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Storytelling for CIOs: From niche to bestseller

CIO

Storytelling is as old as humanity itself and it’s core to the fundamentals of faith, politics, and marketing. I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said.

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The art of selling: IT budget approval made easier

CIO

Sitting in this selling seminar, my persuasive difficulties with the CEO and CFO became immediately apparent to me. I first heard the phrase, “Find a need and fill it,” some years ago at an “art of selling” presentation by a super salesman. Why was I at this presentation, you ask?

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Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India

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It currently has operations in in five markets: Singapore, Malayasia, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, and is preparing to launch in Thailand. Since StashAway launched its app in 2017, more robo-advisors have emerged in the same markets it serves. Its Series D brings StashAway’s total paid-up capital to about $61.4

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Pace of Tech Demands a Smarter Learning Approach. Bring On Community-Driven Learning

CIO

Some conduct ever more advanced offsite or onsite seminars and training – but these are costly, take time, and don’t adapt fast enough to incoming needs of the business and teams. At GfK , we provide consumer, market, and brand intelligence, with powerful predictive analytics. Hiring for new skills is expensive and also too slow.

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Ghana’s OZÉ gets $3M to scale its digital recordkeeping and embedded finance products

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That number is just a drop in the ocean of more than 100 million small businesses across West Africa that OZÉ says is its addressable market. OZÉ boasts of a client base of more than 125,000 business owners in Ghana and Nigeria. Traditionally these businesses have operated as brick-and-mortar enterprises running on pen-and-paper.

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Stepping up to the challenge of a global conglomerate CIO role

CIO

To keep myself updated and aligned with the latest in technology I attend seminar, webinars, and the physical events. I am also a part of several CIO groups where I get to know what is happening in the market. We must match the business requirement as per the market trends.

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Twelve Labs makes searching inside videos simple and powerful, propelled by $5M seed round

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What meeting or seminar was it where I asked that question? So if you record all hands meetings or skill share seminars or weekly brainstorming session, those become searchable not just by time or attendees, but by who talks, when, about what, and including other actions like drawing a diagram or showing slides.

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