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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The fuel for toxicity is conflict not resolution, ego not humility, self-interest not service above self, gossip & innuendo not truth, social & corporate climbing not team-building, and the list could go on. Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

The 1990s: Founding myth 1990: Mike Lynch, an academic in Cambridge, England, borrows—or so the legend goes—£2,000 to start Cambridge Neurodynamics, going on to develop the software that would later give rise to Autonomy. May 2007: Autonomy spins off its Blinkx consumer software unit in an IPO. Here’s how it played out.

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Scale Computing secures $55M to help companies manage edge infrastructure

TechCrunch

Managing a fleet of edge devices across locations can be a burden on IT teams that lack the necessary infrastructure. Ready — who, among other ventures, runs a beer brewing company in Indianapolis — co-launched Scale Computing in 2007 with Jason Collier and Scott Loughmiller.

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Leaders: Born or Made? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They were your class presidents, team captains, club leaders, and the people who held virtually all the available leadership positions you can imagine early in life. If those three qualities are present, everything else can be developed. They were those unflappable individuals that seemed to just have that “it&# factor.

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Leadership Basics | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Therefore, I’ve concluded it’s time to take a step back and review the fundamentals. Leadership is a process or journey of becoming : Although certain people are clearly born with innate leadership qualities, without the right environment and exposure, they may fail to develop their full potential.

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Attending Oracle’s CodeOne? Here Are 15 Sessions Everyone Will Be Talking About

OverOps

Venkat Subramaniam , President, Agile Developer, Inc. No matter how quickly or slowly code moves through development or how diligent your testing is, some issues will only surface in production when real data is involved. Venkat Subramaniam , President, Agile Developer, Inc. Data is what brings teams together.

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Startup CTO or Developer

SoCal CTO

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. What worries me a bit is how often I read that startups should hire a developer / hands-on lead developer. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below. Gap closed, right? Probably not. Accounting?

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