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2025 IT headcount expectations lowest in over a decade

CIO

Harvey Nash’s survey found that only 36% of CIOs believed IT headcounts would increase in 2025 — the lowest such sentiment reported since 2011. Gina Smith, an IDC research director, said CIOs will have to balance hiring people with the needed skills versus training current talent in new domains. “I

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Nigerian fintech Appzone raises $10M for expansion and proprietary technology

TechCrunch

In 2011, the company launched its first core banking product targeting microfinance institutions. Still, while it might present a problem to other companies, Emetarom says the company has no issue training promising junior talent to grow in expertise. Like most Nigerian startups these days, Appzone is big on senior engineers.

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Korean car-sharing startup SOCAR has filed for an IPO   

TechCrunch

The company has raised a total of about $275 million since its inception in 2011, the company spokesperson confirmed. The 11-year-old firm started the car-sharing service with 100 rental cars in Jeju in 2011 and launched its mobile app in 2012. SOCAR has reached approximately $834 billion (1 trillion won) valuation after raising $50.7

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Environmental health and safety software is now a hot commodity

TechCrunch

Companies use EHS software to track emissions and investigate workplace incidents, for example, as well as conduct health and safety training and grant entry to restricted spaces. billion in 2022 to around $2.7 billion by 2027. .

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Codecademy eyes the enterprise with $40 million in new capital

TechCrunch

But founder Zach Sims , who began the company in 2011 as a Columbia student, says that Codecademy’s growth, and hunger for new capital, isn’t due to a pandemic bump. “A The startup is the latest edtech business to bring on capital after years without it, a list that includes ClassDojo , CourseHero , Quizlet and Udacity.

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Creating value in 2011

Lead on Purpose

Now that we’re off and running in 2011, let’s explore a few ways to increase our value: Improve skills and knowledge: Instead of hunkering down and running below the radar, take specific actions to improve your skills. Look for opportunities for training. Our efforts will build over time and improve our self-confidence. Read books.

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Join us for a live Q&A with Sapphire’s Jai Das on Tuesday at 2 pm ET/11 am PT

TechCrunch

This series is for Extra Crunch members, so if you haven’t signed up you can hop on that train right here. Sapphire was itself originally SAP’s corporate venture capital arm, but it split off from its parent in 2011, rebranded, and kept on raising funds.). Das as invested in companies like MuleSoft ( sold for $6.5

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