it with the ‘why’” - Ryan Kirkpatrick , CEO of Shwood. Ltd , a local eyewear brand nationally known for their innovative wooden-framed eyewear.

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What Great Companies Know About Culture

Harvard Business Review

Competitiveness, customer loyalty, innovation, and productivity — while critical to daily operations — trailed behind with each under 20 percent. Research was led by Brigid Milligan and Ryan Wells of Burson-Marsteller's Corporate Practice in collaboration with the Great Place to Work Institute.

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U.S. Health Care Reform Will Require Politicians to Change Their Attitude

Harvard Business Review

Speaker Paul Ryan has said that the law has “failed.” Certain changes can be forced into the system from on high, but the essential goodwill, commitment, and voter loyalty that political will is derived from cannot be commanded. ” In the campaign debates, Donald Trump said it was “destroying our country.”