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Doing Diligence Well In Venture Investing: Going Back To The Future

Crunchbase News

By Nicolas Sauvage Due diligence has made a comeback. On an average deal, VCs would spend 118 hours on due diligence and call 10 references. The assumption was often that someone else had already done the diligence. With that, high-quality diligence has returned, and it is both art and a science.

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Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023

TechCrunch

Traditionally, we’ve referred to construction tech as solutions that touch things as they are being built (i.e., Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023 by Karan Bhasin originally published on TechCrunch tenant engagement for office buildings, property management for rental properties).

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Employee engagement: 10 best practices for improving your culture

CIO

It also commonly refers to the set of initiatives companies undertake to foster that connection among their employees. According to that survey, to get recognition right, start with the question: How do your employees like to be recognized? “We We do incident reviews when there’s a failure or a mistake. These are their tips.

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HyperTrack, which provides last-mile routing software, raises $25M

TechCrunch

“The pandemic significantly accelerated on-demand delivery, the growth of the gig economy and software automation. After spending a little over a year at OpenTable as GM of payments after the Chalo acquisition, Deorah says he was inspired to found HyperTrack due to the growing demand in the “on-demand” economy (e.g.,

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

TechCrunch

It’s well-established that there’s a severe shortage of experienced software developers. In a February poll by Infragistics, more than half (53%) of software developers and IT professionals said that the biggest challenge this year will be recruiting developers with the right skills. million by 2030. based workers.

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Software Outsourcing: Why CEOs Love It

Gorilla Logic

Should you build software in-house or outsource it? KPMG reports that 67 percent of tech leaders struggle to find the right tech talent, and 22 percent of organizations surveyed by Coding Sans ranked increasing development capacity as their top challenge. Software outsourcing: the CEO’s best (not so) new business strategy.

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Tive, a startup developing supply chain visibility tools, raises $54M

TechCrunch

Census survey reporting that they’ve experienced delays with domestic suppliers. According to a 2020 Statista survey , 41% of executives in the automotive and transportation industry alone said their company lost $50 to $100 million due to supply chain issues, a figure which has likely climbed higher since.

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