I'm a big believer in the MVP concept and how you, how to utilize that.

You know, the biggest advantage you get from doing an MVP is it creates a bias to action.

And then also, you know, quite honestly, is you fail quickly, which is, which is quite useful.

And I think with the organization, you know, what it was was, you know, immediately focusing to the customer.

You know, when a company goes through some issues and some different spinoffs

and some others, there's a tendency to get very internally focused,

and you lose focus on that customer.

I'm Jim Fagan, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer at Global Cloud Exchange.

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Jim Fagan has had a long and winding road into the tech world.

He grew up in New Jersey and post post-school started out in finance.

Slowly, through those roles, he drifted towards operations, and then eventually towards technology.

Personally, he loves to be outside doing stuff that involves the water.

He enjoys surfing, wakeboarding, skiing, you name it.

Through his profession, he's traveled the

world and visited many amazing places, including spending nine years in Hong Kong. He found great

pleasure in learning the cultures, personal and business, and how to reach out across languages

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