TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

To continue exploring space sustainably, we must act now. Today’s sustainability crisis in space is the result of 60 years of exploration and utilization that have largely ignored the environmental consequences of space activities and treated satellites and other space assets as single-use objects. Luca Rossettini. Contributor.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2025

They ensure that decisions are aligned with both short-term goals and long-term sustainability Strategist: The enterprise architect aligns technology initiatives with the businesss vision, ensuring that technology choices drive value and competitive advantage. compromising quality, structure, integrity, goals).

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2025

However, they also recognized the need for bold actions to achieve sustainable success. Our take: CIOs must focus on smart spending rather than indiscriminate budget slashing. See also: 10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid.) Our take: Building resilient and sustainable supply chains is crucial. Address the U.S.-Europe

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This role requires a deep understanding of market dynamics, consumer behavior, and technological trends, enabling the organization to adapt to changes and lead them. These efforts have resulted in personalized marketing and improved operational efficiency, underscoring the tangible benefits of a digital-first strategy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

In March 2020, right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the company pivoted from B2C to B2B and used the technology rails it had built to create the e-commerce marketing platform that Givz is today. We are creating a new marketing category and generating the largest sustainable charitable giving platform in the process,” he told TechCrunch. .

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Evolution4all

JULY 2, 2018

Your annual budget could be harming your business. Does your organisation’s budget system hinder growth and innovation? This may not be the soundest proposition, but budgeting, as it is currently practised by many companies, should be abolished. Budgeting as it Used to Be. Yet, very harmful.

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CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Budget planning during uncertain economic times is never CIOs’ favorite activity. For the most part, budgets are holding steady or growing in the single digits, with continued investments in security, analytics, and the cloud, among other areas. But the next eighteen months aren’t shaping up to be as challenging as some may fear.

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CIO

APRIL 20, 2023

There is a need and realization by the business world to be more environmentally sustainable since organizations are seeing an impact on the bottom line as a direct result of climate change. And if the world’s temperatures rise by or above 1.5 CIOs are in a great position to demonstrate their business acumen,” says Sadler.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

For example, in the online job market, optimizing search algorithms and AI-driven candidate-job matching directly impacts user engagement and revenue. When both technology and business leadership understand each others challenges and objectives, it becomes easier to adapt to market shifts from a holistic viewpoint, says Shajy Thomas.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

A conversation that I’ve been having over the last week is that startups are finally investing in community in a meaningful way, dedicating actual budgets to community instead of simply stealing a few dollars away from the sales and marketing team. Market map of community tools. Image Credits: Commsor.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For instance, Revolut has introduced AI-enabled budgeting tools, but these mostly categorize expenses instead of adapting dynamically to complex spending behaviors. Greenwashing is equally loud There’s a push for sustainability in fintech yet, many firms promote green products without any genuine impact fundamentals.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In a recent global survey , 86% of participants said their organizations had dedicated budget to generative AI, but three-quarters admitted to significant concerns about data privacy and security. As part of its model, SAS has an AI Oversight committee that might reject a generative AI marketing message as inappropriate, for example.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2025

However, the financial complexities posed by these advanced technologies necessitate a robust FinOps strategy to ensure cost efficiency and sustainability. FinOps provides the structure to achieve cost transparency, cost management and cost optimization, ensuring that AI services are not only effective but also economically sustainable.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Wednesday it will eliminate 5% of its workforce, or about 2,500 roles, across multiple departments and is cutting its marketing budgets as it looks to improve its finances and achieve profitability by end of the current financial year. In June, it cut hundreds of jobs.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Businesses have long understood that simplifying and centralizing operations can reduce costs, break down silos, and foster collaboration and sustainability. Market shifts, mergers, geopolitical events, and the pandemic have further driven IT to deploy point solutions, increasing complexity.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Swile provides a payment card for employee benefits, such as meal vouchers, gift cards and sustainable mobility vouchers. And if you want to spend more than your daily budget, you have to use two cards. Just four years after launch, Swile has captured a 13% market share on meal vouchers in France. Image Credits: Swile.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2020

“So like any any industry in VC, you see a lot of people jump in and then as business models collide and the need to generate some sustainable business happens there’s a lot of winnowing and narrowing of the field,” Moran said. Moran said this unabashed growth period will continue for a few years before narrowing.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

“We, like every company, plan our annual budgets far ahead of the upcoming year. The budget we planned for 2022 was large and ambitious. Since then the economy and capital markets have changed, and so it’s prudent that we adjust as well,” founder and CEO Chris Webb told TechCrunch via email.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Meza called the company “furniture-as-a-service,” with the main focus to reuse what already exists in a space to create healthy, sustainable spaces that someone can work in, live in and enjoy all at the same time. This includes marketing tests on social media platforms that yielded a respectable return on investment, he added.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Veo’s co-founder and CEO Candice Xie has been vocal about creating a sustainable business model that’s profitable on its own before seeking external funding, which the company says it’s done. We are expanding out R&D budget,” said Tan. “We

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CIO

MARCH 11, 2025

Even with the positive effects of this push for competitiveness, it increases the workload of people who have this role of responsibility, because they have to be constantly updating themselves and learning things in a frenetic market, which constantly tests their skills, she says. Gmez adds to this the lack of resources.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

It will also expand to new markets (including outside of the EU), and improve its carbon tracking technologies. Because soils constitute the largest carbon sink outside oceans , the planet is going to need sustainable farming practices to deal with the climate crisis.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. Digitization is also essential for achieving sustainability goals across business operations,” she says.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Chief Sustainability Officer is a dynamic force driving a company’s success by seamlessly blending profitability with purpose. More than just “going green”—this position strategically positions the company to thrive in a market where sustainability is a competitive edge.

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CIO

APRIL 1, 2025

Entire wings of the C-suite think marketing, supply chain, and HR have had their agendas and operations disrupted by changing political winds. I still believe that IT done right can be a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Do IT stakeholders believe ITs budget is being spent wisely? Enter IT and the CIO.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

million in a seed round in June 2020 and followed it with $10 million in debt from emerging markets-focused venture debt fund Lendable in December. It can be challenging to get a personal car in most emerging markets, especially if one’s income isn’t stable. But for Planet42, the next attractive market lies off the continent. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

A growing number of people are looking for ways to live more sustainably amid increasing concerns over the environment and what we humans keep doing to pollute it. That growth has been riding on several concurrent market trends. “It’s a huge business, one that is even overtaking primary in some markets.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Now is the right time: with increased cycling infrastructure, public discourse and political will across Europe to create more sustainable cities, we can help more people choose a more sustainable commute.”. Finally, Dance wants to address the B2B market with a new Dance for Business offering. Image Credits: Dance.

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

“We are looking to roll out a green taxi category in South Africa in the next few months, and plan to roll out green categories in other African markets,” said Bolt’s regional director for Africa and Middle East, Paddy Partridge. The company already offers a green option in Kenya, where it also runs e-bike food delivery.

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Mobilunity

JANUARY 28, 2025

At the same time, poor cloud cost management is destructive for businesses, as, besides obvious overspending, resource inefficiency, and budget overruns, it can cause other, hidden and long-term consequences. This alignment confirms that financial decisions are informed by both technical needs and budget constraints.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

And even companies with large development teams and budgets have failed at launching or scaling a marketplace. “We It also added new customers internationally that span industry verticals like fashion, health, automotive, home goods, sustainable goods and manufacturing. Then came the investor interest.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When the downturn began, many VCs urged founders to slash their marketing spending. Several months later, we’ve since learned that cutting marketing budgets doesn’t make early-stage startups healthier, but it is a great way for VCs to reduce burn rates across their entire portfolio. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2023

In a previous blog , I described the three areas of product development and operation that HPE Aruba Networking focuses on when designing our products for IT efficiency and sustainable operations—like how products are made, how they work, and how they are being used. billion in the last 3 years directly back to customer budgets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Third, and finally, he thinks that strong business incentives and for-profit businesses specifically are the most sustainable way to make impact last — not nonprofits or government organizations. “This overspending behavior highlights the user’s need to fix their spending habits by designing a budget.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

Keep tabs on the keep the lights on (KTLO) budget If you fall on hard times in your personal life, you pay for your mortgage, health insurance, and groceries first to cover the necessities: shelter, security, and food, respectively. What are the necessities in your IT budget to keep the lights on (KTLO)? Discuss the risky ones.

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