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Introducing Crafty CTO

Crafty CTO

I joined TechCXO Back in 2019, and it’s been a great experience surrounded by an awesome group of people. I’ve learned so much … most importantly, I think, that I love being a fractional CTO, a role that allows me to make use of everything I’ve learned and experienced over a long technology-focused career.

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Jakarta-based investment app Pluang raises $55M led by Accel

TechCrunch

Pluang’s last round of funding was a $3 million Series A in 2019. . Launched in 2019, Pluang started with gold and has since grown its range of asset classes, so investors can diversify their holdings and decrease risk. The app is also launching a new features that will users to invest in fractional U.S.

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Farther, a wealth tech firm, banks $15M Series A as valuation hits $50M

TechCrunch

Building wealth is a long process and can be complex, but Farther is bringing both technology and advisors to the table to make these kinds of services more accessible. Meanwhile, Genser, CTO, is a military veteran who previously worked at Goldman Sachs leading an artificial intelligence team in private wealth.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zendesk rejects $17B offer, sidewalk robots, recruiting survey

TechCrunch

Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote.

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QA Wolf exits stealth with an end-to-end service for software testing

TechCrunch

Indeed, Statista found that organizations spent around 23% of their annual IT budgets on quality assurance and testing between 2012 and 2019. Perl founded QA Wolf in 2019 with the goal of changing that, bringing on co-founders Laura Cressman and Scott Wilson. ” Image Credits: QA Wolf. ” QA Wolf promises a lot.

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5 key mistakes IT leaders make at board meetings

CIO

And if you’re presenting, it’s best to study older board packages and consult with colleagues about how the directors discuss, debate, and finalize key decisions. They assume their board lacks technical expertise In 2019, MIT reported that only 24% of US boards of companies with over $1 billion in revenue were digitally savvy.

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Blog/Website Relaunch: Under the Hood of craftycto.com

Crafty CTO

Back in 2019, I launched ThinkFractional.blog and took advantage of the opportunity to learn a new platform – Ghost. Yes, I needed to replatform my blog, but I also needed a web presence for my new fractional CTOing entity. That was fun, and I found Ghost a nice improvement over Squarespace.