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Gigaom Research: How small-company leaders spend their time

Time allocation is a critical issue for owners and CEOs of small companies. Unlike a top-performing company CEO, small-company leaders can't offload tasks to layers of management and an army of workers. Yet, like a top performing company CEO, small-company leaders must focus on the activities that add the most value to their companies, and therefore must find creative ways to offload the routine work. This survey-based report illustrates why outsourcing is a proven successful technique that can help leaders boost the time they spend on high-value activities.

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