It was after the trip of a lifetime that Bart Lorang had the idea that made him one of the best bosses ever.

Looking at photos from his trip to Egypt with his then-fiancée, he spotted one of him on a camel in front of the pyramids—and he was looking at his phone, checking his email.

Seeing how he—and others like him—were workaholics, even on vacation, the CEO of Denver-based Internet start-up FullContact began to offer his employees $7,500 to take a "paid, paid vacation."

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