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Sprint reps will personally deliver your next phone upgrade to your house

Apr13
by on April 13, 2015 at 6:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile, Mobile Carriers

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Starting today in Kansas City, Sprint is launching a new program to have service reps hand-deliver your phone upgrade to you at your home, and also help you migrate your data and set up your new device. Sprint’s Direct 2 You service is initially open to existing customers who are eligible for an upgrade, and is free and optional. The company says it will meet customers at any location they specify, whether it’s their office, the gym or a coffee shop — and arrive exactly on time. The service will be handled by support executives from a third-party partner, who…

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What we learned building a remote culture

Apr12
by on April 12, 2015 at 4:32 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, remote teams, remote working, start-ups

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Nick Francis is a co-founder at Help Scout. This post first appeared on Help Scout.  One of the best decisions we’ve made at Help Scout is to build a remote culture. The twenty people on our team hail from eleven states and four countries (including the US). While the benefits of a remote culture are tremendous, being successful requires radical commitment from leadership on your team. As a founder or manager, this isn’t a decision to take lightly, because it will undoubtedly make your job harder. Remote teams require more organization, better communication, and a high level of proactive transparency…

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Why multitasking is bad for our brains

Apr12
by on April 12, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's, information overload, Insider

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Ben Slater is Sales & Marketing Director at Seed, a platform that applies marketing automation and data science to hiring. Follow @BenJHSlater. This post first appeared on the Seed Jobs blog.  How many browser tabs do you have open right now? I’m guessing it’s over 10, maybe 20. Some may be for research, some to help us stay in touch with clients and colleagues , maybe some are little guilty pleasures – whatever they are, they’re not helping. It’s almost impossible for us to sit down and work on a single task – I’ll admit that there’s little chance of…

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