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The Inside Startup: Meet Cisco’s Emerging Technologies and Incubation Group

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Startup” means risk. Cisco sets aside space for an innovative team operating with a startup mindset. More than an experimental group, they hold themselves accountable the same way any startup should. Like any startup, delivering on expectations is job one. Why not both? The alternative is shuttering for good.

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The promise, peril, and potential of the metaverse

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The bottom line for these brands: Their metaverse presence generates new revenue and increases brand exposure — a win-win. At last check, Nike had generated $185 million from NFT sales and trading royalties. How should companies proceed? Successful companies stay focused on delivering products and services in any technology context.

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How to create a culture of innovation

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Promote quick wins. While it’s important to think for the long term and solve for bigger problems, you also need to instill the mindset of a quick win, says Laura Merling, chief transformation and operations officer at Arvest Bank, a community bank based in Bentonville, Ark.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

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But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps. Invest in win-wins. When possible, it can be beneficial to take advantage of the provider’s learning and development infrastructure to transform internal IT teams as well, she says.

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Enterprise Software Startups: What It Takes To Get VC Funding

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This has also put tremendous pressure on funding for startups. And the IPO market is having its worst year in a decade , further hurting startup funding. Also read: 5 Top VCs For Data Startups. So what are some other enterprise software startups that have been able to buck today’s tough environment? Lightning AI.

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CI&TO Abhi Dhar on embracing challenges and growing IT leaders

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Abhi Dhar has had a rich career journey, from serving as chief digital officer of a Fortune 50 company to co-founding a tech startup. Dan Roberts: You’ve been a C-level executive for a Fortune 50 company, a startup founder, and on the board of airline. That’s capitalism. Why did I do a startup? They’re not mission people.

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How ZoomInfo Helped Three Customers Propel Their GTM Strategies

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“We scored about 80,000 of our accounts about six months ago and really reprioritized which accounts our AEs and SDRs were going after, and as a result we saw almost double our win rate in Q4,” Sendoso CEO Kris Rudeegraap said. BlueOcean is also using retrospective research to capitalize on new opportunities.

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