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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

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trillion in sales by 2024 , up from an estimated $680 billion in 2018, according to payments research firm iBe TSD. A survey of business buyers conducted by Digital Commerce 360 found that 20% of purchasing managers spent more on marketplaces, and 22% spent significantly more, during the pandemic.

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For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge

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With so much at stake, 84% of tech execs agree that succession planning is more important than ever because of today’s fast-changing business environment, according to our new survey of corporate America’s leaders. Seven out of 10 survey respondents agreed that tech companies face more scrutiny than other multinationals during a transition.

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Three surveys of AI adoption reveal key advice from more mature practices

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Recently, O’Reilly Media published AI Adoption in the Enterprise: How Companies Are Planning and Prioritizing AI Projects in Practice , a report based on an industry survey. That was the third of three industry surveys conducted in 2018 to probe trends in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cloud adoption.

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Tech Nation looks for new home as UK Gov hands tech ecosystem contract to Barclays

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And in a survey by industry body Coadec of more than 250 UK founders, the majority said the cuts made the UK significantly less attractive. Tech City UK, its predecessor, was launched in 2011 by former prime minister David Cameron and concentrated largely on the London ecosystem until 2018 when it merged with Tech North (based in Manchester).

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7 Recruiting Trends That Will Continue Into 2019

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Not long ago, we were analyzing the trends unfolding in 2018 and in no time, we are talking about projections for the next year. So here’s a closer look at the lessons 2018 taught us and what we can expect from 2019. . The year 2018 saw a rise in the use of Social Media in recruitment. Heard that too often in the year 2018?

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Extra Crunch roundup: Optimized SaaS pricing, recruiting growth experts, VC surveys, more

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When it went public three years later, its net revenue retention rate was edging close to 100%, “all without hurting the company’s ability to acquire new customers.” In October 2018, private-market money valued Coinbase at around $8 billion. Image Credits: John Lund (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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UnitQ raises $30M in Accel-led round to help companies improve product quality

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For one, it gathers user feedback from public sources like app reviews and social media and from private sources such as support tickets, support chats and surveys. Specifically, unitQ says it identifies actionable insights in a variety of ways. It also does this through its own API, which connects to other external data sources.

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