Building an Agency Team Structure for Scale

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Building an Agency Team Structure for Scale

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Aug 28, 2019

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Ryan Malone discusses SmartBug’s team structure and how his agency’s org chart has changed over time to accommodate growth. We talk about team (or “pod”) structures, career pathing, and how SmartBug split up responsibilities by role.

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Aug 28, 2019

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[NEW EPISODES EVERY WEDNESDAY] Agency Unfiltered is a weekly podcast that features interviews with agency owners around agency operations and agency growth. Nobody knows how to scale agencies better than those that are doing it, and they're happy to share an unfiltered look into what has worked—and what hasn't. Hosted by Kevin Dunn.

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