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Why Everyone Wants To Be Agile

YoungUpstarts

by Rob Bellenfant, founder and CEO of TechnologyAdvice. If you keep up with the news on project management and business strategy, you’ve probably come across the buzzword “agile” more than a few times. But what does it mean to be agile and do agile as a business unit? Defining Agile.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. It helped that in the nuclear winter that followed the crash, 2001 – 2004, startups and VCs were extremely risk averse and amenable to new ideas that reduced risk. The result?

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. In 2003 – while Agile was known – it was largely limited to ISVs and a few leading IT organizations. Get Agile with Rally Release 5.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), Filed under: Corporate Innovation.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. When visionary founders depart (death, firing, etc.), Filed under: Corporate Innovation.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 VisionSpring was founded in 2001 with the goal of reaching and providing affordable, quality glasses to the 2.5 The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 VisionSpring was founded in 2001 with the goal of reaching and providing affordable, quality glasses to the 2.5 The defining moment for VisionSpring was when Founder Jordan Kassalow went on a volunteer mission to Mexico at age 23.

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