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3 ways investors can assess the strength of an NFT opportunity

TechCrunch

From copyright enforcement to buying real estate and identity verification, NFTs play a big role in the remote,= digital world. Instead, investors should be looking for transparency in a project’s leadership and tech infrastructure. However, the unfamiliarity of the NFT space is why many investors fear dipping their toes.

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What goes up must come down

TechCrunch

Real estate fintech Redfin announced on November 9 that it was laying off 13% of its staff , or 862 people, in response to the continued slowing of the housing market. Interestingly, Kelman appears to be putting his own personal bets into real estate markets outside the U.S. But I digress.

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Networking tips for IT leaders: A guide to building connections

CIO

Edward Wagoner, CIO of Chicago-based commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle, says that attending events with other CIOs has given him a much-needed confidence boost. You can also start by leveraging your existing professional social-networking contacts; Mattson is a big fan of using LinkedIn as a networking medium.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

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. Another app is designed to teach socialization and concepts of inclusion so that the athletes can engage and compete through the app. “We

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Robin raises $30M to expand its office reservation software as companies embrace hybrid work

TechCrunch

For some companies, that’s led to a disconnect between lower-level employees and leadership, the latter of whom are generally skeptical of remote work. Many of our clients reduced their commercial real estate footprint over the past two years and we expect that to continue. ”

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Spain’s Glovo picks up $528M as Europe’s food delivery market continues to heat up

TechCrunch

“This investment will allow us to double-down in our core markets, accelerate our leadership position in places where we are already very strong and continue to expand our excellent Q-Commerce division, as well as bring new innovations to our unique multi-category offering to extend more choice to our customers.”. ”

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Even social media started with the promise of information triage: for each person, a unique feed of updates from only the friends they had chosen to follow. Algorithms for search, recommendations, social media feeds, entertainment, and news became the foundation of an enormous new economy. We are in those early days once again.