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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey

TechCrunch

The expense involved in recruiting, training and onboarding a new employee who turns out to be a poor fit could be equivalent to 50% of that person’s first-year salary. “Pipeline generation at early-stage companies is expensive and time consuming, often more so than the sales process itself.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Generative AI for proptech, cloud vendor shopping, cybersecurity fairy tales

TechCrunch

Generative AI reminds me of ball bearings: the technology is relatively inexpensive, highly adaptable and a proven way to reduce friction. “The opportunity for entrepreneurs in real estate tech across search, listings, mortgage, insurance, construction and sustainability is the kind that shows up once a generation.”

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Fintech Roundup: Will financial technology startups dodge the venture slowdown?

TechCrunch

Not bad for a company that only publicly launched just over two years ago. For context, Overdorff joined Lightspeed in 2021 to help lead the team’s fintech practice. The credit card giant called the move “one of the first significant technology developments to come out of its acquisition of Finicity.”.

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How To Generate More Leads For Your Real Estate Agency

Strategy Driven

In the real estate industry, it is very important to generate as many leads as possible. There are several ways that you can create a website that will help to generate leads for your real estate agency. In addition to having an effective website, you’ll also need to develop an online marketing strategy.

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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry

TechCrunch

As one of the least-digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. trillion industry in the United States — a complex ecosystem of lenders, owners, developers, architects, general contractors, subcontractors and more. Miscommunication and poor project data accounts for 48% of all rework on U.S.

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Creating a Security Program with Less Complexity and More Visibility

Palo Alto Networks

Developing a strong security program is like tending a garden. Organized cybercriminals build teams that specialize in different phases of attack, from intelligence gathering to exfiltration. They incorporate emerging technologies like AI into their arsenal. It takes a lot of work, and you don’t always see immediate results.

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Think carefully before considering cloud repatriation

CIO

They also expect to benefit from the expertise of cloud providers—expertise that isn’t easy for companies to develop and maintain in house, unless your company happens to be a technology provider. Overall, disappointment comes from poor planning most of the time. And all too often, it’ll be the result of poor planning.”

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