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Five Reasons to Invest In Field Service Software For Your Startup Business

The Startup Magazine

The advent of off-site operations raises the inescapable need for a system of managing, supervising, and coordinating activities in field service management. Field service management offers the much-needed opportunity to manage field operations remotely. Will such a tool benefit my startup?

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A Simple System With A Simple Flaw

Mike Michalowicz

What a smart system! This is when a great system goes sour. This is when a great system goes sour. The system only considered the vendor’s needs and not the customer’s experience. Systems are mandatory for growing your business. I noticed that each wine glass had a star on it (see the picture below).

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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

And why was Bill’s advice of staying away from Washington flawed for startups? Incumbents in a regulated a market keep out new, innovative, and disruptive competitors by “gaming the system” in their favor. Incumbents in a regulated a market keep out new, innovative, and disruptive competitors by “gaming the system” in their favor.

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A Startup CTO’s Take on Early Technology Choices & Tradeoffs

View from Seed

I’ve found that the key is to integrate your parts early, even when they’re unfinished, so you can have a whole system that fits together. That lets you learn the flaws in your design much earlier. NextView Ventures: You just experienced something that most developers don’t ever see: zero code base at a company.

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What Happens When Data Quality Goes Wrong And How To Fix It

YoungUpstarts

The data should be consistent throughout the organization’s systems. For example, if a sales manager is working with bad data, he won’t be able to make simple forecasts but will have to first sift through the data and track down the numbers to validate the data first. This determines a company’s long-term success. Poor Decision Making.

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How to Develop and Speed Up Your Hiring Strategy After a Round of Funding

Up and Running

While getting funded is one of the most exciting things for a startup, it still does take away some focus. It can take weeks, even months, to get funding, fill out the paperwork, and make sure everything is in place. However, if you are on a deadline (like most startups), you can’t afford to let that happen. Questions to ask before hiring.

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25 Entrepreneurs Describe the BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) for Their Business

Hearpreneur

Have a goal that's third parties think is impossible? Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their daily, weekly, quartely or yearly goals around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives.