October 2010 After barely changing at all for decades‚ the startup funding business is now in what could‚ at least by comparison‚ be called turmoil. At Y Combinator we’ve seen dramatic changes in the funding environment for startups. Fortunately one of them is much higher valuations. The trends we’ve been seeing are probably not YC-specific. I wish I could say they were‚ but the main cause is probably just that we see trends first—partly because the startups we fund are very plugged into the
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Business research is a well organized investigation and study of a company that provides information that lead to managerial decisions. Its process includes collecting of data‚ planning‚ analyzing‚ and obtaining organizational goal. Another important aspect of business research may involve in learning about competitors marketing strategies to obtaining an edge in their market share. I work for a fire safety inspection company that once had conducted a business research on a competitor that lost a
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Current Ethical Issue in Business The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have been in the news for recent issues regarding animal cruelty. The same activists that had to fight to preserve the habitat of animals‚ the cruelty in the clothing industry and in medical experiments have been the focus of attention for the way they have handled disposing of dead dogs and cats. This paper will establish the ethical issues‚ theories‚ ground rules‚ and how all apply to the PETA
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dire predictions of disappointment‚ has today handsomely defeated India in Mumbai. So‚ it is in a spirit of humility that I offer these predictions for 2013 from alternative (I am loth to say rival) forecasters‚ Professor Thomas Malnight of the IMD business school in Lausanne and his colleague Tracey Keys of Strategy Dynamics Global. Looking down their ten trends‚ I find myself general in agreement (though I’m not as pessimistic as they are in number 7‚ and we have to bear in mind that a lot of
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occurred based on information that was not yet made public. Under this rule the information which affected the decision to conduct business must result in material to be found guilty of insider trading. Meaning‚ the business act had to be worth a significant loss or gain by either party involved. The main purpose of this rule was to prevent future forecasts of any business because predictions may affect buying or selling of shares and prediction may be inaccurate. Also both parties in this article are
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years has risen‚ so is the world of business communication. Nowadays in world of business communication people using many different kind of latest communication technology. However‚ during old days‚ people used to write letters‚ held face-to-face meetings and many others in business. These changes are caused by the innovation of many new electronic tools such as wikis‚ teleconferences‚ personal digital assistants (PDAs) and many others which are to help the business to communicate more easily between
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References: Gogoi‚ P. (2007). Bloomberg Businessweek. Wal-Mart’s latest ethics controversy. Retrieved From: http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-06-13/wal-marts-latest-ethics-controversybusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice
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ever seen in the past. Obesity is hitting youth so hard that health experts warn that this generation of children will be the first to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents (Afterschool Alliance‚ 2006). This paper is intended to explain current issues surrounding childhood obesity‚ and touch on some of the causes and effects of this epidemic. Also‚ touch on what some states and school districts are doing to tackle obesity at its source. These programs and other ideas that are being implemented
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1. BUSINESS REQUIREMENT 1.1 Business Objectives Customer Objectives: Provide a product which enables a homeowner to be alerted when they are not home and visitors are at their door. The product will provide the following services to the customer: o The application sends push notifications to the customer’s mobile device when the doorbell button has been pressed. o The homeowner may prerecord messages to send to visitors. o The homeowner may establish a live voice connection with the visitor
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Current Business Research Project Paper There are some issues that need to be addressed in my organization‚ but there is one specific that I have been dealing since the day I started with my company and it is the capability to do call monitoring on my associates and provide them with positive feedback. My company does not pay any attention of certain issues that are important for us in order to run a state of the art call center and at the same time give associates the proper coaching and constructive
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