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Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

TechCrunch

The strategy here is simple: Continue opening up larger swaths of the internet to open-source innovation outside of the walled-garden platforms developed by Amazon and Facebook. In 2011, the company expanded to build themes for online stores. Even at the board level, we honestly asked if we should even be doing this.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

He then started Social West , a Calgary-based digital marketing conference that, before long, expanded to three cities. Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. Past innovation hubs have relied on physical proximity in order to build networks of human and social capital.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I’m going to tell you the cold hard truth about social media…what you need to know that most people won’t tell you. While anyone can have a social media presence, not everyone possesses social media influence. It’s clear to those in the know that social media is a universe of the haves and have nots.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader. CEOs with bad attitudes will not only fail to engage their workforce, but they will quickly find themselves shown the door as their attitude’s impact on performance becomes visible to the board. Why then do so many CEOs appear to have a bad attitude?

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Let me be as clear as I can - the phrase &# toxic work environment&# is code for bad leadership, becasue a toxic culture simply cannot co-exist in the presence of great leadership. From my perspective there is no such thing as a toxic asset.

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The Good and the Bad of.NET Framework Programming

Altexsoft

NET is a software development framework and ecosystem designed and supported by Microsoft to allow for easy desktop and web application engineering. Also, in 2016, Microsoft acquired Xamarin, previously a proprietary technology for cross-platform mobile development, making it open source as well. But that’s not all.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice.