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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO

Effective IT strategy requires not just technical expertise but a focus on adaptability and customer-centricity, enabling organizations to stay ahead in a fast-changing marketplace. Vipin also led consulting practices at Accenture, Microsoft and HPE, advising Fortune 100 firms and U.S. He is currently a senior advisor at WVE.

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10 AI strategy questions every CIO must answer

CIO

Here are 10 questions CIOs, researchers, and advisers say are worth asking and answering about your organizations AI strategies. Otherwise, organizations can chase AI initiatives that might technically work but wont generate value for the enterprise. She advises others to take a similar approach.

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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment

CIO

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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Startup Mentors

SoCal CTO

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor?

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How Women in Tech are rising to the new challenges

CIO

As Jyothirlatha, CTO of Godrej Capital tells us, Being a pandemic-born NBFC (non-banking financial company), a technology-first approach helps us drive business growth. Embracing a multifaceted approach Jyothirlatha aptly states, A CTO today is a business enabler, influencing strategy and driving technology-led growth.

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Observe.ai raises $125M, adding Zoom as an investor, to supercharge the contact center market

TechCrunch

Observe.ai — which provides natural language tools to track voice and text conversations, and to provide coaching for subsequent engagements and to use the data for compliance and other reporting requirements — has raised $125 million, funding that it will be using to continue building out its technology and to move into more markets.

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