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

YoungUpstarts

I was one of four leaders of an enormous failed development project at Wells Fargo around 2007. Can you talk about the Facilitative Leadership triangle — rigor, alignment, efficiency, and then frameworks? . Frameworks are just some common tools to help this all work. I learned this from a very wise teacher many moons ago.

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Small business startup kit for 2007 – mostly free!

BeyondVC

Since this is a pretty clear problem, my prediction for 2007 is that online apps get better offline client like functionality. That is why I also see 2007 as the year that offline apps become big as the Apollo platform is released and allows web developers to build an application on one platform that can be deployed cross operating system.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

Frameworks for businesses during a crisis. Each study, however, offers a framework to help with decision making. Our CRO team uses ResearchXL , which is a comprehensive framework for identifying test ideas, though its methods apply broadly. ” So how do you figure out which tools you’ll need? Where do your consumers fall?

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s set up a framework. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Turns out like most things there are no simple answers.

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4 Definitive Ways To Deal With Outages

YoungUpstarts

Back in 2007-08, I remember when not a week went by without Twitter going down. You may not own something as mission critical as Google’s Apps or Gmail, but it pays to invest in frameworks like ITIL and tools like Service Desks that make sure things are in control when something goes haywire. It’s Google, what do you expect?

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Navigating Uncertainty: The Art of Imperfection in Strategy

Duct Tape Marketing

09:44] So, you like all good authors have a framework, in your case the six mindsets. And I think what it means is all the frameworks that we were taught, the ways of thinking we were taught, you really need to set them aside and say, what are the right mindsets for approaching the world that we live in now?

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

The three-question framework goes as such: Q: How much tech-related market cap will be created in the next 10-20 years? Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. What comes to mind is the old saying, “when your taxi driver is telling you to buy, you should be selling”. during this time.

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