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Crimson Fellowship: University of Alabama Christian staff, faculty, and graduate students

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: leroyhurt-df0opq.mailerpage.ioCrimson Fellowship meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Baptist Campus Ministries building (403 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401) at 11:45 AM -...

Notes and quotes: About American Workforce Academy

An article by Salena Zito gives some background about American Workforce Academy that parents and mentors of young people pursuing calling and career should think about. Main point: "[Mike] Rowe has been warning anyone who would listen that our skills gap in the...

UACFSF: Mark Tapscott on working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSF, https://www.hillfaith.org/Mark Tapscott of HillFaith dropped in on us via Zoom on 2/25 to tell us about his ministry to Capitol Hill staff. Among other things, he leads a...

Via Instapundit and the New York Times, operations management contributes to improved treatment of heart attacks:From 2003 to 2013, the death rate from coronary heart disease fell about 38 percent, according to the American Heart Association citing data from the...

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Professor Studies HubSpot’s Culture

Via Business Insider: We have what we call an "uncomfortable level of transparency" where we share information as if every employee was a [top] manager. Our wiki exposes things like cash balance, burn rate last month, valuations, impact on dilution, customers we're...

The air, the taxes, the retirement

Via Bankers Anonymous: Working for yourself, in a business you founded, makes it much more likely that you’ll do something you love. Working for someone else, for a salary, makes it much more likely that you’ll be asked to come in on Saturdays to work on the TPS...

The air, the taxes, the retirement

Via Bankers Anonymous: Working for yourself, in a business you founded, makes it much more likely that you’ll do something you love. Working for someone else, for a salary, makes it much more likely that you’ll be asked to come in on Saturdays to work on the TPS...

Observations on ownership vs. working for others

Via Bankers Anonymnous: If you do plan to work on increasing your personal pile of money, you cannot afford to work for a salary, for someone else, on a fixed income.  You need to start building equity, like, right now. Entrepreneurship Part II | Bankers...

Observations on ownership vs. working for others

Via Bankers Anonymnous: If you do plan to work on increasing your personal pile of money, you cannot afford to work for a salary, for someone else, on a fixed income.  You need to start building equity, like, right now. Entrepreneurship Part II | Bankers...

Ownership is equity

Via Bankers Anonymous: Everyone in the for-profit world should aspire to build and run his or her own business. Ownership is equity | Bankers Anonymous Points: “…the limitation of your fixed income [salary] comes not from prevailing interest rates, but rather from the...

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