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How our SaaS startup broke into the Japanese market without a physical presence

TechCrunch

From language and culture differences to the need to tailor offerings for a Japanese audience, many early-stage tech companies write off Japan as impossible or too difficult to break into, even if the country is inevitably part of their growth and expansion roadmap. But the barriers to entry are high.

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Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?

The Crazy Programmer

It is probably a cultural stigma sticking in the West. The issue does not seem to be about corporate social responsibility but a diverse range of thinking. Stephanie Shirley developed programs studying the impact of technology on social issues. A 2014 movie, “Hidden Figures,” was based on her experiences.

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Ride the AI wave: Learn to flow

CIO

While we could attribute this to crappy leadership and archaic corporate institutions that have eroded trust exacerbated by the pandemic theres another culprit at play: A highly distracted workforce drowning in the algorithmic world of social media. They built a winning culture of trust and high performance.

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Unified Collaboration: How Social Business and Other Forms of Digital Engagement are Intertwining

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

As collaboration has evolving during the rise of the social and mobile era, I’ve found that the last decade in particular has lead to some of the most significant and increasingly disruptive refinements in the practice: Social Business (internal). The three new categories of digital collaboration. Unified Communications.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Wider issues seem more cultural; startups not thinking big enough, investors lacking the necessary appetite for risk, and even — among wider society — some latent suspicion of entrepreneurs. While Spain-based investors are champing at the bit for administrative reform and better stock options. Francisco Polo.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

TechCrunch

Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso is credited with coining the term in the title of her 2014 memoir, “#Girlboss,” which chronicled her rags-to-riches success and was adapted into a Netflix show. It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad. Please stop using the word Girlboss thank you.

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Robin raises $30M to expand its office reservation software as companies embrace hybrid work

TechCrunch

According to a survey from GoodHire , 75% of managers want workers in the office, citing the potential lack of focus and loss of company culture. ” Launched in 2014, Robin began as a conference room scheduling app. When employees have a choice, returning to the office becomes less about mandates and more about connection.”

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