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Best Tips For Working Virtually – Setting Up Your Business To Work From Home

YoungUpstarts

Your computer from 2007 might not cut it today so if you have to get a new one. With small children prepare now and have a goodie basket of things such as crayons, coloring books, books, etc. Those who have worked from home for years (I’m at 35 years) know that things happen and how you deal with it is what can save you.

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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

In his new book “ People Over Process: Leadership for Agility “, technology expert Michael K. The strategies in his book have been proven out at complicated, large-scale organizations, and build on his long experience in technology solutions. Which brings us to this book. That’s the key to unlocking real success.

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The Book Benchmark’s Peter Fenton Recommends to Every Portfolio CEO

VC Cafe

In a recent series of virtual events organised by FirstMinute Capital, I got to hear Peter Fenton, partner at Benchmark and a fixture of the Forbes Midas List , since 2007. On the chat, he mentioned a book he recommends to every startup CEO he invests in: The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni. Buy used books :-).

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Manage And Schedule Appointments With TimeCenter

YoungUpstarts

Through the application, you can easily schedule appointments with even SMS text messages for notifications, customer reminders and promotional messages, and receive notifications by SMS or email when customers book an appointment. In 2007, Marie joined forces with marketer and user interface expert Ellenson and started to develop TimeCenter.

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[Review] Hatching Twitter

YoungUpstarts

Twitter, which originated as an accidental side project of a failing Internet startup, first launched into prominence in 2007 when it landed best start-up in the blog category of the technology portion of annual festival SxSW that year.

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Book: King of Capital

Feld Thoughts

King of Capital was a really useful book to read on a number of levels. By early 2007, “we told our [investors] that, notwithstanding the fact that everyone else thinks it’s a fantastic time, the economy is rocking, there are no problems, we’re pulling back,” says James.

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Paper-Based Business — 3 Types Of Books Consumers Don’t Like To Read Digitally

YoungUpstarts

Bibliophiles wax lyrical about the tactile, sensory qualities of paper books and the most dedicated will never ditch paper for digital versions. But in commercial terms, they seemed to be swimming against the stream after the Amazon Kindle was introduced in 2007 — bringing a portable library of millions of titles to customers worldwide.

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