How these tech companies maintain culture during high-growth phases
Insights from cloudtamer.io, SmartLogic and The Tactile Group.
In March 2021, Technical.ly is focusing extra reporting on software-based or otherwise tech-enabled growth companies, defined this way:
- Outpacing growth within a given industry or the economy at large
- Roughly 50 to 500 employees
- Series A or beyond in growth capital
- Pre-exit and pre-IPO; no growth stocks
In our reporting this month, expect company check-ins, profiles on technologists leading interesting projects within them and stories on venture capital trends. We'll be asking: How is leadership plotting further growth? What are mature tech companies contributing to the local economy?
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Companies that are rapidly adding employees — some from across the world — will have to consider how their local roots will play into the future of their business.
Insights from cloudtamer.io, SmartLogic and The Tactile Group.
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