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It’s Time For Leaders To Rethink The Way Their Companies Make Capital Expenditures

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Instead, when a given site or plant makes a capex request, that request is judged only in terms of the anticipated change in cash flow of making—or not making—the investment in isolation. These teams must include experts from engineering, supply chain management, raw material procurement, controlling, marketing and sales.

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Lessons From SVB

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The banking crisis kicked off by the demise of Silicon Valley Bank opened other crevices, ranging from the creakiness of the global financial system to the riskiness of the Fed’s approach to inflation-fighting to the infirmity of the engine of innovation that has been driven by America’s digital-tech giants for a quarter-century.

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How ‘Titanium Economy’ Companies Can Continue To Outperform

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Their operations look nothing similar to this perception,” said Padhi, who came from an engineering and management background, unlike most McKinsey consultants. CEOs often have said, ‘I get technology, I have customers, operations, and positive cash flow, but investors aren’t interested in me.’ There’s also a lack of VC funding.

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A CEO Guide To Smarter Cost-Cutting

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If you find [resources] in sales and marketing that you can shift to product or engineering, it’s kind of a win. The reaction has been pretty healthy. Some departments might need more investments than others as we go into 2023. Before, each group looked ahead differently, but it wasn’t weekly, and they didn’t only look at 13 weeks.

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Now What? Post-SVB, CEOs Need To Exercise Strategic Vision, Tactical Wile

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The banking crisis kicked off by the demise of Silicon Valley Bank has opened other crevices ranging from the creakiness of the global financial system to the riskiness of the Fed’s approach to inflation-fighting to the infirmity of the engine of innovation that has been driven by America’s digital-tech giants for a quarter-century.

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Creating a Workable Salary and Benefits Strategy for Your Startup

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Crucial roles like engineers, user experience designers, and product managers are in high demand, and the best employees will not expect anything less than 6 figures. For example, you could offer a top software engineer a $50,000 bonus if they can help you launch your product within 6 months. Let’s look at them below.

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Industrial Revolutionary: Ford’s Jim Farley

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But doing it just internally—what is the motivation of the ICE [internal combustion engine] people? Ford is starting to push the boundaries of what it means to be an auto manufacturer, rather than let Tesla make all the running,” says Andy Binns, director at Change Logic and an expert on industrial innovation. “If