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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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Unicorns wanted: Navigating the Product Owner shortage in IT

CIO

You’ve seen the virtues of transforming from a project to a product operating model: value-driven work, delivered by dedicated teams rather than through projects led by disparate team members. The unicorn, if not sourced with proper due diligence, will be viewed only as a creature in fairy tales. Let’s start with culture.

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The cyber security challenges in fintech and neobanking’s rise

CIO

While accelerated collaboration and sandboxing between traditional businesses and fintechs will drive innovation and competitive advantage, the start-up culture that underwrites this progress will prioritise growth and enhance capabilities over cybersecurity. Unfortunately, this puts their clients, their companies, and partners at risk. “The

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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO

To build a stronger relationship with vendors, “CIOs should bring them into the fold regarding their priorities and potential concerns about what may —or may not — lie ahead, from a regulatory perspective or the general economic climate, for example,” says Kevin Beasley, CIO at VAI, a midmarket ERP software developer. “A

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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.

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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Furthermore, successful CPOs are exceptional leaders who inspire and motivate their teams to achieve excellence. An effective CPO values diversity and inclusion, creating a culture of inclusivity that attracts and retains top talent.

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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

Next Level Blog

One of them is that, too often, there’s an overemphasis on strategy and an underemphasis on culture. There’s a reason the late, great Peter Drucker said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Your organization’s culture is the leading indicator of whether or not your strategy is going to be successful.

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