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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

Nonprofit leaders looking to maximize resources should take a fresh look at board management software, a versatile tool that can touch all aspects of organizational operations. Software such as BoardEffect offers a robust, searchable document repository that makes all kinds of records available with one click.

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How Sin-Mei Tsai, Shippo’s VP of Engineering, Defines Code Quality

Version One Ventures

She is a Silicon Valley veteran – having been the Senior Director of Engineering at Yodlee, then holding several CTO, Chief Architect, and other engineering leadership roles at a few startups before landing at Shippo in 2016. What follows below are Sin-Mei’s words on how she (and Shippo) define code quality. Functional quality.

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10 Ways Your Startup Co-Founder Is Like A Good Spouse

Startup Professionals Musings

Good partners are people who are confident in their own abilities, and willing and able to make decisions, take responsibility for their actions, and able to provide leadership, rather than require leadership. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

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Establishing a Code of Conduct for Nonprofit Board Members

Board Effect

With so many important decisions to make, nonprofit board members must establish a code of ethics. A code of conduct outlines reflects your nonprofit’s values of honesty, transparency, integrity, confidentiality and equity. . We’ll explain what a code of conduct for your board members is and why it’s crucial to have one.

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Studying Computer Science vs. IT: Which Subject You Should Choose

The Startup Magazine

It also involves the utilization of different programming languages to communicate with computers as well as to develop and design more efficient programs. It involves working with both hardware and software systems to solve business processes and technological problems.

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Three Leadership Pitfalls To Avoid While Leading In This Crisis

YoungUpstarts

by Alain Hunkins , author of “ Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders “ Believe it or not, it was just a few short weeks ago when we naively thought that we were already being challenged to lead in a world of constant disruption. There’s a powerful leadership archetype of the superhero.