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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower CTO

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. Your reasons for needing a technical review will depend on your business goals.

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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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7 investors reveal what’s hot in fintech in Q1 2023

TechCrunch

The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. What do you feel might be overhyped?

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Four investors explain why AI ethics can’t be an afterthought

TechCrunch

A founder recently told TechCrunch+ that it’s hard to think about ethics when innovation is so rapid: People build systems, then break them, and then edit. Some investors said they tackle this by doing due diligence on a founder’s ethics to help determine whether they’ll continue to make decisions the firm can support.

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5 pillars of a cloud-conscious culture

CIO

“Cloud is scalable IT infrastructure that enables organizations to respond quickly to market changes, support business growth, and minimize disruptions,” says Swati Shah, SVP and CIO of US markets at TransUnion, the Chicago-based IT services and consulting company. “It Too many CIOs think they can hire their way out of the problem.

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Why CIOs should embrace the potential of data and analytics enablement platforms for a brighter future

CIO

This is why the overall data and analytics (D&A) market is projected to grow astoundingly and expected to jump to $279.3 In a recent Gartner data and analytics trends report, author Ramke Ramakrishnan notes, “The power of AI and the increasing importance of GenAI are changing the way people work, teams collaborate, and processes operate.

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UL’s leap into the genAI evaluation business raises key questions

CIO

UL Solutions , part of the UL enterprise that grew out of Underwriters Laboratories, on Monday jumped into the crowded genAI third-party evaluation service market, joining Stanford University and Microsoft , among many others, but with a more customized approach. The UL team will be asking questions as well as analyzing code.