TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When Vendease launched in January 2020, it wanted to solve the challenges and inefficiencies in Nigeria’s highly fragmented food sector using a marketplace model that connected suppliers and farms to restaurants and food businesses, with deliveries facilitated within 24 hours. But over the next couple of months, Vendease switched from its middleman role — after noticing that some of these businesses complained of delivery times, quality of food supplies and inadequate set-up to handle oper

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Overcoming an Outdated Leadership Brand. Have you ever felt like this? You’ve worked hard to build your leadership brand, but the negative perceptions linger. You’ve been “all in” to PROVE and IMPROVE yourself as a competent, human-centered leader, but no one can get past the stories… that one time (okay maybe seven times) you lost your cool, stole credit for an idea, or were (insert your frustrating, old reputation here).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Happy Sunday, fellow startup nerds. Today we’re talking about risk in the gambling sense of the word. You see, there’s a way for unicorns to avoid painful dilution when they next raise capital, and it appears that a good number of the world’s billion-dollar startups are taking the wager. But new data indicates that the bet some of the most well-financed startups in the world are taking could be more wishful thinking than intelligent gambit.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Practical Advice for New Managers. (An Asking for a Friend Interview with Bill Treasurer). Karin, I’m new to leadership. And, I really want to come off strong as a new manager. What recommendations do you have for starting off strong?” #askingforafriend. Well, you know I have lots of thoughts on this one.start with confidence AND humility and focus on results AND relationships.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The more coupon codes we can find for online shopping the better, but Harry Dixon, Rory Garton-Smith and Elliot Rampono thought something was missing: the ability to house all of the various savings we receive in one place. “Marketing channels have become saturated and everyone is trying to figure out their own channels,” CEO Dixon, who previously worked at EasyPost, told TechCrunch. “We are used to getting personalized codes and have even changed our behaviors to wait for code, but we nev

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Stephen Moock. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Stephen Moock is the head of sales and success at Calixa, a GTM platform providing sales with the product insights and workflows they need to prioritize, close and grow self-serve accounts. Product-led growth (PLG), the go-to-market strategy where product usage drives customer acquisition and expansion, is becoming increasingly common among SaaS companies of all stripes.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A comprehensive Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) strategy should be part of the blueprint for any leading organization, but successfully implementing it can be a challenge even for leaders with the best of intentions. An effective strategy will address the inherent disparity or unfairness in the typical hiring process and lead to better representation for traditionally […].

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

French startup Not So Dark has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Kharis Capital and Verlinvest, with Convivialité Ventures also participating. The startup has launched digital food delivery brands that you can find in food delivery apps. While Not So Dark started with a network of dark kitchens, the company abandoned this business model shortly after raising its Series A round.

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Think of companies that once offered a useful product or service, for example, Blockbuster. Now think of how you watch films at home. How do CEOs, professionals, and companies stay in the game and keep hitting home runs? Being nimble is a critical success factor for companies, CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, and every member of the C-suite. […]. The post 8 Ways You Can Set Your Goals by Thinking Creatively appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Funding sources for tech startups in Ukraine have gone off a cliff this year, with investors (and their LPs) wary of taking on the risk of backing potentially promising ideas and people who have stayed in the country amid the sustained, persistent and increasingly ugly onslaught from Russia. But just as there are glimmers that the tides might be changing in the wider war, an interesting story has developed on the funding front, too.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Enterprise systems are only as valuable as they are reliable, in the sense that they don’t suffer excessive breakdowns. Otherwise, companies experience costly downtime and added stress for engineers due to the additional burden of managing issues. This critical function of ensuring systems run reliably and optimally, at production scale and with minimum human intervention, […].

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Don’t forget that the code “EQUITY” can save you money on Disrupt tickets and TechCrunch+ access. And it makes us here on the show look good! Markets: Stocks are mostly down around the world today, taking especially large hits in Asia.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Dogs can teach us a thing or two. Have you ever thought about how to apply canine behavior to your leadership style? There are interesting approaches your dog would encourage you to try if you want to be a better leader. Today’s post is by Krissi Barr, co-author of The Fido Factor: How to Get a Leg Up at Work. If you’re like most Americans you love dogs.

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Multi-tenant architecture allows software vendors to realize tremendous efficiencies by maintaining a single application stack instead of separate database instances while meeting data privacy needs. When you use a data warehouse to power your multi-tenant analytics, the proper approach is vital. Multi-tenant analytics is NOT the primary use case with traditional data warehouses, causing data security challenges.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Tech Nation is trailing in second place in the race to remain the U.K.’s government-backed “startup champion” after the latter put the £12 million contract out to tender, according to TechCrunch’s sources. First in line at this point in time — in a decision which is due in December — is banking giant Barclays. Tech Nation’s existing government funding runs until March 2023.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Leaders in tech make one common mistake when it comes to serverless and cloud computing: They want to migrate their current environment exactly as it is to the cloud. That’s about as limiting as planning a flight path along the road network and deciding the route based on street-level traffic. You can do it, but […]. The post Alleviating Developer Workflow Headaches by Moving to the Cloud appeared first on DevOps.com.

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David Walsh

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I’ve been a huge fan of the Brave web browser for years. They’re crypto-friendly, provide native ad-blocking features, and even provide Tor integration. Whenever I set up new systems, I automate Brave as the default browser. You can use the following shell command to set Brave as the default browser: open -a "Brave Browser" --args --make-default-browser.

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DevOps.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively […].

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Everyone who manages a team would like to think that their employees admire them as individuals and as leaders. That you make an impact on those employees while they work under you and long after you end up moving to new companies and opportunities. One such engineering leader who has mastered the mix of manager, friend and mentor is Carolyn Vo. A Partner and Head of Engineering at Oliver Wyman, Carolyn is one of engineering’s leading advocates of the benefits of creating a culture of approachab

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CloudZero

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Cloud cost intelligence is a game-changing way to understand where your money is going and what that means for your business. Any company with a cloud services bill can benefit from a cloud cost intelligence strategy that outlines which spending decisions are beneficial and which should be scrapped in favor of something else.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Many organizations make no secret of their strategic use of the threat of job loss to motivate employees. But new research suggests that this isn’t just cruel — it’s often counterproductive.

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Dell EMC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Dell Technologies Asset Recovery Services enable partners across the globe to help their customers responsibly retire IT equipment.

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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Corporate structure and culture often derail companies’ best intentions. Here’s how to overcome these common pitfalls.

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Dell EMC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Patented CloudIQ algorithms apply human and machine intelligence to help IT teams move faster and be more successful.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Inside the DEI journey of a Black-owned business, Uncle Nearest, which has become the fastest-growing whiskey brand in the United States.

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Dzone - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment. Imagine you are working on a two weeks sprint, and your agile teams have different assignments that can only be tested through Integration Tests , which may take numerous builds in shorter periods. I still remember that a Build Engineer yelled at me for asking for three builds within an hour. With the power of CI/CD , 60% of this problem is solved with Rapid releases with just a click of the mouse or build hooks.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When you don’t want to quit, but you need to protect yourself from a manager’s bias and incivility.

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Kovair - DevOps

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Software development involves creating, designing, documenting, and debugging code to build an application, framework, or digital utility. Software development is done primarily by software developers.

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Dell EMC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Devices for hybrid work environments need to elevate how people work by going beyond just powering on.

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