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How to Tell If You're a Great Manager

Tom Tunguz

Written in 2006, the book summarizes Kofman’s experiences as a management consultant to some of the great leaders in technology and other industries. This list incorporates questions about communication clarity, mission, shared values, respect, community and teamwork. The converse is also true.

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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

Strong customer relationships are more important than ever for business success, but the old ways of communicating and building relationships with customers are broken. Old communication tools, like email and forms, simply don’t match the ways modern customers want to talk, connect, and receive help.

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How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards

Hitenism

In 2006, after Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped pioneer what we now call the cloud, product development changed forever. These days you can write a blog post instead of a press release since that’s the new most common medium used to communicate the launch of a product or service. AWS is now an $11.5B How Amazon Works Backwards.

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Trint Closes Series A Acceleration Round With Edge Investments

Trint

Trint’s focus on talented content creation teams in journalism, media, marketing, communications and branding was one of the primary reasons Edge came aboard. Since its launch in 2006 it has raised over £200m, investing in minority positions in companies benefitting from trends in creativity, lifestyle and associated technologies.

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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

In 2006, founded iOSXpert — now the largest partner of the Mac-based CRM and project management software Daylite. So it looks like 2006. Your LinkedIn says April 2006. So I’m just I’m fascinated because 2006 is like, that’s way before iOS was even a thing. Nathan Collier Okay, so you’re in Germany?

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5 Business Books I Wish I’d Read Sooner

OpenView Labs

Have there been other works that have gone deeper into accountability, trust, vulnerability, and communicating with clarity? For that audience, Lencioni has written a how-to manual on building a cohesive team and a self-help book on communicating as one. The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (Published 2006).

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6 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Inbound Lead Follow-Up

Sales Hacker

Although an inbound lead generation strategy isn’t new news (Hubspot’s co-founder and CEO, Brian Halligan, coined the term over a decade ago in 2006), this prospect-initiated approach has blurred the lines between sales and marketing. Finally, make sure to always be testing, and continually communicate successes and failures to Marketing.

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