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Quickly Unpacking Microsoft’s Acquisition Of GitHub

Haystack

and with major cash-rich buyers in the ecosystem, one has to wonder what this does to the value of Atlassian, which manages BitBucket. However, Fred Wilson blogs and Jackson Palmer smartly tweets that Git is already a decentralized system with GitHub built on top of it. 4/ “Readjust Your Comps” With GitHub price at $7.5B

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9 Common Things that Stunt Business Growth (and What to Do about Them)

ConversionXL

Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As Look at your management team as well.

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7 Habits of Highly Effective Boards

OnlyOnce

(This blog post was first published as an article in Entrepreneur Magazine on April 15.). Weak and ineffective boards hold a company back. Throughout my 20+ years of entrepreneurship , I’ve led four companies (including Bolster, where I’m a co-founder and CEO today) and served on eight boards.

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What Does it Mean to Be a Socially Responsible Nonprofit Board?

Board Effect

In the interest of providing a frame of reference, corporate social responsibility (CSR) Is a business model that holds companies responsible for social issues. Utilizing Your Board Management System to Support Social Nonprofit Responsibility. What Does It Mean to Be a Socially Responsible Nonprofit Board?

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15 Surprising Perks Employees Love

Up and Running

Knowledge about money management. Earlier this year I created three money management webinars for my employees. Sure we provide benefits and hold company retreats, but they were most appreciative of the information that allowed them to be the agents of their own financial wellbeing. – David Hassell, 15Five.

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I‘ve founded and run marketing agencies for 20 years, I’m running one now, and yet I hate the agency industry. Here’s what I’m doing about it.

Jeff Hilimire

When dozens of people have input and decision-making on your work, it can be hard to product experiences you’re proud of while also managing the expectations of so many. Additionally, at an agency it’s hard to feel like there is a real purpose to what you’re doing, because in a sense you’re helping other companies fulfill their purpose.

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BoardSpring- A New Effort Promoting Board Governance Best Practices in Venture-Backed Companies

Pascal's View

Russell Garland reported in today’s VentureWire that “ Jarrett Collins, a managing director of NeoCarta Ventures, which is winding down, has launched BoardSpring to help directors of venture-backed companies learn about best practices. The firm has eight companies left in its portfolio, according to VentureWire records.