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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Sysco’s recipe for growth centers on IT

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The pandemic forced us to review our company and the entire industry.” Recipe for Growth, for which Sysco has earned a 2023 CIO 100 Award for innovation and IT leadership, is based on applying B2C principles to Sysco’s B2B business, and calls for the company to grow 1.5

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Payday wants to power the future of work for Africa with $3M seed led by Moniepoint Inc

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Customers in 11 African countries, including Rwanda, where it first established its headquarters due to its business-friendly environment, had access to the platform and could send money to each other. Payday ramped up its social media marketing push over the last few months to increase market share, which seems to be paying off.

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Why focusing on holistic care helped Kindbody triple its revenue in 2021

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Over the last decade, our lives have changed exponentially due to the easy access to information via social media platforms, and the COVID-19 pandemic only added a feeling of perpetual uncertainty. She believes that the teaching and, subsequently, the care, have not caught up with the technology available for patients. “If

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 1: The Path to VP

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I understand why: the stakes for public comment become higher as you move up the ladder, every social media post has the potential to be interpreted as a subtweet or request, and your highest-priority work is often deeply entangled with confidential company and personnel matters. A genuine joy in seeing teammates level up.

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

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But it’s also one of the more expensive places to start a business, due to its high cost of living, salary expectations and relatively small labor market. The country’s Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) supports CTI-Startup and CTI-Invest, providing startups with investment and support.

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Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises $125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir

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But while the company was due for a rebrand, Yu said it was still figuring out operations in this new integrated model. For Tiger Global, this is the 10th deal and first outside fintech since re-entering Africa’s tech market in 2021. However, the recent entry into Ivory Coast and Senegal somewhat forced its hand.

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