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Glassdoor: Best tech companies to work for in 2021

TechCrunch

Glassdoor just released its annual ranking of the best companies to work for in 2021. We broke out the top 10 tech companies from the list of large businesses (1,000+ employees) as well as from the small to medium-sized business list. For the SMB list, companies needed at least 75 ratings to be considered. Ike (#3, 4.9).

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

Selected from the most competitive batch in TC history, selected founders from across the globe will pitch on the virtual stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. TC aims to pick companies from a range of industries. A unique highlight of this batch are more companies in both the health tech/medtech space and clean tech/sustainability space.

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You’re not going to grow into your 2021 valuation

TechCrunch

We often hear companies claim: “We will grow into our valuation from 2021.”. This further implies that the company is opposed to down rounds or publicizing a decrease in their valuation. Interestingly, these companies claim they can do that — as if growing into one’s 2021 valuation is easy and can happen in the near term.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021

TechCrunch

When we penned the intro for this piece last year , little did we know that — in many ways — we’d still be deep in it by the time 2021’s feature rolled around. Some companies successfully pivoted and others were born as a direct result of a world forever changed because of COVID-19. Abundant Robotics (2016-2021).

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Roadmaps Are Dead! Long Live Roadmaps!

Speaker: Bruce McCarthy, Co-Author of Product Roadmaps Relaunched and Founder of Product Culture

Many times, when companies are building their product roadmaps, they are not properly accounting for customer validation. As a result, companies end up falling into a “Build, Ship, Build, Ship” culture that doesn’t consciously solve their customer’s pain points. November 9, 2021 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 4:30 pm GMT

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Top 5 JavaScript Trends in 2021

The Crazy Programmer

Top 5 JavaScript Trends in 2021. React is a JavaScript library developed as a result of this need and soon became an open-source project that is currently being maintained by the company that created it. The post Top 5 JavaScript Trends in 2021 appeared first on The Crazy Programmer. and JavaScript homework help is available.

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One final $100M ARR company and the startups we want to meet in 2021

TechCrunch

As we head towards the exits of 2020, we have one more name to add to our roll call of private companies that have reached the $100 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) milestone. But before we get into Nexthink and give Coalition a honorable mention, let’s talk about the startups we’re looking for in 2021.

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How to Evaluate and Implement Customer Feedback Into Your Product Roadmap

Speaker: Rebecca Notté, Product Operations Manager and Hannah Chaplin, Director of Product Marketing at Pendo

In this interactive session, Hannah and Rebecca will share their experience of building product roadmaps that align with company goals while also ensuring that customers are truly heard. December 16, 2021 at 9:30 am PST, 12:30 pm EST, 5:30 pm GMT. How to manage customer feedback and utilize it.

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Tough Bosses, Unrealistic Goals, and Other Corporate Challenges That a Customer-Centric Product Strategy Can Empower You to Solve

Speaker: Bob Caporale, Founder of Strategy Generation Company

By driving your company’s “top-down” goals with a clear and well communicated “customer-up” product strategy! In this talk, you will learn how to: Empower both yourself and your company by developing a truly customer-centric product strategy. Align your company’s strategic goals to your customers’ unmet needs.

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2021 State of Automatic Speech Recognition Report

This space is growing and almost every company is investing in some form of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) - but the question remains, are they using speech to its full potential? Where companies are investing resources post-COVID to create a competitive advantage. In this report, you will learn: How ASR is being used.

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How a Strong Customer Engagement Strategy Can Improve the Usability of Your Product

Speaker: Hannah Chaplin, Director, Product Marketing at Pendo and Esther Edel, Product Operations Analyst at Pendo

They give companies the opportunity to directly connect with their customers while simultaneously getting feedback about their product/service. Most importantly mobile apps help companies build customer loyalty and increase sales. They are supposed to create and nurture the relationship between a company and their customers.

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Building Evolvable Architectures

Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks

This webinar will discuss what’s at stake if companies continue to use long term architecture plans. Tuesday January 12th, 2021 at 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 7PM GMT. Join Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO at ThoughtWorks, as she presents: How to build evolvable solutions. The connection between software architecture and team structure.

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Recovering from a Cyber Attack

Speaker: Mike Cramer, Director of HIPAA & Data Security at The Word & Brown Companies

IBM reported that the total damage from data breaches in 2021 was 4.24M USD (up from 3.86M USD in 2020), easily the highest aggregated amount on record. Even a non-technically-savvy employee’s single mouse click can mean the difference between your company resting easy, or having to pay millions of dollars to retrieve stolen personal data.

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Bridging the Online and Offline: How to Apply Product Thinking to Expanding Your eCommerce Business

Speaker: John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude

Companies have to develop new muscles, challenge their existing biases, and “learn as fast as they ship.”. October 7th, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT Even brick and mortar businesses are integrating more digital approaches to CX -- testing out loyalty programs and subscription-based models.

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Product-Led Onboarding: How to Turn New Users into Lifelong Customers

Speaker: Ramli John, Managing Director at ProductLed and Author

Just like dating, your company's growth depends on first impressions. November 17, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT. If you've been in the SaaS space for some time, you're probably all too familiar with these problems: Free accounts don’t convert to paid nearly as often as you would like.