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3 Business-Critical Reasons to Invest in Strategic HR

15Five

When HR teams are empowered and resourced properly, they can impact the business in three critical ways: Improving employee engagement Building a high-performance culture Increasing revenue. When a workforce is more highly engaged, it is more productive and provides a better customer experience.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis (Guest essay by Li Jin)

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. In tandem, ad spend has been growing steadily each year, from $69 to $220M in 2017 [ source ]. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. The bigger idea is actually “audio”, not specifically podcasting.

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The Podcast Ecosystem in 2019 – a16z’s 68 page analysis

Andrew Chen

And in fact, the combined revenue of Headspace and Calm are more than half of the entire podcasting market. In tandem, ad spend has been growing steadily each year, from $69 to $220M in 2017 [ source ]. I’m looking for startups that can change the game there. The bigger idea is actually “audio”, not specifically podcasting.