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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog (n2growth.com) [.] Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. So, people management is applying common sense on common people. Our Freedom.

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Ex-Square execs launch Found to help the self-employed, raise $12.75M from Sequoia

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Lauren Myrick joined Square in 2010 and was the second project manager at the company. Previously called Indie, the startup was founded by two former Square execs who got firsthand insight into how SMBs paid their employees. She helped launch its first POS (point-of-sale) product and its SaaS products.

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Customer data platform Lexer raises $25.5M Series B for global expansion

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The company was founded in 2010 by Aaron Wallis, Chris Brewer and Dave Whittle, and its clients include Quiksilver, DC Shoes, John Varvatos and Sur La Table. “Our customers don’t have to engage expensive and time-consuming third parties for strategy, implementation, customization and project management,” he said.

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A Round Up of My Writing in July 2010

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in July 2010 July 2010 – another spectacular month came to an end, and I didn’t notice that in frenzy of things going around. In case you missed reading any of my posts in July, here is a quick round up of all my writing in June 2010. Don’t Kill It!

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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

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When the company was bought out by Ford in 1999, a couple of big next-gen IT projects were done, and some core systems from there date to the beginning of the 2000s. The result, for example, is no more roles such as scrum master and release train engineer, while project managers and program managers have returned. “So

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Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Top 10 Project Management Mistakes You Should Avoid I was recently studying the anatomy of failed/troubled projects and following came out as a learning. Starting project without 102% clarity (100% clarity on scope/technology and 2% knowledge of how you can add value).

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A Round Up of My Writing in August 2010

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in August 2010 August 2010 came to an end, and once again, I didn’t quite notice it in frenzy of everything going around. In case you missed reading any of my posts, here is a quick round up of all my writing in August 2010. Check out the feature.