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Angular Ventures is a $41 million early-stage fund for deep tech startups entering the U.S.

By Paul Sawers | VentureBeat | November 12, 2019

A new early-stage venture capital (VC) firm that focuses on European and Israeli “deep tech” enterprise startups eyeing U.S. expansion, has officially closed its inaugural fund.

London-headquartered Angular Ventures, which has additional hubs …

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MBA Employment Report

The 2019-2020 MBA Employment Report is now available. Learn about top industries, functions and hiring companies for full-time and internship candidates.

> Click here to access the 2019-2020 MBA Employment Report.

HIGHLIGHTS:
$140,000  Median Base Salary

Top Industries:
30.7%  Consulting | …

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Five ways that ESG creates value

By Witold Henisz, Tim Koller, and Robin Nuttall | McKinsey & Company | November 2019

Your business, like every business, is deeply intertwined with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns. It makes sense, therefore, that a strong ESG proposition can create value—and …

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Investment banking workforce shrinks to fewer than 50,000

By Paul Clarke | Financial News | November 25, 2019

The world’s largest investment banks cut out 2,600 front-line jobs in the 12 months to the end of September, taking their total workforce below 50,000 for the first time since the financial …

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CloudFactory raises $65 million to prep and process data sets

By Kyle Wiggers | VentureBeat | November 20, 2019

AI and machine learning algorithms require data. Lots of data. But the bulk of that data is of no use if it isn’t first labeled by human annotators. This predicament has given rise …

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Beyond Coding: How to Land a Non-Tech Role at Facebook, From the Woman in Charge of Hiring

By The Muse

Tech companies are chock-full of engineers and data scientists, but Facebook’s Liz Wamai will be the first to tell you there are plenty of opportunities for non-coders to have long, successful careers in the technology industry. As …

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China’s new industrial plan seems a lot like the old one

By Adam Behsudi & Orange Wang | Politico | November 20, 2019

China went back to the drawing board to create a new plan to grow its industries. But to many hardliners in the U.S., it seems to be a copy-and-paste job …

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Trulia founder Pete Flint backs real estate startup Modus

By Kate Clark | TechCrunch | October 31, 2019

The founders of Seattle-based Modus cold-emailed Pete Flint, the founder of Trulia and a current managing partner at the venture capital firm NFX, for months, to no avail. In a last-ditch effort, Alex …

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Gloria Brings International Soccer Scouting into the 21st Century

By Jonathan Shieber + TechCrunch | November 25, 2019

Lionel Messi, who’s still arguably the greatest soccer player in the world, signed his first contract with FC Barcelona when he was thirteen years old. Although he grew up in a small town …

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HoliFrog: How This Female Founder Went From PR Maven To Product Maker

Meggen Taylor | Forbes | October 31, 2019

“I think of myself as a beauty publicist by trade and a face washer by nature”, Emily Parr, co-founder of HoliFrog, a new wash-first brand tells me.

Parr, who launched the brand with partner …

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