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OpenSponsorship lands new capital to bring brands, athletes together

TechCrunch

Ishveen Anand grew up in England playing sports all of her life, including during her time at Oxford. However, what she found was that the process was inefficient — the sports world was slow-moving in terms of brands getting contracts with athletes. OpenSponsorship deals page. It can be digital, repurposing content and photoshoots.

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CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

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Any organization of size, dealing with diverse technology, is doing their company a disservice if a public cloud–only strategy is their ultimate end goal,” says Brian Shields, SVP and CTO of Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management. This refinement of thinking about the cloud comes as hefty AI costs loom on the horizon.

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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

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It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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Porsche joins $400M bet on lithium-silicon batteries to juice up future EVs

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With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. Porsche has read the room. Group14 appears to be targeting production for Porsche battery packs in 2024.

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Ivorian fintech Julaya gets $5M to become banking partner for businesses in Francophone Africa

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The card payment industry, except for South Africa, maybe Nigeria and a little bit in Egypt, is a developing one and while you might be able to grow a business on that, it’s almost impossible in our region [Francophone Africa].”. said the chief executive, who founded the company with Charles Talbot.

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LeadIQ’s rapid growth snags venture attention as sales software market stays hot

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The LeadIQ product also includes analytics covering a customer’s prospecting efficiency, which can then be segmented by worker performance and more general breakdowns like industry and company size. The CEO likened marketing as similar to fishing with a net. Sales, she said, is more akin to hunting fish with a spear.

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How to Win with Pattern Recognition

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As an executive coach and advisor to senior executives in a wide range of industries, pattern recognition is vital to my work as well. Narrow the Focus and Broaden the Net : It’s an extremely rare person who can be a pattern recognition expert in multiple domains. Keep Them in the Loop : Pattern recognition should be a team sport.

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