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8 Tips For Better Communication In A Distributed Team

YoungUpstarts

Distributed teams offer a lot of advantages, both for the organizations who manage them and the individuals who serve on the teams. One of the downsides of managing a distributed team, however, is the challenge of maintaining healthy communication practices. Tips for Better Communication in a Distributed Team.

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6 Startup Challenges That Can Be Mitigated With Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, there are a host of reasons why a non-focused startup business is more likely to struggle for survival, lose market and investor attention, and miss out on the opportunity to capitalize on their scope: Time to market is tied to the size of your offering. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile.

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Burning Platform: Generational Shift in Content creation, distribution and consumption – Part 1

deal architect

In the 60th episode of Burning Platform, we (again) host Paul Greenberg of The 56 Group and co-host of the popular CRM Playaz video show. If you know Paul, you know he is a big-hearted, generous storyteller – his books.

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Hosted Call Center: How It Works And The Benefits

YoungUpstarts

Hosted call centers are getting more popular by the minute. This is due the proven results that a hosted call center gets. The hosted call center is a very easy-to-understand type of service. The service provider will take care of the hosting, which is the expensive part of having a call center. Scalability: .

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6 Reasons Why More Is Not Better In Your Next Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, there are a host of reasons why a non-focused startup business is more likely to struggle for survival, lose market and investor attention, and miss out on the opportunity to capitalize on their scope: Time to market is tied to the size of your offering. It’s tough for an elephant to be agile.

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10 Common Startup Mistakes That Are Rarely Admitted

Startup Professionals Musings

Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more. Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution.

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Do distributed teams need new tools?

Version One Ventures

A question I have been pondering for some time now, especially since a lot of our portfolio companies are now distributed organizations …. For example, some add a Zoom link for meetings or host bi-annual, company-wide get-togethers to build personal connections. The post Do distributed teams need new tools?