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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

TechCrunch

For our latest investor survey, Natasha Mascarenhas polled 13 edtech VCs to learn more about how “employer-led up-skilling and a renewed interest in self-improvement” is expanding the sector’s TAM. Normally, we list each investor’s responses separately, but for this survey, we grouped their responses by question.

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A history of tech adaptation for today’s changing business needs

CIO

“The company has been on a continuous journey to adapt its internal and external processes to new business needs and opportunities since 2001.” The first was becoming one of the first research companies to move its panels and surveys online, reducing costs and increasing the speed and scope of data collection.

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3 ways to advance sustainability in high performance computing

CIO

Data was collected via direct interviews and surveys of HPC and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) data center managers, directors, or leads as well as scientists, researchers, and engineers. Ensuring infrastructure is consolidated and set up for optimal performance is a key lever to accelerating sustainability initiatives.

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IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle

CIO

In his 2001 best-seller, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t , author Jim Collins reminds us that “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” Every year, lack of critical IT skills is blamed for failure to deliver the full promise of IT investments. Talent matters — but is ‘war’ the right metaphor?

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IT pros say tech budgets to stay strong, but mainly for big companies

CIO

The forecast is based on a survey of IT professionals in the US and Europe, which was performed this summer by Aberdeen Research. Companies that did so in 2001 and 2008 were frequently punished for it by the market. Fully 90% of respondents said that they either planned to increase spending or keep it steady in 2023.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 11 PLG tactics, addressing copycat stigma, ‘unicorn glut’ theory

TechCrunch

” After surveying 14 public B2B software companies, Townshend says firms that built for discoverability and deployed usage-based pricing had a median growth rate of 141%, compared to 21% for traditional SaaS. . ” The ‘unicorn glut’ theory of startup misery.

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6 Defining Values of a Leadership Culture

N2Growth Blog

In 2006, one of my CEO clients in Sarasota, FL shared with me his annual employee engagement survey. We sat in his office while he shared his most recent employee engagement survey, and because he cared so much, he was frustrated. The first data point revealed that most employee engagement surveys were un-customizable.

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