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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. The most sought-after hires are computer programmers and interactive media developers. Calgary employers found software developer and engineer as the most in demand. Job sites such as BCjobs.ca

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Three Methodologies That Help Businesses Stay Creative

YoungUpstarts

For you to undertake any project, there must be a plan that defines the whole methodology, from how you plan to deal with the project, tackle the risk factors, test each iteration, and manage the resources. It is easy to manage. Lewis Robinson is a business consultant specializing in social media marketing, CRM, and sales.

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Owners no longer have to buy management software meant for big business. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software. apps to manage their operations, up from 3.8 Post to a social media network. In 2016, SMBs used an average of 4.8

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Why Real Learning is Outside the Building, Not Demo Day

Steve Blank

We came to the Lean LaunchPad class wanting to build a mobile/web research management system aimed at helping qualitative researchers better manage the media they captured in the field. Here’s how that happened. We were ready to learn, but pretty confident we would end the journey in the same market space in which we started.

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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

. “ GoodBuzz is a (form of) guerrilla marketing program for those who are ignored by journalists and the mainstream media,&# says Koutonin. “If hundreds of us share your stuff with our friends, you’ll reach more people than Techcrunch or Mashable.&# The African Boy Who Could.

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5 Services You Haven’t Thought About Outsourcing

YoungUpstarts

While there are some services that are commonly outsourced, such as customer support and software engineering, there are actually hundreds of other tasks that can be effectively done by outsourcers, thereby helping to scale your business. The better you manage your data, the more effective your business efforts are. Data entry.

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