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Christine Lagorio-Chafkin

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Author of many articles & one book, WE ARE THE NERDS. Past: Editor at Large of Inc. magazine. Co-host of From the Ground Up podcast.

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How to Improve Your Hiring Practices

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By Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
| Inc. Verified
Think you know what works when hiring a new employee? Experts say: Think again. Most managers skimp on time and energy needed to find the best candidates for a job. You run your own company. You’ve grown it from the ground-up, and things are going so smoothly you’re ready to expand. That should be simple enough: You have a knack for finding the right people to help business thrive. Right? Wrong, says Mark Clark, an associate professor at American University’s Kosgod School of Business.
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Phil Libin’s Next Startup? Bringing Michelin-Starred Chefs to Bentonville

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By Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
| Inc. Verified
“I don’t think an Ancient Roman restaurant would do well in Bentonville,” said Phil Libin, the serial founder, who relocated to Arkansas from San Francisco nearly five years ago. Libin was telling me this because he’d recently encountered a “reasonably popular” YouTuber who did a series what gladiators feasted on in Ancient Rome. “But I could sell tickets for it for one night.
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They Had the Ultimate Exit. Here's Why They Bought Their Companies Back

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By Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
| Inc. Verified
The email would lead to the $1 million acquisition of her company. But when it landed in her in-box in September 2016, Ashley Murphy thought it was spam. The co-founder of Neat Method, a home-organization franchise she’d launched in San Francisco, had never considered an acquisition. The company, founded by Murphy, Molly Graves, and Marissa Hagmeyer, was still relatively young. It had 17 franchise licensees across the United States, but they still considered it a lifestyle business.
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