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Trello is, in many ways, one of the original kanban software. Designed to remember a board with post-it notes, Trello’s been employed as the go-to board solution by companies and students alike, and sometimes is a favorite even for personal use. However, Trello has also remained relatively unchanged over
When to move away from
What is Airtable? Airtable is a software used by many companies that have already realized that spreadsheets are not the ideal software for a growing company. They often break, they’re easy to mess up, and they don’t scale along with processes. Airtable.com provides alternatives by being a
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Why data should be organized to power your daily routines Here’s the thing about databases: no one wakes up and thinks “huh, I really need organized data.” Of course, they do need it. However, this need often manifests itself through different symptoms: * Processes are inefficient: people take a lot
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Why your back office should be connected Companies are complex. Each area has its own objectives, as well as their own means of achieving them. Often, this means having dedicated software for specific tasks. Platforms for email marketing, live chat with customers, hosting services, you name it: having specific software
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And why mobile matters Operations are fluid and often rely on team members doing different tasks. You can have people in the field (say, for example, a warehouse worker) as well as people in the office having equally important responsibilities in a process. Back office software, however, are very focused
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Unlimited users, tables and rows in jestor When you’re talking about processes and structures, there’s a very important detail you must take into consideration before choosing a platform to store your data: limitations. Or rather, which platform won’t impose limitations that act against growth. Traditionally, many different
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Access Levels protect your data One of the most important but often overlooked features a back office platform should have is the ability to establish access levels. It’s not rare for a startup to happily start using a platform on its earlier days, only to become frustrated later on.
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The third and final law of building scalable processes is simple and easy to understand, when compared to the first two: “A builder must focus on the minimum viable process.” As we mentioned before, we tend to keep an additive mindset when improving pre existing processes. Our natural instinct is
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The second law of building scalable processes may seem abstract at first glance: “A builder must use outcome oriented design.” However, it may be best understood when we put it in a more worldly manner: throw the trash away. Simply put, a scalable process is one that, yes, may improve
Scalable Processes
If you’ve read our core material, you already know the first law of building scalable processes: “A builder must think linear, but build parallel.” In case you don’t know what that means, don’t worry. We’ll guide through the main points. It’s not unusual for people
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The most important part of a relational database is (you guessed it) relational data. What that means is: connecting information is just as important as the information itself. A quick example of that would be during a sale. To keep things simple, let’s imagine two blocks of information: On
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Did you know that VLOOKUP and the combination of INDEX and MATCH in Excel have the same function? VLOOKUP is much simpler, and it’s one of the first formulas that you learn on excel. On the other hand, INDEX + MATCH is a combination of complex formulas that is a