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The Case Against Budgets, Forecasts, and Performance Targets

Outseta

By Geoff Roberts 15 min read Forecasts, budgets, and performance targets; these activities have long been seen by business people as critical activities in the operation of companies of almost any size. Simply put, activities like budgeting and forecasting are not compatible with self management.

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Why we invested in Athenian

Point Nine Land

Software developers are good at math and used to handling large amounts of data, so it’s strange that engineering teams tend to be less data-driven than other departments, isn’t it? Also, engineers are amongst the highest-paid employees and I have yet to meet a tech company that says “we have too many great engineers”.