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6 Reasons That Managers Still Add Value In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are a few of their key points, with my own insights added: Workers today are more educated and aware of options. Certainly managers need to be better trained, more sensitive to worker needs, and focused on hiring and training the right people for the right job, rather than treating all as soldiers.

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A Conversation With Appetize's Kevin Anderson On Getting Customer Service Right

socalTECH

Our customers tell us that, especially, compared to our legacy competitors, that's the different between hearing immediately from a live person who cares versus having to open a support ticket from someone they've outsourced customer support to overseas, and not hearing back for several days. His name is Quinton Myers.

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Overcoming the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Xconomy

While cybersecurity training seems to be experiencing a groundswell moment, (e.g., BT Security recently partnered with ISC(2) to train security staff), solving this problem will take years, and the skills challenge will likely get worse before it gets better. Invest more in training and optimizing the usage of existing staff.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing By Frank Addante (Part 5 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Outsourcing has become a popular topic and practice these days. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. A BIG THANK YOU.

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How TaskUs Is Powering LA's Technology Startup Boom

socalTECH

With globalization, and the rise of technology, we believed that you were going to see more and more individuals looking to outsource tasks. It''s a highly educated, English speaking workforce, and they love working for American companies. angeles startup taskus outsourcing phillippines growth bryce maddock entrepreneur'

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics.

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