Cloud Talk
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Displaying all 2 Episode of Cloud Talk with the tag “startup”.
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Founders Series: Build a Small Business, Not a Startup
September 23rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 41 mins 38 secs
small business, startup
Shane Young grows businesses the old-fashioned way: with slow, organic growth. No loans. No seed funds. No angel investors. “You want to do something? Find a way to make the money, not borrow it,” Shane explains. This small-business mentality has served him well. In this Founders Series episode of Cloud Talk, join host Jeff DeVerter and Shane Young as they discuss their history working together, the Microsoft landscape, how PowerApps enables non-developers, and the biggest differences between operating a small business and operating a startup.
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Founders don’t know everything, so build better teams for success
September 16th, 2020 | Season 1 | 36 mins 20 secs
founder, startup, teams, technology
Building teams and finding a place where everyone fits is vital for success. In this episode of the Cloud Talk podcast, Rackspace founder Dirk Elmendorf shares his experiences about how individuals at every level can have a meaningful impact on businesses, why the best ideas don’t always arrive from obvious places, and when to know it’s time to leave a company — even if it’s one you founded.