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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. 20 % of the project managers are familiar with Scrum, but there are very few product managers – less than 1% of all. Scrum, Agile, Product Management. Scrum, Agile, Problem Analysis, Business Catalyst, Business Analytics.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

How spoiled we are, taking for granted a system of government with relatively stable, transparent laws and regulations, consistently applied (at least in theory), and subject to judicial oversight with appellate review. For example, in an area known for a high crime rate, security guards can be hired and other measures taken.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more. No more, no less. September 15, 2008 9:19 PM James said.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Many industries are very difficult to penetrate from the outside, e.g. healthcare, education, government services, and more. The reality however is that entrepreneurs should only play the equity game with newer, very focused firms that specialize in this practice and not traditional work for hire or a blend. Rock Health).