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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. The whole point of Agile Development is to produce shorter, sharper pieces of code completed more quickly where you can get feedback from customers.

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Go For the Gold: Olympic Lessons for Entrepreneurs

Up and Running

An athlete doesn’t consider a personal record (or PR) a static point in time. Every time he or she achieves a PR, a new one is immediately set. Be Flexible & Agile. His competition time fell just short of the qualifying him to compete in the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon this summer. Keep setting new goals.