Requiring corporations to follow 'progressive labor standards' by providing higher wages and better benefits can help even the playing field for small businesses and workers

Learn more about BI Prime View online           Strategy Select           Requiring corporations to follow 'progressive labor standards' by providing higher wages and better benefits can help even the playing field for small businesses and workers   Critics argued that the increased minimum wage would kill business — especially small business. Zach Silk of Pitchfork Economics says they were wrong.   READ MORE           The 12 Texas cities everyone in the country is moving to   Texas' largest cities were at the top of the list, as well as Midland, a major hub of the fracking boom.   READ MORE           Companies from Microsoft to Shake Shack have experimented with a shorter, 4-day workweek — and most of the time it's worked really well   Many companies have experimented with four-day workweeks to boost productivity and improve work-life balance   READ MORE             The youngest woman ever elected to New York State government still feels uncomfortable getting 'special treatment' for being a senator. The 28-year-old says double standards for women have everything to do with it.   The 28-year-old Julia Salazar sat down with Business Insider to describe the unique experience she's had as a leader thus far.   READ MORE           20 jobs that were popular before the Great Recession that have almost disappeared   A decade after the recession, a grinding recovery has brought the US back to near-full employment — but not every industry has recovered.   READ MORE           Bill Gates says that savvy strategic partnerships drove Microsoft's early success — here's what you can learn from it   Bill Gates talked to LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman about one of Microsoft's earliest strategic partnerships with IBM.   READ MORE           This map shows how many homeless Americans there are in every state   Every year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes estimates of the homeless population in the US.   READ MORE           2 millennial women just won $100,000 to scale their vegan ice cream business. Here's how they perfected their 'scoopable' banana-based recipe and landed their pints on Whole Foods shelves.   Stacy's Rise Project awarded $100,000 to Hannah Hong, cofounder of Hakuna Brands, an oat-milk and banana-based ice cream brand.   READ MORE           A Miami restaurateur went from 'massive failure' to running a $20 million sushi chain. Here's how he used market research, family-oriented leadership, and savvy partnership strategies to grow to 20 locations.   Abe Ng launched one of his region's first sushi restaurants, Sushi Maki. Now it's all over South Florida, from Whole Foods to the airport.   READ MORE           Here's exactly what it takes to get into the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, according to 5 students and grads and the deputy dean for MBA programs   Nearly 4,600 students apply to the elite Chicago Booth School each year, according to Stacey Kole, deputy dean for MBA programs, but only 20% get in.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     Share this     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: ipat39@gmail.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006