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Self-Employed: What You Need to Know to Be Your Own Boss

Hubspot

For those who are self-employed in the agricultural space, jobs are expected to decline by 3% over the next decade. As a freelancer, you provide contract services to as many companies and clients as you would like to take on. Employment contracts can range in length from a few days to multiple years, depending on the nature of work.

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So people were paying people to take their futures contracts. That means specifically they’re going to cancel contracts. The reason for that is most people have annual contracts and they haven’t come up for renewal yet. So the ability for people to store oil doesn’t exist. Why is financing hard right now?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

Aaron Levie: You just know, okay, Google or Amazon or IBM, whatever, these are going to be substantial platforms that you can trust, and you care way more about, “Are they there for you when there’s a problem? So, state local governments, I imagine some of this is like the Jedi contract. They want security, they want trust.

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How to market in the age of outrage

Martech

buy, choose or avoid brands because of politics, according to a the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer , up from 52% last year. As former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower once said, “There’s nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.” More than half (54%) of people in the U.S.

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Growing Pains: The Problems Plaguing Startups and How to Solve Them

Hubspot

In the months leading up to the launch of my business, I joined a startup accelerator and got a contract for a new investment fund through that. We also implemented an employee referral program, which brought in skilled candidates through trusted recommendations, Stevens says. Pro tip: No need to start with full-time employees.