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Actiance Brings on Naresh Bansal as New CFO

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Bansal’s impressive pedigree includes 20 years of financial management for both public and private firms including 10 years in leadership positions for SaaS companies. Bansal most recently served as VP of Finance for Zscaler, a cloud-based security company. ” Since launching in 1998, the company has raised $43.6

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CaixaBank Launches imaginBank, a Mobile-Only Bank for Millennials

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” He added that imaginBank would “secure greater loyalty” among the 18-to-35-year-old bank customer, as well as boost new customer acquisition. In addition to being mobile-only, imaginBank is social media friendly, as well. imaginBank also offers consumer financing of up to €15,000 with no arrangement fee.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

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After evaluating the vehicle, the EPA gave The Coda a fuel economy equivalence of 73 miles per gallon, the highest of any electric vehicle on the market in 2012. In December 2012, Coda was forced to lay off 15% of its total workforce. However, it performed poorly on frontal impact tests, receiving just 2 stars for driver safety.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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A lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission followed, with Holmes agreeing in a settlement to return millions of shares, pay a $500,000 fine, and refrain from being an officer or director of a public company for 10 years. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. Takeaways & lessons.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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No one has been more successful at using social media to generate awareness and a positive image for their bank than Jill (@JillCastilla, @CitizensEdmond). Jill’s use of Twitter is a model for any bank CEO looking to engage on social media. FFIEC’s Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool. Freudian Slip Award.

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Rise Of China’s Big Tech In AI: What Baidu, Alibaba, And Tencent Are Working On

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In 2012, when researchers at the Google Brain project in the US announced that a cluster of computers had trained themselves to recognize images of cats from YouTube videos, it was heralded as a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Called the “app for everything,” it is the most popular social media application in China with 1B users.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

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From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. ” This company had an online presence generating data, but lacked leadership or a vision around how that online presence should work or how that data could truly benefit its core business. Each one is still growing.