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How to Solve Problems in Your Business: Kanban, Kaizen and Scrum

Up and Running

Kaizen: a way to improve all functions and all employees. All it takes is one observant employee to get the ball rolling, and soon a small group of hand-picked team members convenes to brainstorm—and eventually trial—new approaches to old problems. See Also: How to Recognize and Put a Stop to Employee Burnout.

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

The problem, is historically, the investment in time and resources required for traditional digital solutions can feel out of reach, and the type of programs used by corporations aren’t practical for SMBs for daily operations like reporting, inventory, or accounting. apps to manage their operations, up from 3.8 Automation.

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17 Entrepreneurs Explain How Technology Will Affect Their Business Tomorrow

Hearpreneur

It’s becoming increasingly important for every business to have at least basic technology to run daily operations in the current day society. I believe that with the rise of technology the productivity of our employees will also increase. It will allow us to avoid paying labor costs along with employee benefits.

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Agile Marketing: How to Implement Scrum for Digital Marketing

ConversionXL

Before we dive into the marketing applications, however, let’s briefly cover what scrum is and how it came to be. An Introduction to Scrum and Agile Development. Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products.” sourced from the Scrum Guide. Basics of Scrum Framework. Simple to understand.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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The Best Free Apps and Online Tools for Entrepreneurs and Obsessive Collectors

Up and Running

Of course, if you’re operating a business, it’s not always a good idea to work in a bubble. The only things you’ll ever need to pay for are the tools that allow you to pay your employees directly, and the ability to accept credit cards online. Take a look at Palo Alto Software employee profiles: Noah Parsons and Josh Cochrane.

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Values Build Startup Culture: A Founder’s Take on Getting Started

View from Seed

We started the process of building our company culture early, before we hired any employees, by writing down our desired values. We make this easier for our employees by providing a $3,000 Personal Development Budget. Remote Work Policy: Our employees work remote when it makes sense for them, personally and professionally.

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