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WeTravel books $27M to build fintech and more for bespoke group travel

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Travel is back on the radar for investment, with consumers and business users both on the move again after a long pandemic period of staying in one place. The startup, fittingly, has done a little traveling of its own. So in 2019, WeTravel’s three founders relocated back across the pond to The Netherlands.

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How Starlink transformed tech operations for Journey Beyond

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From a technical point of view, the rapid growth brought new opportunities, but also problems and confusion. Mazumdar advises up-and-coming CIOs that they need to get immersed to gain deep knowledge of all aspects of the business, and from there create a roadmap. People are there to enjoy, stop, breathe, and talk to fellow travelers.

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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

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Because I think we’re going to be in a vicious cycle where the companies that are dealing with a lot of legacy technology and have not been paying off their technical debt for years and years are going to have a hard time attracting skill sets, whether it’s AI or anything else. Do you want to be on this board and an advisor of that?

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WizeHire lands fresh cash to expand its SMB-focused hiring platform

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The tranche values the company at $250 million post-money, and cofounder and CEO Sid Upadhyay says that it’ll be put toward growing WizeHire’s over-100-person headcount, expanding the company’s hiring resources and “further establish[ing]” relationships with technical partners.

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Blackshark.ai’s digital twin of Earth attracts $20M in funding

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The world got a glimpse of a fully traversable and remarkably (if not 100%) accurate globe in Flight Simulator last year; we called a “technical marvel” and later went into detail about how it was created, and by whom. These folks are advising , not joining the board, as this paragraph mistakenly had earlier.).

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fighting fundraising fears, XaaS CS strategy, the ‘collapse’ of VC

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Ever traveled on a cruise ship? “They usually vary by customer segment, business versus technical focus and sales motion focus: adopt, renew, upsell and cross-sell.” “It’s not you; it’s the market,” advises Ryan Falvey, co-founder and managing partner of Financial Venture Studio.

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Tech companies: Stop conflating privilege with potential

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These skills can come from many different experiences –– for example, a student working a full- or part-time job while pursuing a technical degree gains a strong work ethic, time-management prowess and resilience. The up-front cash and knowledge needed to navigate travel for an in-person job interview or relocate for an internship.

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