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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

It says the Series A will be used to fuel further business expansion, including by further expanding the team and beefing up technical leadership. We will be also publishing peer-reviewed academic papers on our advanced biomass inference work later this year with our partner researchers at leading universities around the world.”

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Tech Leadership books

Apiumhub

The transition to tech leadership is a huge challenge. Technical leadership is different. Leading a technical team demands more than just management skills, but also technical prowess, and the ability to navigate the tech world. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B.

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

TechCrunch

This includes tax incentives such as the lowest corporation tax rate among G7 countries , in addition to “some of the world’s most competitive research and development tax credits ,” she said. In effect, it’s to make finance companies more accountable for claims they make around sustainability and prevent greenwashing.

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Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2

Marv's Smart Future

Using his automotive executive background he brought modern economic analysis, operations research, game theory, computing, and modern management systems to the Department. It was his invention of the PPBS that was supposed to introduce unprecedented budget transparency and pinpoint management responsibilities for weapon system acquisition.

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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

Marv's Smart Future

can no longer remain ahead while fielding and sustaining 3, 4, or even 5 generation old information technology. Strong Technical Leadership – Excessive acquisition oversight and bureaucratic processes have driven many strong technical people away from a Navy acquisition career path. Strong Technical Leadership.

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#define CTO OpenAI

Greg Brockman

I didn’t know much about machine learning research, and he didn’t know much about engineering and team building, but we were each impressed with the others’ accomplishments and wanted to learn from each other. I was new to AI, and it wasn’t clear how to find and recruit great researchers.