The First 8 People Your Startup Should Hire | businessnewsdaily.com

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To help you find the right people, here are some of the most commonly suggested first hires for your business.

Hiring from the top is smart, then expanding your team when your resources allow.
Strengthening your business’s internal and external relationships should be a major focus when you’re hiring for startup roles.
Keep your company culture in mind when filling startup positions.
This article is for new business owners who are looking to expand their team.

You created a product or service, you started your business, and you finally began making a little money – now it’s time to hire employees. However, figuring out who those people should be is easier said than done.

Employees lie about mental health days due to shame | Fast Company

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Employees may need mental health days, but that doesn’t mean they want their employers to know that.

Mental health app Wysa surveyed 1,000 American employees about their mental health at work post-COVID-19 shutdowns. While the majority of respondents admitted to struggling with mental health symptoms, most preferred to tell their employers they were physically sick or work through the pain rather than admit they needed a day off for mental health. The study’s key findings included:

6 Practical Ways to Boost Your Mental Fitness | Lifehack

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Today we are bombarded with information from morning till night. There is so much noise from television, social media, radio and even the Internet that we often overlook quieter activities that have a tremendous impact on our mental fitness — our brain.

Fortunately, the human brain is one of the most adaptable and responsive organs in the body. It’ll soak up new challenges like a sponge and continue developing throughout your life. But in order to do that, it needs some special attention.

There are lots of things you can do to keep your brain active – everything from reading books to playing games will work wonders for your memory, problem-solving skills, concentration abilities and much more.

Read on to find out about some different ways you can exercise your brain.

Ethics in the Workplace: Is It Ever OK to Lie at the Office? | All Business

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If your boss came to work in new attire that you thought looked hideous, would you lie or tell the truth? If you’re like me, you’d lie.

Afterward, you and I wouldn’t experience much guilt. Almost everyone tells white lies to protect others as well as ourselves from truths that could cause them or us unnecessary pain. In fact, a national survey revealed that 40% of people lied at least once during a 24-hour period.

If you met someone for the first time and wanted to appear likable and competent, would you tell a lie to make yourself look better? Most of us would, according to a University of Massachusetts study, which found that students lie two to three times during a conversation when they want to impress someone else.

Lawyers see crypto regulation coming in 2023 because industry needs to rebuild trust | TechCrunch

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Despite an uneven year in the crypto markets, many market participants are unperturbed about the long-term health of the sector and say that legal frameworks in 2023 could restore trust in the industry.

“Crypto will recover,” Katherine Dowling, general counsel member at Bitwise Asset Management, said to TechCrunch. “This is not the death of crypto.”

Given the belief by many that crypto remains here to stay, it’s worth looking ahead. Crypto denizens certainly are — after the FTX collapse, questions circulated concerning crypto’s future and what regulators would do next.

Rise of Refillable Make-Up | Cool Business Ideas

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Refillable makeup products promise to reduce waste and help create a more sustainable beauty routine. If you’ve ever thrown out old makeup, you know how much waste plastic packaging creates. You can fill a wastebasket pretty quickly with old eye shadow and powder compacts, not to mention foundation bottles and so on. But which refillable makeup containers are the most sustainable? Are some better than others? We set out to figure out if refillable makeup products are as sustainable as they say, and which ones offer the best value.

All the science that’s launching to the space station today | Digital Trends

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Today, Saturday November 26, an uncrewed SpaceX Dragon craft will be launching to the International Space Station. Packed inside the Dragon, which will be launched by a Falcon 9 rocket, will be a pair of new solar arrays for the space station, called International Space Station Roll Out Solar Arrays or iROSAs, as well as a wide range of science experiments and technology demonstrations.

Also included in the delivery will be an experiment to grow a crop of dwarf tomatoes. Growing food on the space station has been a topic of research because it will be necessary to grow food for longer crewed space missions, such as those planned to visit Mars, so that astronauts can eat something fresh. There is also a psychological component to growing and eating your own food that is beneficial for astronauts. Many of the foods grown on the ISS to date have been leafy greens (though there have also been experiments into growing chiles, radishes, and more), so the new experiment, called VEG-05, will test out growing tomatoes, including investigating how light and fertilizer affect their growth.

Surprise: Dollar Tree’s $1.25 price strategy is actually working | CNN Business

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When Dollar Tree said it would raise prices to $1.25 after 35 years sticking to $1, some fans protested and industry analysts questioned the decision.

A year later, the controversial move appears to be paying off.

Higher prices have added to Dollar Tree’s sales. The switch has also allowed the company to introduce merchandise it couldn’t previously sell because of its $1 price constraint, helping it draw new shoppers. Other companies have also raised prices, so Dollar Tree has been shielded from major customer blowback.

Sales at Dollar Tree stores increased 8.6% last quarter compared to a year ago, the company, which also owns Family Dollar, said Tuesday. Family Dollar sales increased 4.1% last quarter.

Time Poverty: What To Do If You Feel Time Poor | Lifehack

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In today’s fast-paced world, research shows more and more people are persistently feeling “time poor.” While time poverty to some people may not seem as important as material poverty, time poverty causes several negative implications from lower well-being, physical health, and productivity that cannot be ignored.

Nearly 50% of Americans report feeling they “don’t have enough time these days”, according to a 2015 Gallup poll.

And yet, despite constantly feeling like there’s not enough time in the day, many continue to work long hours, sacrificing valuable time with friends and family in the hopes of finally catching up on their busy schedules.