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Code71, Inc. is a Web 2.0 solution and service company. Our target market is start-ups, small-businesses and non-profit organizations. We use on-shore + off-shore model using Scrum to deliver our projects. Our off-shore office is in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Most Small-business owners are not used to structured project management, let alone the concept of Agile/Scrum. They are wary about using the off-shore teams on projects primarily because of losing control over of projects. On the other side of the world, we have cultural barriers to deal with. Traditionally, Bangladesh has the command/control work culture – everyone needs to have a boss, accountability is loosely used there. So, it took us a while to instill the “self managed team” concept. So our challenges are: 1) Convincing clients to use Agile/Scrum 2) Training clients on Agile/Scrum 3) Managing micro agile team while keeping the overhead down 4) Using appropriate tools to create virtual collocation 5) Managing cultural differences in implementing Agile In this presentation, we would like to share our experiences on how we have overcome the above challenges associated with using Agile on projects involving remote delivery, multiple cultures, and small-businesses. We have been able implement Agile with success and we hope the audience could too.