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Sports community platform Stadium Live raises $10M to expand its digital world for Gen Z

TechCrunch

announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of sorts for Gen Z sports fans.

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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

TechCrunch

Niantic, the company behind the mega-hit Pokémon GO, has reached an inflection point. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture? As a sports ignoramus, I can’t speak on the former point. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not All-World’s core demographic.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation. Company leadership also creates space and time for employees to innovate by dedicating a team of people to explore emerging technologies, run experiments, and identify business applicability, Crowe says. “For Prioritize time for experimentation.

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Data Is Now a Team Sport

Cloudera

This week I participated in an informative event that Cloudera hosted with TechCrunch: Data and the Culture Transformation. The conversations focused on how company data cultures are rapidly evolving and delivering new levels of value to businesses with the emergence of data ecosystems. One is the macro story, the big picture.

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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

CIO

Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Helping AGPC was strategic technology partner, WONGDOODY, the global human experience company of Infosys.

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Antibodies: Individual Stars Can Destroy Culture

N2Growth Blog

Genentech is a global biotechnology company that created an entire drug discovery industry. Even if there is a genius scientist that we have had our eye on for years, we will take a pass if he or she doesn’t fit into our corporate culture.” According to Hardy, drug discovery is a team sport. Genentech has been wildly successful.

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Honesty & Communication: CEO Marty Chapman Expresses the Importance of Company Culture

CEO Insider

There is no question that the foundation of which a company or team holds its standards to will greatly define and influence its success. No matter the field, whether it be a sports team or a major company, a strong culture and great leadership stands incredibly vital to its performance.

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