TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Three years after stepping down as GoFundMe’s chairman and CEO , Rob Solomon is returning to the industry he calls his “first love,” digital commerce , as co-founder and CEO of Kite , a commerce company focused on investing in, acquiring and operating high-potential, digital-first consumer product brands. In addition to GoFundMe, Solomon has a pretty extensive commerce background from roles at companies like Yahoo (running the commerce business unit) and Groupon ( president and COO )

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CIO

APRIL 10, 2023

When I graduated from college, I worked as an assembler language programmer for Sears. At that time, Sears was the world’s largest retailer and it was just beginning to use the new System 360 from IBM. IT was looked upon as a group of techies that performed some unexplainable job that was supposed to revolutionize the business. Beyond that, the senior executives across the business knew little of us nor did they want to know.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Anthony Millin Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Millin is a startup attorney, serial entrepreneur, venture partner, and the founder and co-chair of NEXT powered by Shulman Rogers. Preparing to raise a round of funding is one of the most important tasks every founder goes through. Compiling a deck, teaser, and executive summary requires a thorough understanding of a startup’s story and the market in which it operates.

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Kentik

APRIL 10, 2023

This February marked a grim milestone in the ongoing war in Ukraine. It has now been over a year since Russian forces invaded its neighbor to the west leading to the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. In the past year, we have used Kentik’s unique datasets to show some of the conflict’s impacts on Ukraine’s external internet connectivity, ranging from DDoS attacks and large outages , to the rerouting of internet service in the southern region of Kherson.

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Legit Group, a cloud kitchen brand operator based in Jakarta, has its eyes on the rest of Indonesia after raising a $13.7 million Series A. The round was led by MDI Ventures, the venture capital arm of PT Telcom Indonesia Tbk, the largest telecom conglomerate in Indonesia. It included participation from Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), returning investor East Ventures and Winter Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Here’s your shot across the bow — there’s a little over one more month left to nominate your startup for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt. Take the opportunity to join this elite group for a new and awesome opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt. It’s positively packed with perks and possibilities to get your company to the next level. Don’t delay: Apply to the Startup Battlefield 200 by May 15 at 11:59 p.m.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 10, 2023

To stay relevant and ahead of the curve, we must disrupt and innovate ourselves while the world changes at an unprecedented rate. Leaders who can adjust well can prosper in today’s fast-paced corporate world. Disrupting outdated worldviews, mindsets, and leadership styles allows us to adapt. Our research indicated that many leaders interviewed spend a lot […] The post 6 ways self-disruption makes you a better leader appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Welcome to the new week. While recording Equity this morning , I noted with surprise an interesting bit of data that got me wondering about the current premium that venture investors are paying for startup shares, and if we can see anything new compared to 2022 data, especially given that complaints about YC startup prices are once again news. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechSoup

APRIL 10, 2023

Your website is like the storefront for your organization. It's where people go to find out more about who you are and what you do, to donate, volunteer, or access a service. In order to keep people moving through the process of becoming a supporter or a part of your community, you'll need to make sure your site is informative and easy to navigate.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Each week listeners can tune into Found to get the real stories behind today’s startups. And while that isn’t changing any time soon, this week I’m excited to bring you something a little extra. I’m pleased to announce that Found has been nominated for a viewer’s choice Webby Award in the Best Technology Podcast category.

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Perficient

APRIL 10, 2023

The psychology of innovation is like any other area of life where our brains and emotions simply get in the way of our progress. Even when we are aware of the pitfalls, they are unavoidable. Our brains are wired to fall into these traps. I recently wrote a blog post about harmful innovation myths , and now I want to dive into the psychology around innovation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Reach Capital, one of the first venture firms to focus exclusively on edtech, closed its last investment vehicle during an unprecedented boom within tech. The San Francisco-based venture firm saw an increase in digital infrastructure, remote learning and society’s ever fickle attention as an opportunity — and unsurprisingly, those same tailwinds then helped Reach close its largest fund to date.

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Perficient

APRIL 10, 2023

BattleBots is the most popular robot fighting competition in the world, and Perficient’s partnership with RioBotz and their BattleBots competitor, Minotaur, allows us to interact with STEM enthusiasts on a global scale. The seventh season of BattleBots premiered in January , and Minotaur entered the ring on a mission for redemption and revenge. Minotaur has defeated the competition with ferocity, going three for three for total knockouts this season.

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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

OfficeBanao, an Indian startup offering a workspace interiors platform to businesses in the country, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed. In India’s competitive workspace interior market, traditional providers have long dominated the landscape, often requiring substantial investment of time and resources for clients to achieve their desired results.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 10, 2023

Start a Conversation to Help Your Boss See Your Genius and Recognize Your Skills You want your boss to see your genius. But what if they don’t? How do you communicate your worth to get the recognition, support, and advocacy you need? And how do you do it without looking needy? One tool you receive when you participate in our foundational leadership development program is the Confidence Competence Model.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

The inability to accurately assess risk for insurance purposes is costing the industry a lot of money. Earlier this year, State Farm reported that its property and casualty underwriting business took a $13 billion hit in 2022 due to “rapidly increasing claims severity and significant additions to prior accident year incurred claims.” Axle is trying to change that.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 10, 2023

The greatest innovations reshape our worldview about what is possible. In just the past few years, entire industries have been created or disrupted by major advances in energy storage, blockchain, AI, and telemedicine. Companies that excel at bringing innovation to market commit to sustained investment in R&D, have a deep understanding of their markets, and […] The post Five Culture Keys to Unlocking Innovation that Drives Diversity and Performance appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today we are talking about crypto, Uber and how to be petty at scale. Here’s what we got into: Around the world of capital, we’re most confused at certain bits of price stability in the cryptocurrency markets.

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David Walsh

APRIL 10, 2023

I’m a big fan of having as much information as I can get within the command line. I couldn’t go without knowing which git branch I’m on , for example. Another important piece of information I like having is my current battery percentage. To get the current battery level from command line, you can run: pmset -g batt | grep -Eo "d+%" Since I get lost in command line for hours at a time, having the percentage present saves me the labor of shifting my eyes outside of shell.

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DevOps.com

APRIL 10, 2023

DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so […] The post Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities appeared first on DevOps.com.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

APRIL 10, 2023

Learn ten best practices for creating a strategic growth plan for your organization. Today’s guest post is by Mike Fata, author of Grow: 12 Unconventional Lessons for Becoming an Unstoppable Entrepreneur (CLICK HERE to get your copy). A strategic growth plan is a crucial component of a company’s long-term success. It serves as a roadmap, guiding a business towards its goals by outlining objectives, strategies, and tactics.

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APRIL 10, 2023

Celebrating 30 Years of Scrum: From a Single Sprint to Lasting Change Scrum Inc. Webinar with Dr. JEFF SUTHERLAND & JJ SUTHERLAND May 18, 2023 | 12:00pm ET Register Now Celebrate The Most Widely Used Agile Framework on Earth Explore the Past & Future of Scrum It all started as an experiment in 1993. A single team, a single Sprint, a whole new way of working.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2023

Empowering frontline workers to take small actions, like waiving a fee or allowing a return outside of the window, can boost the loyalty of both customers and employees.

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QAspire

APRIL 10, 2023

We often end up using words “change” and “transformation” interchangeably. In many cases that I observe, transformation is the fuzzy word that leaders use to describe operational shifts within their teams or businesses. Many years ago, I participated in a tweet chat where someone aptly tweeted, “Transformation prescribes the vision.

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d2iq

APRIL 10, 2023

With a wealth of cloud-native and Kubernetes survey findings to examine, and with KubeCon Europe 2023 fast approaching, it is a good time to take stock of the state of Kubernetes deployment and the strides that have been made to simplify Kubernetes management.Surveys show that the top challenges organizations face in deploying Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies are complexity, security, and a skills gap.

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Dzone - DevOps

APRIL 10, 2023

Value streams have been a central tenet of Lean thinking for decades, starting with Toyota and the Lean Manufacturing movement, and are now widely adopted across industries. Despite this, many businesses still need to harness the full potential of value streams to drive organizational change and achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness. Instead, they may focus narrowly on metrics like team velocity or production pipeline speed, missing the broader picture of the end-to-end system.

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scruminc

APRIL 10, 2023

Celebrating 30 Years of Scrum: From a Single Sprint to Lasting Change Scrum Inc. Webinar with Dr. JEFF SUTHERLAND & JJ SUTHERLAND May 18, 2023 | 12:00pm ET Register Now Celebrate The Most Widely Used Agile Framework on Earth Explore the Past & Future of Scrum It all started as an experiment in 1993. A single team, a single Sprint, a whole new way of working.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2023

They must become more sophisticated in how they use data to gain visibility into patients’ behaviors and decisions.

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