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The End Of “Build It Yourself” Software

YoungUpstarts

The otherwise identical homes could be customized with the interior designs, embellishments and personal touch of the owners. So, we’re moving from expensive, custom-made, in-house solutions to cost-efficient, customizable, easy-to-integrate solutions that perform well in a variety of contexts. Sound familiar?

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

Austin Startup

If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment. and others they brought to help.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. They do more of the same with less, often lowering quality and customer satisfaction. Companies in this category add features when customers desire greater value.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. customers who paid for services often get burned.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Mostly smartphones + restaurateurs attitude towards viewing the internet as a customer acquisition tool.

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CEOs Are Innovators – Staci Tubbs

YoungUpstarts

Many customer service locations are still located in the U.S. From 2002 to 2011, she worked for ACS, a Xerox company, and rose from General Manager to the Vice President of Sales and Integration. As an executive, she guided 6,000 front line employees located in 12 global sites. despite the sense it might be otherwise.

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Having The Guts To Be Bold In Business

YoungUpstarts

Be insanely customer-centric. A customer is a customer for life. At its core, customer relationships start with recognizing the values of your audience. Let those closest to the customer make the key performance decisions. billion in annual revenue. Let them feel like they own the business.

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