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How AerCap’s CIO has been a catalyst for a robust M&A strategy

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AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly gambled that merging two market leaders in the aircraft leasing industry, one of the biggest M&A deals in recent years valued at around $30 billion, would pay off as the sector bounced back from a slump caused by the pandemic. So far so good. I always keep it in mind that were here to do the business, not to do IT.

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Tala grabs $145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets

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Tala , an emerging markets digital lender that offers loans between $10 to $500 to consumers and small business owners, has raised $145 million in Series E funding. She discovered that many people she talked to in emerging markets were creditworthy but lacked immediate access to credit and quick loans.

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Why generic marketing approaches don’t work on software developers

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I think we can all do a better job,” author and developer marketing expert Adam DuVander says. When we interviewed him last July , Hughes explained that he would refer leads to EveryDeveloper when they needed to sort out their content strategy. Why did you write a book titled “Developer Marketing Does Not Exist”?

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SoftBank-backed Socar, South Korea’s largest car-sharing startup, tumbles on market debut

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Socar , South Korea’s largest car-sharing startup, tumbled in its Seoul stock market debut Monday even after pricing shares below the bottom end of a marketed range. Socar’s debut comes amid a sluggish period in the IPO market in South Korea that has prompted a series of Korean companies to delay their listing plans.

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Here’s what I learned while leading a bootstrapped startup to $40M ARR

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To help you set your business up to thrive during economic turbulence and beyond, I’d like to share some of the strategies that proved successful when building Hotjar, the company I lead. It all starts with creating a product, testing it and finding the right market fit. From there, it was off to the races.

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4 keys to international expansion

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billion market cap), Lazada ($1 billion exit to Alibaba), Jumia ($3.2 billion market cap), Zalando ($21.2 billion market cap) and many others. My personal observations on Rocket’s successes and failures start with this crucial point: These learnings might not apply to your unique combination business model, market and timing.

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How Nubank’s CX strategy made it one of the most loved digital banks

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He’d brought on two co-founders, assembled ambitious engineering and operations teams, raised $2 million in seed funding from Sequoia and Kaszek, rented a tiny office in São Paulo, and was armed with a mission to deliver the kind of banking services that customers in a market as large and lucrative as Brazil’s should expect.

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