What the biggest challenge you have faced when creating your virtual work environment? Ours has been to keep the communications lines open and current.

Removing distractions from my environment. I also miss pairing up with coders and the impromptu conversations that happen in office environments.

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What's the biggest challenge you've faced in growing oneforty?

Answered by Laura Fitton – Founder, oneforty.com

Growing myself to keep up with the changing requirements of what I need to be good at to serve our team and our community. (more)

What were the biggest challenges you faced in the early days of bPlans?

Answered by Tim Berry – Founder of Palo Alto Software

When we started with bplans.com it was an offshoot of Palo Alto Software, offering free and useful real information about business planning. The software company was the mo... (more)

What are the biggest factors you look for when you're hiring? I want to hire a team of rockstars.

Answered by Jen Evans – Founder, Sequentia Environics Posted in Management

... and everyone else wants to hire the B players ... ;) The biggest factors in our space are first and foremost the ability to take initiative. Then, adaptability, excel... (more)

What were the biggest challenges you faced in growing your company?

Answered by Mikkel Svane – Founder, ZenDesk

There are lots of challenges we faced, and they changed from when we were 3 guys in a room in Copenhagen, Denmark, to a team of 50 in San Francisco. Honestly, your next cha... (more)

To promote your company, you sometimes have to promote yourself as well. What has been the most creative self-promotion technique you've seen used?

Answered by Saul Colt – WOM Expert Posted in Lessons

The thing that has worked for me has been to speak at events and be interesting. I know this sounds easier then it probably actually is but when I speak at events I refuse ... (more)

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