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Beyond Metrics – Why Human Capital is Key in Founding and Leadership Team Assessments

N2Growth Blog

Evaluating founding and leadership teams of portfolio companies and acquisition targets has become crucial for investment and operating partners. As businesses grow and adapt to shifting market demands, the strength of the leadership team often dictates a company’s ability to scale and succeed.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

What has been learned over the last 15 years—often the hard way—is that for organizations to realize the full potential of cloud computing, they need to build and maintain a cloud-conscious culture based on five key pillars. Leadership The most important part of the cloud-conscious culture is leadership. I call it ‘learn by doing it.’

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Doing Diligence Well In Venture Investing: Going Back To The Future

Crunchbase News

By Nicolas Sauvage Due diligence has made a comeback. On an average deal, VCs would spend 118 hours on due diligence and call 10 references. The assumption was often that someone else had already done the diligence. With that, high-quality diligence has returned, and it is both art and a science.

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Crafting Operational Excellence: Key Considerations in a Search for an Operations Leader

N2Growth Blog

At N2Growth, we recognize that the Chief Operating Officer is indispensable to the executive leadership team. This executive’s effectiveness hinges on fostering synergy among all C-suite leaders , creating a culture of shared purpose.

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Use radical objectivity to create and retain an inclusive workforce

TechCrunch

Recent research by McKinsey shows that organizations with the most ethnically diverse teams are 36% more likely to financially outperform those with the least. Diversity in the workplace starts with an inclusive culture. Done right, an inclusive culture should help to foster a sense of belonging and shared values.

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Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

CIO

Analytics mastery: Use data efficiently Efficient analytics is a key driver for decision-making, and prioritizing the development of robust analytics capabilities to enhance consumers’ and financial institutions’ ability to make informed decisions and stay competitive is critical. They can be applied in any industry.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

TechCrunch

We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan.