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4 Tips For Hiring Long-Term Talent On A Very Tight Budget

4 Tips For Hiring Long-Term Talent On A Very Tight Budget

Growing your team is one of those chicken-and-egg paradoxes: you need a larger team to increase revenue, but you can’t increase revenue until you grow your team.

3 Rules For Building A Following, One Newsletter At A Time

3 Rules For Building A Following, One Newsletter At A Time

Reliable, actionable content built “The Dash” newsletter to 30,000 and growing–as well as the author’s personal brand.

Business Model Not Working? Chuck It, And Start From Scratch

Find yourself stuck in a stagnant business model? Take a cue from the story of a former Chicago web designer who fired every single one of her clients and started a fresh (totally scalable) business. Here’s how she made it work.

Ideas

A Higher Minimum Wage Is Not Doing The Bad Things Critics Said It Would Do

A Higher Minimum Wage Is Not Doing The Bad Things Critics Said It Would Do

This Outdoor-Gear-For-Good Company Proves You Can Be A Benefit Corporation From Day One

This New Meal Kit Delivery Service Isn’t For Tired Home Cooks–It Fights Hunger

Entertainment

How Dennis “Thresh” Fong Went From Pro Gamer To Entrepreneur

How Dennis “Thresh” Fong Went From Pro Gamer To Entrepreneur

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About VidCon

Microsoft Launches New Branded Podcast On How The Future Of Tech Is Decided Today

Co.Design

13 Courtroom Drawings That Captured History

13 Courtroom Drawings That Captured History

This App Lets You Play Super Mario Bros. In The Real World, And It’s Incredible

This N.Y.C. Park Is Testing Pop-Up Rest Stops That Deliver Wi-Fi By Bike

Fast Company

This Is Why Your Brain Hates Public Speaking So Much

This Is Why Your Brain Hates Public Speaking So Much

This Is The Secret To The Success Of Everyone’s New Favorite Sex Therapist

How Dennis “Thresh” Fong Went From Pro Gamer To Entrepreneur