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Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Frederic Lardinois and Ron Miller offered up their analysis on the major announcements that came out of Google’s Cloud Next conference this past week, as well as their opinions on […] Continue reading Diving into Google Cloud Next and the future of the cloud ecosystem
It’s just like the old saying: When you can’t hire them, offer to pay their student loan debt. Microsoft, Mastercard and Workday announced this week they’ve teamed with 11 federal government agencies as part of a Cyber Talent Initiative meant to fill hundreds of thousands of open cybersecurity jobs. Graduating college students can apply for a two-year placement in a security role at the FBI, CIA or another agency. At the end of that two years they’ll be eligible for a position at one of those three companies, which will pay up to $75,000 of their student loan debt as part of their deal. The Cyber Talent Initiative appears to be unique in the way it offers student loan assistance, but it’s hardly the only corporate effort meant to enhance an enterprise’s security posture. Mastercard and Microsoft also are involved with the Cyber Readiness Institute, a program in which Fortune […]
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During my recent conversation with Peter Kraus, which was supposed to be focused on Aperture and its launch of the Aperture New World Opportunities Fund, I couldn’t help veering off into tangents about the market in general. Below is Kraus’ take on the availability of alpha generation, the Fed, inflation vs. Amazon, housing, the cross-ownership […] Continue reading Peter Kraus dishes on the market
When everyone always tells you ‘yes’, you can become a monster. Leaders especially need honest feedback to grow. “If you look at rich people like Donald Trump and you neglect them, you get more Donald Trumps” says Torch co-founder and CEO Cameron Yarbrough about our gruff president. His app wants to make executive coaching (a […] Continue reading Torch takes $10M to teach empathy to executives
There are better employee perks than a ping-pong table. 70 percent of Americans graduate college with student loan debt. That’s 45 million people who owe $1.6 trillion. So when employers use Goodly to offer $100 per month in student loan payback for a $6 fee, talent sticks around. The startup found 86 percent of employees said […] Continue reading Goodly replaces lame office perks with student loan repayment
I have a visceral reaction every time I encounter yet another article bemoaning the so-called “talent gap” or “labor gap” in cybersecurity. Having been in and out of the job market several times over the past decade (for better and,…
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The cybersecurity space is in dire straits. Hackers are getting smarter and more sophisticated…and the availability of skilled men and women to combat them has never been lower. It’s an issue that’s been slowly growing worse year over… Continue reading Addressing The Elephant in the Room: Cybersecurity’s Increasing Talent Shortage
Our distinct skillsets and shortcomings mean people and robots will join forces for the next few decades. Robots are tireless, efficient, and reliable, but in a millisecond through intuition and situational awareness, humans can make decisions machine can’t. Until workplace robots are truly autonomous and don’t require any human thinking, we’ll need software to supervise them […] Continue reading At cobotics startup Formant, ex-Googlers team up humans & machines
If you are a mother who has taken a break from full-time employment to raise kids, you may have also experienced the challenge that is jumping back into the working world after your break. You may find you need more time flexibility; you have been out of the job market for years and so your […] Continue reading The Mom Project, a job site for moms returning to work, nabs $8M from Initialized and more
The Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab, Morgan Stanley’s in-house accelerator focused on companies founded by multicultural and female entrepreneurs, hosted its second Annual Showcase and Demo Day. The event also featured companies from accelerators HearstLab, Newark Venture Partner Labs and PS27 Ventures. (Note: I was formerly employed by Morgan Stanley and have no financial ties.) The showcase represented […] Continue reading Our 3 favorite startups from Morgan Stanley’s 2nd Multicultural Innovation Lab Demo Day