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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

TechCrunch

Sustainable travel at the forefront. “I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. In reality, changing course is usually the smartest bet, because it allows founding teams to leverage new technology and adapt to changing market conditions.

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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Furthermore, successful CPOs are exceptional leaders who inspire and motivate their teams to achieve excellence. They understand the importance of developing their team’s skills and capabilities, nurturing a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

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Unmuted founder Max van den Ingh on success beyond the metrics

TechCrunch

Depending on the customer’s team size and resources, we either guide them during execution or execute autonomously and report back. This process-based service model is, in our opinion, the only way to grow a business in a sustainable way. This relieves our clients’ marketing teams of potentially stifling tunnel vision.

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If there was ever a good time to be sure you have good governance, this is it

The Agile Manager

Software development is unique from most every other office-based occupation because it is the conversion of capital into intangible assets by way of human effort, at a level of effort that remains labor intensive to this day. In a sustained downturn, there's no accounting trickeration or sales windfall to come to the rescue.

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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. By 2012, Harvard Business Review published an article by Thomas Davenport and D.J. the user experience and design) and within the software construction itself. Vitruvius and the principles of architecture.

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Speeding Up the Enterprise: Virtual Squads at InVision

LaunchDarkly

I am a Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, and welcome to Test in Production. I make my own bootleg stickers for InVision, for instance, and send them out to new team members. Watch Ben’s full talk below. Attend our next Test in Production event. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Yoz Grahame: Hello, internet! Thank you for joining us today.

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Roofstock founder closes on $90M fund to back early-stage proptech startups

TechCrunch

So far, the firm has made five investments, backing startups such as construction tech startups Cottage and FlockHome s , and a Brazilian fintech company still in stealth. Feng Wang is head of capital markets at 1Sharpe and former founding team member of LendingHome.