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6 myth-busting facts about entrepreneurship and poverty

Work Life

For example, in some high-poverty sub-Saharan African countries, as many as two out of three adults operate or are in the process of starting their own business. Such small businesses are arguably the backbone of many developing economies, where over 50% of the population can be in poverty. These often attract criticism.

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Business Unusual: Manage Remote Teams with Jehan Noon

Ruby

So our biggest challenge was, as we got word of things potentially going awry, is the government shutting everything down. But this is kind of gilding the lily I’m sure for you all. This has really opened up a lot of other people’s eyes into our world on how we’ve been operating for a very long time. And we’re like, “Oh, could it happen?

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5 reasons to pick a local PEO with national resources

Insperity

Although no one would argue that local governments enact employment laws with good intentions – to help ensure area workers’ well-being – each new law or change to an existing one can present new compliance hurdles for businesses. The advantages of having a trusted HR advisor nearby go beyond logistics.

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my manager is terrible at PowerPoint, having employees’ backs against racist clients, and more

Ask a Manager

Possibly relevant: many such clients are severely impoverished and we’re providing services to them via government assistance, which can be hard to get again if the client is fired–this is the source of a lot of my hesitance about jumping to that option.

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Ask a Manager speed round

Ask a Manager

I own a small business that is booming and expanding soon and I’ll be able to hire an HR person before the end of the year. In a government job, it’s very unlikely that you’re going to be successful in changing this. Is my no bullying social media policy dumb?