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Don’t Acquire a Company Before You’ve Asked These Questions

Harvard Business

But they will need to adopt the more hard-headed way that Silicon Valley companies evaluate acquisitions for their deals to pay off. Indeed, there are signs that corporate leaders are repeating the mistakes of the heady days of 2000, when the fear of missing out sometimes overpowered the logic of a proposed deal. Insight Center.

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Transactions without conflict

Seth Godin Blog

It’s only been 140 years since the price tag first appeared. Before that, most every transaction was a negotiation. The seller tried to win by charging more, the buyer by paying less. In many ways, that’s a good thing–treating different people differently, rewarding good customers, adding fluidity to transactions.

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How to Find a Top Interim Manager

Comatch

You’re not dealing with something as transitory as a project manager for a one-off project. If you’re looking for a high-performing individual, this comes with a certain price tag. They must be natural leaders who can delegate tasks effectively while also providing the team with the support and motivation they need. .

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5 Cheap Ways for Consultants (or Anyone) to Develop Their Skills

Tom Spencer

The question is, what is the best way to develop skills and grow professionally without the big price tags that come with graduate and postgraduate courses. Note: If you are aligned to a specific industry I highly recommend finding a key resource that deals with that industry. Read Resources. Financial Times. Industry Insights.

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Managed Desktop: The Best Ways to Update Apps

Kraft Kennedy

When you’re hungry or need a place to live, you don’t start by growing all your own food or building your own house from the ground up; you deal with the pressing item first. With Managed Desktop, we’re leveling the playing field and providing accessible desktop management to firms of all sizes, without the prohibitive price tag.

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How RPA, NLP and ML will create the virtual workforce of tomorrow

Tom Spencer

But RPA has the ability to reduce the workforce by 80-90%, with only a few humans needed to support the bots, handle errors and deal with exceptions. Unlike structured database information that rely on schemas to add context and meaning to the data, unstructured information must be parsed and tagged in order to extract meaning from the text.

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How to Attend Conferences as a Businessperson

Tom Spencer

It is quite difficult to get new business from a potential client in a sweat suit unless you’re dealing with Nike. Watch name tags and look for opportunities. Take business cards and prepare your elevator pitch. Make sure to dress the part. At the Conference. Upon arrival, hang out in the registration area.