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Is Job Hopping Such a Bad Thing?

Is Job Hopping Such a Bad Thing?

Millennials have been charged with the crime of serial job hopping, never staying anywhere more than a few years. I counter that it’s not necessarily a bad thing. As employers, we’d love people to be happy doing the work they do today for the next decade, but most humans need ...
Five Tips for Finding Jobs as an International Worker

Five Tips for Finding Jobs as an International Worker

International workers are candidates with experience in more than one country, some having experience in many different countries. They may work in the oil and gas industry, telecom, even global FMCG companies where their work changes location every few years. Some folks may work in an MNC (Multinational Corporation) and ...
Deciphering Term Sheets - ibuildcompanies.com by Jeanne Heydecker

Deciphering a Term Sheet

A term sheet is the document that lays out the terms of an investment and the collateral, be it a patent, licensing deal, a company, or a single product or service. It details what you are giving, and what you are getting in return from the investor. Then it lays ...
Practice Those Pitch Decks Please - ibuildcompanies.com by Jeanne Heydecker

Practice Those Pitch Decks, Please!

Business plans don’t always require you to go outside and pitch for money, but having a solid business plan makes the pitching process easier. What you’ll need to do is create a simple, easy to follow twenty minute presentation based on your plan and how much money it will take ...
Bootstrapping Your Business - ibuildcompanies.com by Jeanne Heydecker

Bootstrapping Your Business

Financing your business idea can come from many options depending on the amount you need to start, from microfinance, bank loans, seed or angel investors, private equity or your personal savings. Bootstrapping is typically using your own savings and perhaps borrowing money from friends and family to start up your ...
Automating Your Marketing Processes for Free - ibuildcompanies.com by Jeanne Heydecker

Automating Your Marketing Processes for Free

Set Up Your Web Site The first thing most startups do after branding is build a brochure web site, then move either towards building a sales funnel through landing pages or they build out an e-commerce site. There is a cost for your domain name registration and web hosting. I ...