TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

His experience from this activity, coupled with working as a technical adviser to the vice president’s office in Nigeria a couple of months back, led him to launch Norebase , a trade tech startup that has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round. It’s one of the few companies offering such services, including Firstbase.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It’s important for CIOs to advise on, acknowledge, understand, and deliver on the business plan to create an effective IT roadmap that aligns to the organization’s business strategy. A key way to facilitate alignment is to become agile enough to stay ahead of the curve, and be adaptive to change, Bragg advises.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

INE Security advises businesses to secure their network by using firewalls, encrypting data, and regularly updating security software. About INE Security : INE Security is the premier provider of online technical training for the IT/IS industry.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Enterprise infrastructures have expanded far beyond the traditional ones focused on company-owned and -operated data centers. This increased complexity means more companies will be relying on IT consultants to help navigate the changes and develop short-term and long-term strategies. What is an IT consultant?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

As a result, technical debt starts to accumulate. Any suggestions on strategies and how to help our company stand out? Joyce Lee, Alorica’s chief culture officer, shares four actionable steps companies can take to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce: Start with an inclusive onboarding process. And accumulate.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

At TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, two experienced investors spoke on the subject and advised startups facing a challenging fundraising path. SOSV doesn’t shy away from startups building complex technology, and because of this, Wu and Winther are well placed to advise on fundraising. Timestamp: 6:09).

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Role of Board Advisor Coaching in Shaping Success Board advisor coaching plays a critical role in shaping the success of organizations and their leaders. In today’s complex and rapidly changing business landscape, executives need more than technical expertise to thrive.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Dwana Franklin-Davis is a lifelong technologist currently serving as the CEO of Reboot Representation , a coalition of tech companies pooling their philanthropic resources to double the number of Black, Latina and Native American women receiving computing degrees by 2025. Dwana Franklin-Davis. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ruthe Farmer.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

The company has now raised $119 million; it is not disclosing its valuation. Peak AI nabs $21M for a platform to help non-tech companies make AI-based decisions. Richard Potter, Peak’s CEO, said the rapid follow-on in funding was based on inbound interest, in part because of how the company has been doing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Andela , a fully remote company that helps tech companies build remote engineering teams (initially from Africa but now a global market), is currently valued at $1.5 Its last valuation of $700 million came when the company raised a $100 million Series D in 2019. Remote is why Andela has worked in the first place,” he added. “In

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

However, as a company progresses and the team grows, there comes a time when a founder needs to carve out dedicated roles. Whether your new hire needs to have a technical background. Product managers often graduate into a CEO role or leave a company to become a founder. The best questions to ask in an interview.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

The company is targeting an initial launch in July this year in Kenya and Nigeria, the two countries it is headquartered in. He founded the company in April 2021. The rest of the executive team includes Llinás Múnera, Dearg OBartuin, Kate Kallot, and board advisors– Kojo Annan and Tatiana Koffman.

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CIO

MARCH 20, 2025

Because of this broken rung in the corporate ladder, men significantly outnumber women at the manager level, making it incredibly difficult for companies to support sustained progress at more senior levels. She points to her companys 2024 Humankindex Study that finds many companies still have on rose-colored glasses.

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CIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

At SecureIT New York last month, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on how to empower a cyber-resilient culture, featuring three powerhouse CISOs: Laura Deaner, CISO at Northwestern Mutual; Nada Noaman, CISO at The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC); and Liz Rodgers, CISO at RAND. Be clear, unambiguous, and direct,” Noaman advises. “If

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Crunchbase News

JANUARY 22, 2025

They might highlight market dynamics, technical feasibility, or lessons theyve learned from similar ventures, which can be invaluable for shaping your strategy. Itay Sagie is a strategic adviser to tech companies and investors, specializing in strategy, growth and M&A, a guest contributor to Crunchbase News, and a seasoned lecturer.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Between them, these founders have raised roughly $450 million for their respective companies. We’ll discuss the opportunities that investors see in backing companies looking down at Earth and what’s ahead for the industry.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This role is no longer confined to technical oversight or incremental operational improvements. At N2Growth, we have seen this combination of entrepreneurial agility , technical fluency, and strategic foresight become a hallmark of the most effective digital leaders.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Max Schireson , the former CEO of MongoDB, is an executive-in-residence at Battery Ventures, where he helps advise the firm’s cloud and data portfolio companies on a variety of strategic and tactical business issues. Was I willing to engage with a young technical founder on business issues? Without that, there is no company.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

The potential of AI tools like ChatGPT creates a similar dilemma — should companies license large language models without modifications, or customize them and pay much higher usage rates? Most of us could probably bake one at home, but speed and convenience are powerful incentives at dinnertime. Thanks very much for reading TC+ this week!

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CIO

AUGUST 1, 2024

Interestingly, despite the significance of technical debt as a cost concern and an inhibitor to improving security and implementing innovation (like AI), it ranks much lower on the list of immediate priorities for many organizations (20%). For CIOs, balancing technical debt with other strategic priorities is a constant challenge.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

“Most of the technical content published misses the mark with developers. DuVander was recommended to us by Karl Hughes, the CEO of Draft.dev, which specializes in content production for developer-focused companies. The book title is a call to these marketers to treat their technical audience differently.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Today’s high-growth technology companies rely on millions of presales professionals, also known as sales engineers and solution consultants, to explain the value of technologies to buyers and customers. Ultimately, the contributions of these trusted technical advisers help close sales.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has come a long way from being run out of a garage in Phoenix to now a 120-person company, valued at $1.5 ” Chang had already advised Whatnot on some of its growth problems in the past, he notes. billion , that’s expected to grow to over 300 people by year-end as its business explodes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That was done with machine learning engineers, but when I left Wish and was advising brands, I found that what we had at Wish was rare. Facebook is trying to get people to trust them again, but companies are still at their mercy to keep paying millions, but they don’t know who their customers are.”.

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CIO

JANUARY 25, 2024

IT leaders are more integral to a company’s business success than ever and that brings pressure to expand their roles, better understand and collaborate with the business, and launch major initiatives. Looking for help just makes sense and most companies encourage it, especially for people taking on big, new roles. “A

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Success is impossible to come by without substantial investment, time, and technical expertise. As a venture capitalist specializing in early-stage life science companies, I work with startups that have the potential to revolutionize the world against biothreats, pandemics and more.

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CIO

DECEMBER 22, 2023

To tackle that, businesses are turning their budgets toward the cloud, with two out of every three IT decision-makers planning to increase cloud budgets in 2024, and nearly a third (31%) reporting that 31% of their IT budget is earmarked for cloud computing, according to the 2023 Cloud Computing Study from CIO.com parent company Foundry.

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CIO

JULY 15, 2024

As organizations increasingly outsource to cloud service providers for many technical and financial benefits, the power consumed and carbon produced are now controlled by the provider, wherever its cloud datacenters may be. Standard & Poor’s Global Sustainability Yearbook is one source of ESG information for public companies.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Form a strong partnership Forming an effective IT-sales partnership requires embracing a startup mentality, even at large, long-established organizations, advises Amit Vashisht, assistant vice president at retirement services firm Jackson Enterprise Technology. Yet he also advises proceeding with caution.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Waterloo-based SkyWatch was among the first startups to recognize that the key to unlocking the real benefits of the space economy lay in making Earth observation data accessible and portable, and now the company has raised a $17.2 “My favorite analogy for TerraStream is it’s Shopify for space companies,” Slifierz said.

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CIO

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s no secret that having the right capabilities is essential to digital success, but given the dynamic nature of digital business, these capabilities go beyond technical know-how. The market is tight, but we are not short of people with technical skills; people who can develop, build infrastructure, and understand the cloud,” says Fox.

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CIO

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The group includes prominent figures like AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, former UK government adviser Nitarshan Rajkumar, and Stanford University fellow Marietje Schaake. The code will outline exactly how companies can comply with the broad set of regulations.

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CIO

JULY 23, 2024

Now, even user companies appear to be overstating their AI capabilities, potentially leading to major headaches. US regulatory agencies are watching for exaggerated AI claims, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission announcing a settlement in March with two investment advisors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The company provides payments and other tools to some 3,000 companies, working out to 500,000 customers using its platform. COVID put paid to the idea that a startup needs to have its team in one place, and today, the majority of the company’s business team and customers are in the U.S., It becomes about fund management.

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Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It laid out various ways for infiltrators to ruin productivity of a company. Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. The real goal here is to sap the company of its productivity slowly, while maintaining a façade of plausibility and normalcy.

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