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The art of selling: IT budget approval made easier

CIO

I first heard the phrase, “Find a need and fill it,” some years ago at an “art of selling” presentation by a super salesman. Why was I at this presentation, you ask? Because as a young CIO, I was struggling with obtaining budget approvals for a range of IT initiatives. And because of this, IT budgeters must have open ears.

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IT budgets remain solid, despite tech industry headwinds

CIO

A report issued Monday by private investment company Bain Capital indicated that, despite the numerous disruptions to the technology industry—including a global supply chain crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—most IT decision makers foresee either stable budgets or increases for the coming year. Budgeting, IT Strategy

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Zero-based budgeting: A proven framework for extending runway

TechCrunch

Enter zero-based budgeting. <span <span style="font-weight: 400;">Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a budgeting approach that requires companies to </span>build their budgets from zero<span style="font-weight: 400;"> every budget period to verify all of the line items are relevant and cost-effective.</span>

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Elude raises $2.1M to show spontaneous travelers the best destinations for their budgets

TechCrunch

The Los Angeles-based startup launched its travel discovery mobile app Thursday, a budget-first search engine that shows people how far their money will take them. Not being able to find something on their budget, they came up with the idea for Elude. stars and above.

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Discover How Senior Technology Leaders Can Secure the Budget That They Need

Speaker: Kevin Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer at Anaconda | Peyman Pouryekta, CEO and Technology Advisor | Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

With the ever-evolving technology landscape, CTOs are being presented with new services, technologies, and tools every day. In order to successfully instruct and manage their teams, they must know how to evaluate tools, advocate for resources, and allocate them to the appropriate teams.

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Growth marketing experts survey: How would you spend a $25,000 budget in Q1 2022?

TechCrunch

A new year is quickly approaching, which brings new resolutions — and new budgets. If we were advising one of our early-stage startups how best to deploy their $25,000 marketing budget for Q1 2022, here’s what we’d suggest. Budget breakdown: Growth marketing course with Demand Curve: $2,500. Minimum viable brand design: $5,000.

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Want to tackle technical debt? Sell it as business risk

CIO

Reframing technical debt There is no magic potion that can eliminate all technical debt, but technical debt can be attacked via budgeting if technical debt is not just perceived as upgrading IT infrastructure. To address this, the school district must raise funds and budget for replacing or modernizing the building.

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