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The Ramen Lifestyle

Grant Cardone

He graduated college in 2013 with a useless degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton and has bounced around from job to job over the past 4 years to where he now makes more than he ever has—$40,000 a year salary. Should he be grateful? Let’s break down Greg’s finances: His income is $40,000 and he gets paid on the 1st of every month.

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Combating Disengagement: What can be done about workers’ lack of interest in their jobs?

Sales and Marketing Management

It does not pay commissions or bonuses, opting instead to set base salaries within the top 10 percent of pay for San Francisco benchmarks for each position. The company has no full-time salespeople (“We say everyone who works at Basecamp is a salesperson,” says Heinemeier Hansson). It has no quarterly or annual goals. Does it work?

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What to Do Better Next Time – Lessons from 3 Top Current CEOs (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr - Sales Strategy

PJ Bouten : I mean usually that happens on the sales and marketing side so if I talk about being more aggressive in the US it means for me like, paying higher salaries and attracting those first, two, three, four. So, to me still, when I look at different countries, there are different rates for salaries. Has that been a concern?

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