What is Working: Private Sector: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News

May 20, 2013

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Giving Students the Gift of a Prosperous Professional Future

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Our Common Goal: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Creating Jobs

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It's Time for Cap'n Crunch & Tony the Tiger to Retire: Let's Bring Design to Natural, Whole Foods

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Professional Services as a Training Ground

12.21.2012

In my view, professional services have become conflated with 'business' when really they're a narrow subset/category of businesses.

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A Decade Removed: 7 Tips for High Schoolers to Consider

12.18.2012

Planning ahead at age 15 is a difficult concept for most young men. Here are some tips that I hope are helpful for my nephew and other...

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HuffPost Labs Launches Exclusive Community for Hackers

12. 5.2012

Innovation is like a gas, it becomes more powerful the more it is compressed. Our hope is that by making it easier for the builders in...

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Big Companies: Pay It Forward

12. 3.2012

Entrepreneurs and the self-employed account for a huge uninsured segment. Yet entrepreneurs and those who work for them shouldn't be without...

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Tipping the First Domino: Getting Our Suppliers Onboard

11.21.2012

It is also true that if you get just one or two of the big name suppliers to sign on, you can start a 'domino effect' and the other suppliers...

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Supporting Local Businesses Strengthens Our Communities

11.16.2012

We can't sit idle waiting for the economy to improve. Over the last few years, we've witnessed time and time again the positive impact...

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Coding for GOOD: Why Businesses Need to Participate in Educating Not Just Recruiting

11.15.2012

Partly to blame for this disparity between an 8.1 percent unemployment rate and four million open jobs is the changing nature of our economy....

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How to Think About the Future of Jobs

11.15.2012

The challenge of finding talent amongst all the noise has become increasingly difficult, and job seekers are facing the same problem. So...

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Starting a Small Business

11.14.2012

I've learned that gradually building on past accomplishments can be a successful way to grow a business. This allows you to test your market,...

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Gelato: A Road to Sweet Success

11.13.2012

While our list of "teachable moments" (translation: "mistakes") seems to be endless, the lessons we have learned continue to help us evolve...

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STEM to STEAM: Art Is Key to Building a Strong Economy

11.13.2012

As we all know, STEM education is so important -- but on its own, sadly it's not working. Despite all of the resources being invested in...

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Making a Difference to Reinvigorate the American Dream

11.13.2012

While there are a handful of large companies who produce their products in America, the bulk of them tend to be smaller businesses like...

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The State of STEM Education

11.12.2012

Our focus should be two-fold: to help teachers to innovate the way students are learning science and math so that they gain confidence...

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From Boot Camp to Business: How Small Businesses Can Benefit From Veteran Employment

11.12.2012

But despite the desirable business characteristics they possess, the number of post 9/11 veterans unemployed in civilian life is now above...

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What is Working: Private Sector

"What is Working: Private Sector" is a showcase of thought leadership about ways to reduce unemployment in the United States in the private sector. We're featuring specific, granular ideas that could spark job creation, fulfillment, training -- or just conversation. Please e-mail daniel.koh@huffingtonpost.com if you'd like to contribute a blog post. Please also join the discussion group we initiated in partnership with LinkedIn here.