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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

They do a great job at building an amazing culture, and they are able to keep a small company feel in terms of speed and agility because they keep the teams small and have basically broken the company up into a whole bunch of companies. After retiring in 2001, I also joined a ladies networking group, On Purpose Networking for Women (OPN).

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Rewiring Organizations For A Successful Digital Transformation

Duct Tape Marketing

And there's a bit of a sense that digital was a bit sort of the wild west in terms of, oh, it's all about agile and people improvise the method and you can't measure things as well. Do you really have a proper agile operating model? It's a podcast hosted by Dr. JJ Peterson and is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

By combining virtual networks (high-speed internet, mobile communication and other digital technologies) with physical networks (transportation systems and logistics platforms), micro-multinationals have the potential to disrupt industries virtually overnight. Or consider Local Motors, an Arizona-based car company with a difference.

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Simple Lessons In Never Giving Up

Duct Tape Marketing

Martha is also a former United States representative and a former United States Senator from Arizona. She's also a former United States representative and a former United States Senator from Arizona. This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. So Martha, welcome to the show.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

In addition to being the only other thing I had ever been a leader of, I felt the dragonfly accurately represented the brand I was trying to create: they can fly in all directions, and are therefore agile, and they eat mosquitoes, with represented our commitment to an ethical approach to digital marketing (not sucking blood from our clients).

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

If negotiations fail, China may respond and escalate, via one of many agile strategic responses short of war, perhaps succeeding in coercing the foundry to stop making chips for American companies – turning the tables on the United States. Short of war, there would be no obvious way to get those foundries back.

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