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Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit $240M in payments processed last year, up 89% from 2019

TechCrunch

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SumUp raises $895M in debt to double down on its B2C payments business

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How to Hire Tech-Savvy Teachers for Blended Learning

PowerSchool

Online recruiting and hiring became an overnight necessity as a result of COVID-19 school closures, but this only accelerated a growing trend. The need for more flexible, adaptable tools for recruiting and hiring. The convenience and flexibility of online recruiting and hiring doesn’t just benefit schools and districts during a crisis.

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Jim Rose: Back in 2011 and 2012, when CircleCI was started, this idea of being able to ship code as quickly as you made changes was pretty new. The first requirement I have for everyone on our exec team is they have to be a great recruiter. Cack Wilhelm: I’d love to hear about the secular trends behind CircleCI.

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TechCrunch

Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time. Resource efficiency, healthier lifestyles, internet of behaviors, how we work and learn. At TC Early Stage, we’ll cover topics like recruiting, sales, legal, PR, marketing and brand building.

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The Persistent Imbalance Between Supply and Demand for Software Development Labor

The Agile Manager

Each major expansion in software development - automation (60s), productivity (80s), internet (90s), mobile (00s) - has been additive to the total stock of software in the world. Labor scarcity poses a vulnerability to employers: a company known to have capable engineers is wearing a target for recruiters. It's worth looking at why.