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DURHAM – The proper recruitment, selection and hiring of key employees are always activities that require significant time, effort and financial resources. For entrepreneurs, where key early hires are often critical to the short and long term success of the business, this activity takes on even more…

DURHAM – For an entrepreneurial leader, building a great team is crucial to success. Early teams never have the complete set of skills needed to take the company from their beginnings to achieving their goals.  Key questions to be answered are:

• What skills do you need?
• …

DURHAM - Most people believe that the greatest challenge for a new venture lies in raising enough money to take the company from a “technology” to an actual business which can be financed at a major round of funding.  But, as Gib Myers, emeritus partner at…

By Stephen C. Harper, Ph.D.

To create the child easy
To raise the child difficult."

This Chinese proverb applies very well to the challenges entrepreneurs face who are able to traverse the startup minefield. So much time and attention is directed to the process of starting a business that entrepreneurs…

By Bill Warner

Picking the right executive team is critical to a company’s ongoing success, and should be done with regular discipline. To make it even harder, the requirements for the executive team changes as the company matures. The team that started the company may not be the one that…

By Don Alexander and Anastasia Pucci, Special to LTW

By Scott Secor

American business is constantly challenged to change. Mergers and acquisitions, tax law changes, legislative changes – all of which burden already overstretched HR, benefits, and payroll functions. Help exists. State-of-the-art solutions are available for managing change and for delivering access to critical information.

Self-service portals are being…

    How to attract, hire and retain talented individuals are some of the most meaningful, yet difficult decisions that you make when starting a company.  Depth and integrity within your pool of human capital can significantly impact growth and success.

Presented by: Denise Kilpatrick

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    How to attract, hire and retain talented individuals are some of the most meaningful, yet difficult decisions that you make when starting a company.  Depth and integrity within your pool of human capital can significantly impact growth and success.

About the Speaker: Peter Johnson, …

    As a leader it is important to recognize at what point your core competencies have reached their limits.  Hiring key personnel to augment your capabilities, and relying on their expertise, increases not only productivity, but also profitability.

Presented by: Jonathan Gindes, CFO & Senior…

The availability and retention of top talent are the most critical concerns for high-growth entrepreneurs in the Research Triangle Region of NC according to the 2007 Entrepreneurial Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED).  “Access to Qualified Technical and Non-Technical Workforce” and…

A discussion on  the changing dynamics of "going global".  Learn how to find and communicate with partners that complement your strategy and aid in your global reach.  Through this communication develop skills to overcome cultural differences and manage global talent.