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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. In the world of agile development I believe that rapid output of code and the ability to constantly make changes trumps having a few extra bodies at a cheaper rate.

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Startup Lessons Learned

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there. Expo SF (May.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” With new hypotheses and the help of a local UX Designer from Cleveland’s agile methods experts, LeanDog , the pivots began. ” Hawken School has now given us an answer.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” With new hypotheses and the help of a local UX Designer from Cleveland’s agile methods experts, LeanDog , the pivots began. ” Hawken School has now given us an answer.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Spartan Media is a web design and online marketing firm that was named after a historical group of warriors, the Spartans, which you probably remember from the movie 300. Hopefully that explains the name Outsprung and also explains the logo design. I am an apparel designer and welder; He’s a tattoo artist and video game designer.

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