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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch. Image Credits: Hopper.

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CIOs Have To Treat Social Media With Care

The Accidental Successful CIO

Hackers can learn a lot from a CIO’s social media Image Credit: Blogtrepreneur Every person with the CIO job knows what social media is. In fact, we all probably have Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media accounts. However, it turns out that there is a downside to social media that we may not be aware of.

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Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery

TechCrunch

Yet they can inevitably be buffeted by economic, social and, in recent times, extreme public health headwinds. Butler would lease a hotel kitchen on one property and use it to provide meal delivery services to in-house guests there and in other, nearby hotels. And amidst all that, those working there are the first to go over.

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2023 CIO 100 UK Awards Open for Entries and Launch New Recognition Awards

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This year the CIO 100 Awards will be co-located with the CIO Summit , the annual thought leadership event held by CIO UK. The event will be held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel St Paul’s. The winner of the 2022 CIO 100 was Joanna Drake, CIO of THG.

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10 Leadership Lessons from 10 Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

The theme was the “School of Hard Knocks” – apt because the event was held in Portland’s cool and unique Kennedy School hotel and event center. There was a diverse group of businesses represented, including restaurants, social media platforms,non-profits, clothing, bio-med, farming, software, and bicycles.

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Daily Crunch: Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover tries to get his BharatPe CEO fired

TechCrunch

Drama at BharatPe : The Tiger-backed Indian fintech company is seeing turmoil in its leadership, with co-founder and managing director Ashneer Grover asking its board “for the removal of chief executive Suhail Sameer” from the leadership group at the company. Today, those convention centers and hotel ballrooms are dark and quiet.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

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In April 2023, Koushik received one of the organization’s SustainableIT Impact Awards for environmental impact, alongside Choice Hotels’ CIO Brian Kirkland and others. CIOs have an opportunity to take the leadership position on sustainability because organizations are getting more heavily dependent on technology,” he says.