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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

By which they mean: Without stupid rules that assume employees are dumb or evil, without everything taking ten times longer than it should, without wall-to-wall meetings, without resorting to hiring anything less than the top 1% of the talent pool, and so on. Why is this impossible when you have 500 employees? From Brittle to Robust.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. Even with today’s advanced remote technology, some communication just can’t be provided via video link.

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9 Simple Reasons To Use CRM In A Business Startup

The Startup Magazine

These processes include but not limited to sales, technical support, marketing campaigns and customer service. Increased Agility. Customer relationship management software helps startups to increase business agility. In this article, we will focus on the simple reasons to use CRM in a business startup. Business Growth.

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The Seven Rules of Fearless Growth: What Fearless Companies Are Doing To Grow Faster And Smarter 

YoungUpstarts

To be able to respond quickly and intelligently to the fast pace of change, all levels and functions in your businesses must be creative, responsive, and agile. Rule #5: Open the floodgates of employee creativity. Employees want to be engaged in their work and want to contribute to something greater than themselves.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Long story short, I am the only go to guy for every technical problem in the company. Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. In school I was being pounded day and night with anything that has to do with agile software development. I am basically a one-man shop.