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TC+ roundup: Silicon Valley Bank fails, fintech VC survey, B2B growth tools

TechCrunch

billion in common stock to shore up its finances after the bank acknowledged that a reduced pace of deal-making and “elevated client cash burn pressuring balance of fund flows” were impacting its performance. Becker was doing damage control after SVB announced plans to sell $1.25

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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

TechCrunch

Customer research is invaluable for software companies, but there are many obstacles, like finding the right group of people to survey. The platform has been used to interview customers about product ideas and strategy, find product-market fit, conduct usability studies on UX designs and see how well marketing landing pages perform.

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3 Ways to Prepare for a Better Performance Review

Let's Grow Leaders

As I sat on the beach sipping my chardonnay, I vowed to never blow off preparing for a performance review again. Give it a try as you prepare for your own performance review, or share with your team to help them prepare for their meeting with you. 3 Ways to Prepare For a Better Performance Review. Numbers, Numbers, Numbers.

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HackerEarth introduces Full-stack Assessments at Hire10(1) Conference

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

According to the 2020 HackerEarth Developer Survey , more developers — over 35% — have expertise in full-stack development than in any other category. In fact, recent data from a survey done by Indeed shows that the demand for full-stack developers in the U.S. increased by 206% between 2015-2018.

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12 most popular AI use cases in the enterprise today

CIO

To gain a better understanding of how companies are putting AI to practical use, consultancy Deloitte surveyed 2,620 global business leaders, across 13 countries, as part of its Fueling the AI Transformation report. And with the rise of generative AI, artificial intelligence use cases in the enterprise will only expand.

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High Performing Employees

Career Advancement

Arthur, a manager at a mid-size firm, read a troubling statistic: According to Harvard Business Review, one in five high-performing employees plans to leave their job in the next six months. He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills. he wondered. Provide Plenty of Guidance.

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DataDome, which uses AI to protect against bot-based attacks, raises $42M

TechCrunch

According to a survey from Imperva, 42.3% Given the damage bots can do — for example, stealing content and inventory, degrading website and app performance, taking over accounts and committing payment fraud — it’s not exactly surprising that vendors selling bot-fighting tech are attracting big investments.