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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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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. The wise entrepreneur will take this advice seriously in order to distill his ideas down to their essence. No more, no less. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said. April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid.

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The Surprising Ways a Distributed Team Can Help Your Company Succeed

crowdSPRING Blog

Luckily, we have found a way to make sure no team member has to work unnatural hours for our daily scrums. Distributed teams aren’t right for every company, but they can be important differentiators. We didn’t want anyone to have to be up too late or have to wake up too early just to participate in a team meeting.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). If you can’t get people to take it for free, even if it is early stage, then I think that’s a bad indication that you still don’t have enough differentiators from those other three. That’s easy, that’s super easy.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

If you think the product manager job is what’s described in a Certified Scrum Product Owner class, you almost certainly fall into this category. This solution clearly differentiated for the sales team, and also ensured quality search results, whether paid or organic.

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