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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

I love taking on impactful challenges that require mobilization of large teams and multiple organizations, and delivering solutions that make a difference. My team had already successfully adopted lean operational processes in a very large manufacturing-like process, as well as early agile ideas. They taught leadership, not just scrum.

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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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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

To help you prep, I’ve collated a list of tools—for both web and mobile devices—that have helped me and others get things done, save time, and work more productively. Of course, if you’re operating a business, it’s not always a good idea to work in a bubble. After all, how do you know what your competition is doing? my.waveapps.com.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

Internet connectivity is still sparse but mobile phones are everywhere, with major players and familiar brands aggressively pursuing new markets. English has become the lingua franca for doing business, while the technical jargon is as familiar (or cryptic) in Alexandria as in Mountain View: Scrum, sprints, Git, Cassandra, Hadoop.

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Out of the Crisis #4: Carl Liebert, crisis veteran and radical optimist

Startup Lessons Learned

13:58) Advice for companies who think it's too late to start looking for new ways to operate, including some examples from Austin, Texas. (15:55) They were 90 minute, I'll call it, sprints and the team started scrumming really as soon as we got back on Saturday night. They aren't USAA members, but"- Eric Ries : Oh, that's great.

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7 Account-Based Marketing Examples and Lessons

ConversionXL

If the account matches your personas (whether that’s based on company size, operational processes, or expected deal size), then you can justify cost-intensive ABM approaches (like personalized gifts). To execute effectively on your product marketing strategy , marketing and sales need to operate as one unit.

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