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5 Types Of Business Strategies To Consider Before Opening Up Shop

YoungUpstarts

If you’re in software development, you’ve likely heard of the Scrum method. Containing only a few simple steps, Scrum is an easy-to-follow system that can be scaled to businesses of all sizes and industries. Best of all, Scrum helps teams remain agile by encouraging flexibility in your workflow.

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

YoungUpstarts

Predictive analytics help determine the most effective markets for adspend, suggesting areas where the product is being well-received and those where the cost of customer acquisition is unreasonably high. CMOs who employ AI-powered marketing report significant gains in customer retention, engagement, and lifetime loyalty.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

Or if you want to go back to 2004 and 2005 when I was really learning about Agile, well before it had become a household name, you could read my posts Agile Software Development with SCRUM or Do You Develop Software For A Living? – Get Agile with Rally Release 5.

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How to Scale Organic Traffic (Without Writing a Million Blog Posts)

ConversionXL

If you’ve never heard the term scrum or agile before, you’re behind. New features need to be written in user stories to fit the scrum framework. You’ll likely have to make a case to get developer and designer resources and bring your asks into the right formats for product teams to push them forward. Know the process.

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Learning from the High Flyers, Part Two

Growthink Blog

Speed of product development, of brand-building, of customer acquisition, of team-building and talent aggregation. Or Airbnb raising $2.3 billion over 8. Or Dropbox raising $607 million over 9. They keep raising money because money buys speed. Now, for how long will they continue to do it? For as long as they are in business.

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The most valuable lessons I learned from managing a virtual team

The Next Web

Solution #1: At least once a week have a scrum meeting that absolutely everyone prioritizes. After the scrum, if time allows, hang out and catch up. acquisition conversion rate = people who signed up / total number of visitors. So we just flag these now and address them during the next chat or on the spot if everyone is there.

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Create a “Content Playground” that’s Fun for Buyers (and Lucrative for You)

ConversionXL

For example, Kanban and Scrum are two popular agile project management rituals. At the strategic level, content offers context about each of the key rituals of agile, with guidance on how to choose which agile practices best fit your team.

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