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How CIOs can be pillars of stability in an uncertain world

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Several economists, a bank president, and a couple of reporters walk into a bar. The bank president wails, “ Economic hurricane.” Over-reliance on metrics has given rise to the term “ McNamara fallacy ” referring to the tragic missteps associated with the misaligned quantifications used during the Vietnam War.

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Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

CIO

Instead of focusing on administrative tasks, spend time coaching, goal setting, and leading, he says. “I I do AMAs [ask me anything conversations] every six weeks,” says Pedro Canahuati, CTO at 1Password. “I Doing surveys gives you a realistic metric for how employees feel. “An That starts with an employee engagement survey.”

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Our book “Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture” is published!

Apiumhub

We are delighted to announce the release of our new book “ Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture ”. VYou app , for making me innovate and implement new software architecture metrics. Rene Weiss – Software Architect, Consultant & CTO at FINABRO. ”- book authors.

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Walnut wants to crack open flexibility for healthcare bills

TechCrunch

Patel says that the startup goes beyond using credit score, which he describes as an “outdated metric”, and instead looks at thousands of data points from different providers, from side hustle income to spending habits on things like groceries and bills. It has had more than 500 patient loan applications, totaling over $4.6

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

TechCrunch

Pear, a seed-stage venture firm founded in 2013, has an impressive track record when it comes to identifying promising companies from their earliest stages — including DoorDash, Gusto, Aurora Solar, Vanta, Branch Metrics and Guardant Health. Founders: Sameer Kapur (CPO), Vishnu Chakroborty (CTO), Gautam Ajjarapu (CEO).

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Extra Crunch roundup: ‘Nightmare’ security breach, Poshmark’s IPO, crypto boom, more

TechCrunch

Alex Wilhelm keeps a close watch on the public markets in his column The Exchange, but this week, he branched out to look at some of the metrics underpinning soaring cryptocurrency prices and turned his gaze on StockX , the consumer reseller marketplace that just raised $275 million in a Series E that values the company at approximately $2.8

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

SoCal CTO

He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?