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UF Health Shands Children's Hospital Highly Ranked in Seven Specialities

The University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best hospitals for children in seven medical specialties, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. “We have had an ongoing commitment to creating an environment at the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital that earns distinction for...
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Effectively recruiting millennial talent

As the percentage of millennials entering the workforce increases, employers must make sure their talent recruiting strategies are “Keeping up the Kardashians.” Millennials, a term typically referring to those born 1981-2000, are characterized as high achieving, tech savvy, and team-oriented. They are also considered tolerant, civic-minded, and family centric. These are only a few traits...
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Feed Your Muscles Not Your Fat

Is your pre workout diet affecting your results? by Jake Thompnson What you eat before and after exercise has a huge impact on your results. Seriously think about that. You could be doing intense workouts, pushing yourself, but then eating all the wrong foods that keep your body looking the same. I don’t know about...
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What are the advantages and the disadvantages of buying a franchise?

What are the advantages and the disadvantages of buying a franchise ? (or 10 things you need to know about franchises). Compared to starting a business from scratch, buying a franchise provides some key benefits : The systems are tested and proven. Typically less mistakes are made when starting the business and ramp-up is quicker...
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Boardrooms & Bedtimes - Insights for Working Parents in Gainesville

Gainesville working couples who “Lean In” together The tech community collectively grieved last month when Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey.com and, more famously, husband to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, suddenly passed away. Sandberg is credited with starting the ‘Lean In’ movement, which uses research to shine a light on gender differences in the workplace, and...
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Shifting Focus and Identifying Your Target Audience

Author: Alisha Kinman Photo Credit: vizzzual.com With the rapid transformation of communications, it has become increasingly difficult to pinpoint the most effective ways to connect with consumers and stakeholders. As a result, employers exert time and resources on utilizing multiple communication tools with little ROI. In order for business owners to thrive in their industry and...
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Affordable Care Act Healthcare Benefits Available for Small Companies

Most employers have fewer than 50 full-time employees or full-time equivalent employees and are, therefore, not subject to the Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility provision. If an employer has fewer than 50 full-time employees, including full-time equivalent employees, on average during the prior year, the employer is not an ALE for the current calendar...
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THE DRAPER IS IN THE DETAILS

Modern Style Tips for Your Inner Mad Man In 2007, when most men’s attire consisted of the oversize, indifferent, yeah-I-slept-in-this-so-what approach to clothing, Mad Men came as a breath of fresh air. Main character, Don Draper’s grey suits, heavily pomaded, side-parted hair, billowy white shirts and perfectly neat pocket square juxtaposed the current disheveled appearance...
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Commercial Transactions June 2015

See a full list of the commercial transactions in the Gainesville, Florida, area for the month of June  
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What Legal Structure Should I Choose for My New Business, and Why?

If a business is formed in Florida, it will usually be structured as either a “Sole Proprietorship”, a “Partnership”, “ a Corporation,” or a “Limited Liability Company” (LLC). The simplest and least expensive structure for a business to take is a “Sole Proprietorship” where one person owns and operates the business.  The owner may have...