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3 Business-Critical Reasons to Invest in Strategic HR

15Five

In companies where HR is treated as a primarily administrative function, business goals like increasing sales, improving customer retention, and growing market share are rarely considered. When a workforce is more highly engaged, it is more productive and provides a better customer experience. Why is strategic HR important?

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

Andrew Chen

As new tech platforms hit scale, we on the consumer team have been closely watching the future of media and the technology driving it — in all forms. In tandem, ad spend has been growing steadily each year, from $69 to $220M in 2017 [ source ]. For context, The Daily was only started in January 2017. The app landscape.

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

Andrew Chen

As new tech platforms hit scale, we on the consumer team have been closely watching the future of media and the technology driving it — in all forms. In tandem, ad spend has been growing steadily each year, from $69 to $220M in 2017 [ source ]. For context, The Daily was only started in January 2017. The app landscape.