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How We Pulled Off a Huge Event Through Outsourcing

Productivityist

In order to monitor contractors’ work, keep the communication streamlined and work together on things remotely, we used a number of applications that we work with internally with all the VAs to optimize work progress and avoid confusion: Communication: Skype, Google Chat, Yammer. File exchange: Dropbox, WeTransfer. Review: Google Docs.

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

Syncing with Dropbox actually made sense, now that you have at least two devices to use the app. From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. That was a (slightly modified) version of iAdd, my flagship app for iOS. And yes, you can buy it in the AppStore.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In By Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton Everyone needs to have negotiation skills. Most people think of negotiation as an “us-versus-them” situation. Scott has worked as a CEO coach at several Silicon Valley outfits, including Google, Dropbox, Twitter and Apple.

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An iPhone App In 30 Days – The Challenge

Brilliantly Better

Frustration Level (0 – 100): 25 – There was an increasing internal pressure for finishing things up which made me quite nervous. No more arguing or negotiating, I just started to code it. I was happy to finish the lot for the day. Day 25 – New Interface Choice. I also added a Help and FAQ section.

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