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6 Reasons That Managers Still Add Value In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

For an in-depth study of the pros and cons of a bossless environment, I found a new book, “ Why Managers Matter ,” by management scholars Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein. These and other collaborative communication platforms, such as Slack, have absorbed many former manager responsibilities, including scheduling, summarizing, and follow-up.

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Interview with Kevin Strong, FutureDash

socalTECH

ISPs are looking to differentiate themselves with value added services, beyond just telecom and entertainment services, and you are starting to see themselves looking at a platform and what they can add. Google has its own home energy monitoring project, PowerMeter - is this competitive or different?

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