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AI market evolution: Data and infrastructure transformation through AI

CIO

This allows organizations to maximize resources and accelerate time to market. Sustainability and ESG are not off the AI table ESG is now a critical business imperative. Survey respondents ranked ESG reporting as a top area needing AI skills development, even above R&D and product development.

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CMO and CDO: The Digital Marketing Partnership Fueling Growth

N2Growth Blog

In this landscape, the collaboration between the Chief Marketing and the Chief Digital Officer has become a pivotal driver of organizational success. They must understand market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and emerging trends to position the organization effectively.

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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

TechCrunch

Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and marketing professor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money.

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Scaling Startups: The Ultimate Guide For Founders

Luis Goncalves

This guide explores essential frameworks, common pitfalls, and proven strategies to transform your promising venture into a market leader. Attempting to scale before achieving product-market fit is a common reason for startup failure. What Does Scaling a Startup Really Mean?

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Marketing Operations Efficiency: The Essential Checklist

As marketing becomes more tech-driven, the role of marketing operations (MOps) is getting more complex. Today, the discipline is increasingly interwoven with other vital go-to-market motions — including sales and customer support — and is responsible for all business elements associated with marketing, including the tech stack.

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Companies look to sell off assets to pay for AI investments

CIO

If you look at 23 and 2024 you had a lot of budget increases, you had a bunch of layoffs over the last couple of years, and not something thats sustainable. Divestitures can also help companies zero in on their potential and market relevance, the blog authors note.

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The Beauty Of Bootstrapped Companies: Why More Entrepreneurs Should Aspire To Stay Self-Funded

Crunchbase News

These examples underscore why more entrepreneurs should consider bootstrapping as a strategic choice, not as a fallback, focusing on sustainable growth which can become effective in times of trouble. This autonomy fuels innovation and responsiveness, as founders can adapt quickly to market changes.

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Most have already sustained massive damage, and we still have yet to see the scope of this global pandemic. Any return to normalcy may seem far-off, but sales and marketing are on the front lines of restarting the economy. However, there’s no team better suited to lead that charge than the marketing department.

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Foundational ABM Building Blocks

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a key strategy for driving sustainable growth. Today, many B2B companies use ABM teams or technologies to make sales. But getting a program off the ground successfully doesn’t have to be a daunting task.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Fail Well, Pivot Fast: Product Experimentation for Continuous Discovery

Speaker: William Haas Evans - Principal Consultant, Head of Product Strategy & Design Practice, Kuroshio Consulting

From a product discovery/product management perspective, the purpose of experimentation is to focus our efforts on invalidating our assumptions to reduce the risk of developing and going-to-market with the wrong product.