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Is working at a startup generally less stressful than working at a large company?
Anyone know of studies comparing stress levels as a function of company size? I heard that symphony orchestra members have measurably more stress than small ensemble players due to lesser control. ...
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How do I pitch to a potential partner?
A group of us want to work with a rather large company on a specific project. I was able to contact the person in the department i wanted and on the initial email she forward me to 4 colleagues that ...
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Does going Public make the CEO lose his “full control” over the company?
I could not understand why does a company (hint: Facebook) not want to go public.
I can understand that it is important for a CEO to have full control of a company, but if the company hands off 49% ...
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How to find the right person to speak to at a company?
I am following up on How do I pitch to a potential partner? I found the project manager who in the department of the company i wish to work with but however she forward me to 5 managers in smaller ...
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how to say no to a project for start up a company?
We wanted to start a little startup, but things changed after a big company asked us to do some modules, and after being in talks, we thought now that it will be best to start with the small that ...
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Leaving an awesome startup for Big Co. Am I crazy?
I love working for my current company. The work is challenging and fun, the people are amazing, I've been given lots of opportunity, and it's just an overall great work environment.
The ...
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What is the best way to share essential employees between two sister companies?
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I have one up and running Home healthcare (we'll call it Agency A)which provides skilled and non skilled services.
I have another start up agency which is only certified for ...
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Could the following be a good way to manage a large business?
As a consultant for large corporations my startup is considering recommending the following:
Imagine that you have a large business with several thousand employees. Usually such a business has ...
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Do large companies just work as tax-free zones with lower accounting standards?
Large companies are often organized into business units (GM is supposted to be a primer on this). These units essentially function like smaller companies. The only difference is that the accounting ...
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competing with Amazon, how to, the smart approach
For a number of months I have been thinking how to create an e-commerce solution that competes with Amazon. I came up with an idea that is probably lame, but i'd like to understand why it will not ...
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'active affiliate' program for direct sales
I would like to hear people opinion about outsourcing direct sales to affiliates.
We expect our affiliates to do cold calls to prospects and close deals, we will do the actual delivery and provide ...
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Any examples of large companies measuring profits and cashflow instead of making traditional cost/revenue budgets?
The following is a copy and paste from this discussion with Pierre 303:
Let us take an example where I believe that it is clear that there are no reasons for budget. Imagine a company, which has ...
