Essential Tools For The Virtual Business - Small Business Computing

Essential Tools For The Virtual Business

Dec 22, 2010
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Entrepreneur: Essential Tools For The Virtual Business

Chris Brogan’s virtual business toolkit of mostly online software tools includes Google Apps, Skype (telephony), Yammer (internal twitter-like app), Adium and Trillian for internal instant messaging, and four or five others.


“When I started Human Business Works, there was never a question that it would be a virtual business. The name of the game is staying in contact with my team and working with deliverables in mind–not proximity.

Making it work requires a comprehensive set of useful tools. Here’s what we’ve come up with as staples in running our virtual business.”

Small Business Computing Staff

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