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Sister-in-law founding team raises $1.6M to digitize transactions for weddings and events

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The platform also works as a “wedding binder” with budgeting and other tools for couples managing their own event. They were working for Bridal Bliss, a successful wedding and event planning business that Nora started in 2002. Founder story: Rock Paper Coin co-founders Elizabeth Sheils and Nora Sheils are sisters-in-law.

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Book Excerpt: How Microsoft leverages employee giving to build a culture of purpose

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In 2002, Pamela Passman was appointed as the corporate vice president for corporate affairs in the law and corporate affairs group. First, she convinced then-CEO Steve Ballmer that the employee giving budget should be budgeted as an employee benefit within human resources rather than part of the philanthropic budget.

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Is it ‘Day 2’ at Amazon? A former executive’s turnaround plan for the tech giant

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“Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a budgeting method where all expenses must be justified and approved in each new budget period. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size, or fixed expenses. From 2002 to 2009, the stock went from ~$0.90 ” — Wikipedia. Accomplish more with less.

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Pioneering study uses traffic cameras and AI to predict future, promising to save lives and money

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The city this week shared its first batch of reports from the groundbreaking program, which has drawn comparisons to “Minority Report,” the 2002 film in which Tom Cruise anticipates and preemptively stops crime. Bellevue is leading the way on this,” said Roger Millar, Washington Secretary of Transportation.

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From surveys to video creation, how two Seattle companies used tech to help schools in pandemic

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Founded in 2002 in Provo, Utah, Qualtrics was acquired by SAP in 2018 and then spun out as a public company earlier this year, raising $1.55 Beyond Seattle, other Washington districts using Qualtrics include: Vancouver Public Schools: to help navigate budget cuts and feedback from parents during the pandemic.

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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

In The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (IT Revolution Press, 2013 ) , Bill — an IT manager — takes over a critical project that’s over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands that Bill deliver the project in 90 days. Both books talk about modern ways of delivering software,” says Kreslins Jr.

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What is TOGAF? An enterprise architecture methodology for business

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TOGAF helps organize the development process through a systematic approach aimed at reducing errors, maintaining timelines, staying on budget, and aligning IT with business units to produce quality results. The Open Group developed TOGAF in 1995, and by 2016, 80% of Global 50 companies and 60% of Fortune 500 companies used the framework.