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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing

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With that in mind, Sesamm enables businesses to track textual data from across the web — including news portals, NGO reports and social networks — and convert this into actionable insights. “Data sources include highly vetted news organizations, expert blogs and social media. . billion company.

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6 revealing statistics about career challenges Black IT pros face

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Unfair and hostile work environments A study from The Kapor Center for Social Impact and The Ford Foundation found unfair treatment to be the top driver of employee turnover, in particular for employees from underrepresented groups. of technical roles, and 4% of executive leadership. Black tech talent represents only 4.4%

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3 ways investors can assess the strength of an NFT opportunity

TechCrunch

The first NFT was created in 2014 and was sold only last year. Instead, investors should be looking for transparency in a project’s leadership and tech infrastructure. They are the ones who will sustain promising NFT projects as they face inevitable moments of volatility.

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Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles

TechCrunch

Reports on social media show the company’s reluctance to handle consumer complaints. The company chose a price disruption strategy to swiftly dethrone Samsung from its leadership position in the Indian smartphone market, making it one of the trailblazers in the first wave of cheap, sub-$200 smartphones.

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Exemplar Technologist and CEO Pamela Arya of @Optensity named @WITWomen Leadership Award Finalist

CTOvision

By Bob Gourley With this post I would like to share some good news and offer a public congratulations to friend Pam Arya of Optensity , as well as the other exemplars of leadership listed below. The following is from the press release at [link] : Women in Technology Announces Finalists for 15th Annual Leadership Awards. Rising Star.

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Resilience, an introduction.

Xebia

In 2014 VUCA was introduced as purpose for resilience. In 2014 the term VUCA was introduced into business management to describe the continuous uncertainty businesses are part of [ Bennett-2014 ]. This make sense making for leadership within organizations very challenging. Bennett-2014] Bennett, N., & Lemoine, J.