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TechCrunch+ roundup: Slashing technical debt, IPO analysis, your first comms hire

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As a result, technical debt starts to accumulate. Since these are the people tasked with bringing your message to the outside world, “look for a strategic partner rather than a manager,” advises Yousuf Khan, partner at Ridge Ventures. And accumulate.

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Leadership at its Peak: How Board Advisor Coaching Shapes Success

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The Role of Board Advisor Coaching in Shaping Success Board advisor coaching plays a critical role in shaping the success of organizations and their leaders. In today’s complex and rapidly changing business landscape, executives need more than technical expertise to thrive.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. 1 challenge listed.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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8 secrets of successful IT freelancers

CIO

There are so many opportunities out there, so choose what you want to do and dedicate yourself 100% to it,” Zilberman advises. Think about companies and environments in which you thrive — and those you don’t — and share that information with your network, whether that’s past co-workers, recruiters, or clients,” she advises.

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MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy

TechCrunch

Then sometime in Q1 2023, MARA intends to launch a pro-exchange for sophisticated traders that utilize technical analysis and prefer a full set of trading options to the traditional exchange options on MARA’s retail app. He founded the company in April 2021.

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What it takes to land a CIO gig in 2024

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To assure potential employers that they can meet those diverse challenges, CIO candidates must demonstrate that they excel at a wide range of leadership skills and activities, Wald says, including the following: Communications: Today’s CIO candidates much demonstration an ability to engage and gain consensus from business and technical stakeholders.