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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

TechCrunch

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. Changing your meeting culture is difficult, but given that 26% of workers plan to look for a new job when the pandemic ends, startups need to do all they can to retain talent.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

While some Ukrainian start-ups have relocated, the vast majority have kept at least a part of their operations or team in Ukraine. As the war began, the company relocated the team of 70 to safer regions in western Ukraine and EU. The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%.

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Terraformation gets $30M to fight climate change with rapid reforesting

TechCrunch

“ So it’ll be used both for supporting forestry projects directly, as well as for the development and deployment of forestry acceleration products and technology.” It goes without saying that planted trees which fail because of poor processes won’t help cut carbon emissions. Forests are natural carbon sinks. .

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Software Outsourcing: Why CEOs Love It

Gorilla Logic

It turns out that access to talented developers may be one of the most challenging pieces of the puzzle. . A sustained global talent shortage means skilled technical talent is hard to find, expensive to hire, and difficult to retain. Ready to have a conversation about outsourcing your development to a top-ranked Agile development team?

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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Poor Communication Skills : Show me a leader with poor communication skills and I’ll show you someone who will be short-lived in their position. Any leader is only as good as his or her team’s desire to be led by them. Bottom line…unproven leaders come with a high risk premium.

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2018 Scrummer Reading List

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We asked our team what books they are taking to the beach this summer and they responded with some great suggestions; a combination of fiction, non-fiction, business books and academic papers that make for great additions to any reading list. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. 2018 Scrummer Reading List.

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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. The product management team states what must be done to solve the problem, and the architect describes how to realize that vision in a system. Vitruvius and the principles of architecture. A dexterity with tools.