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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

While some Ukrainian start-ups have relocated, the vast majority have kept at least a part of their operations or team in Ukraine. As the war began, the company relocated the team of 70 to safer regions in western Ukraine and EU. The company continued hiring developers and marketers and raised the team by around 10%.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. What is it weak in?

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The Financialization of Disruptive Technology

The Agile Manager

It's fashionable to champion an investment-oriented model for software development, particularly around exploratory opportunities. This took advantage of a unique characteristics of software vis-a-vis its industrial (hardware) predecessors: real-time adaptability. These are wars of attrition.

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2018 Scrummer Reading List

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We asked our team what books they are taking to the beach this summer and they responded with some great suggestions; a combination of fiction, non-fiction, business books and academic papers that make for great additions to any reading list. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. 2018 Scrummer Reading List.

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

Altexsoft

Experts from such companies as Lucidworks, Advantech, KAPUA, MindsDB, Fellow Robots, KaizenTek, Aware Corporation, XR Web, and fashion brands Hockerty and Sumissura joined the discussion. Let’s travel overseas and check out how Chinese tech giants have been developing in the same field. JD.com’s chain of unmanned stores.

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A List Apart - Untitled Article

A List Apart

You can cloak this basic economic trade-off in fifty layers of b t—say you believe in freedom of speech, or that the antidote to bad speech is more speech—but the fact is, hate speech is profitable. Even in 2019, that’s still how some websites and startups begin—as labors of love, fashioned by idealists in their spare time.).

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Procurement Analytics: Challenges, Opportunities, and Implementation Approaches

Altexsoft

Consider applying this approach if you work in a less stable environment, e.g., automotive market, fashion, or food products. The International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) research showed that on average, companies lose around 9 percent of annual revenue due to poor contract management.