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7 ways technology can help increase volunteer board diversity

Board Effect

D iversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is now a critical part of the conversation in every boardroom in America. Corporate boards are gradually working toward increased diversity and chasing the recognized value in more diverse leadership.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working on it. And being ambitious.

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2021: The Version One year in review

Version One Ventures

2021 might be remembered as the year the world started to fully embrace the opportunity that the technology sector has to offer… . Every company is now a tech company and multiple technology cycles are going on at the same time – from mobile and cloud to AR/VR, crypto and climate.

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A Company Culture Evaluation: How To Do A Year-End Review

YoungUpstarts

Mentoring should happen every single day, not just a few times a year during performance reviews. They may think they aren’t as good as others or as prepared as others to assume a leadership role. As an entrepreneur, she has accelerated advancement for women to senior leadership. Mentor in the moment?

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Female Founder Interview: Jeannette Collazo and IT Project Management

The Startup Magazine

She also speaks on motivational topics related to entrepreneurship, overcoming diversity, and advancing young women in the field of information technology. is a boutique information technology project management firm. Are the efforts for more diversity in the tech ecosystem working and what do you suggest for further improvement?

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Congratulations! Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Requires Columbia affiliation.