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Expansion Management magazine ranks Ann Arbor, MI #1 in the USA for knowledge workers. Some of us were in a local cafe recently, discussing downsized Pfizer workers (and downsized auto-industry-related and auto supplier technology people).
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ANN ARBOR, MI — Arborlaw PLC announced that it will roll out the “Lemon-A-Squared” grant, joining several SE Michigan (SE-MI) law firms in agreeing to provide free business formation services to downsized Pfizer ex-employees looking to form new companies and commit to the Ann Arbor and southeast Michigan economy.To qualify, an applicant has to be
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I’m seeing several articles declaring “homeshoring” to be the new trend in business process outsourcing (BPO). According to Kristen Kizer, a director of customer care at DigitalBridge Communications, homeshoring attracts “more qualified agents, such as stay-at-home moms, idle retirees and college students.” The StartupNation article is here. Labor trends researcher IDC has seen steady 20% [...]

Some article copy never ages.
Here’s a great article from 1996 by Frederick J. Beste on the 50-50 Ownership Deathtrap, the Three Musketeers Deathtrap, the Big Fish Swallows Little Fish Deathtrap, and 22 other things Not To Do when you are starting up. It’s a checklist of failure events.
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