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From pixels to people, here's to the platforms that bring us closer. Celebrating the power of connection on #SocialMediaDay! #worldsocialmediaday2024 #stayconnected #machinfabrik #Machinfabriksocialmediaday #happysocialmediaday #worldsocialmediaday2024 #socialmediamarketing #socialmediaplatforms

It's been 20 years since the internet went mainstream, and still 96% of it remains inaccessible. It's time we change that, and if we shift left and reach entrepreneurs with the importance of inclusive design earlier in the entrepreneur's journey, we have the potential to make a huge generational impact on digital accessibility. We need more stories about Disability Inclusion in the Innovation Process hitting the main stage at big conferences. Help me and Caitlin Reimers Brumme, MassChallenge CEO extraordinare, take the stage at one of the world's largest gatherings for the impact ecosystem #SoCap24. MassChallenge has partnered with the #HoweInnovationCenter at Perkins to make sure accessibility and inclusion design become a part of the entrepreneur's journey. By October 2024, we will have wrapped up our first year working together to support entrepreneurs building products and services specifically for people with disabilities (think #DisabilityTech) as well as entrepreneurs building products for the general population but care about their products being accessible and inclusive. After all, what's a product if the customer can't use it? Entrepreneurs, engineers, product managers are leaving money on the table ever single day if accessibility isn't baked into the product design and development process from the beginning. We can change this together. Vote: https://lnkd.in/ewYWgdXf

In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March each year, Gobi Partners proudly kicked off our EmpowerHER event on 1 March 2024. This event marks the beginning of a month-long celebration dedicated to recognising and honouring women founders and like-minded entrepreneurs within our ecosystem. Throughout this empowering month, we have planned two additional events tailored to uplift #womenentrepreneurs and share insightful articles and videos featuring selected #womenfounders. For our final instalment, we interviewed iMotorbike’s Co-Founder and CMO Sharmeen Looi who is disrupting the motorbike industry from being dominated by men only. “There are still stereotypes and #biases, but I am committed to challenging this, and to advocate for #genderinclusion, especially in this industry,” she said. Read more here:  https://lnkd.in/gAPb7dHU Established in 2016, iMotorbike is a pioneer e-commerce platform that allows customers to buy and sell pre-owned motorcycles to address the four pain points identified in the two-wheeler market: market fragmentation, time consumption, reliability, and transparency. iMotorbike is a Gobi portfolio company through SuperSeed Fund II. #GobiPartners #Innovation #VentureCapital #Malaysia #EmpowerHER2024 #IWD2024 #WomensDay #WomensDay2024

....and we're back with another fem story :) Swarnima Bhattacharya is the co-founder of @Gytree, a venture-backed women's health platform. She has worked in public health & gender for nearly a decade with the UN, WHO & other multilateral agencies. She is an AstraZeneca Young Health Scholar, with a focus on the digital future of female health. She also partners with Blue Dot, an initiative to fund, incubate & accelerate businesses that build a better future. Check out her Fem Story here-- #femstories #womenenterpreneur #grit #determination #Gytree

Turns out, a goose and a llama are a match made in heaven. 🪿 🦙 For Community Manager Craig Cordell, creating a successful collaboration was a lot like planning a challenging hike. Here's how he made sure our collaboration with Cotopaxi made it all the way to the summit: https://bit.ly/4c7HHle 🌀 In Lessons from the Chase, we take you behind the scenes of building the world's first interactive experience platform. Members of the Goosechase flock let you in on business problems we're tackling, how we're thinking about them, and what solutions we put to the test.

🗞️ Inside Scoop: September Edition 🗞️ It's time for our monthly wrap-up, and September was a BIG month. Check out what we've been up to! 📣 #WomenInSport #EmpoweringWomen #DiversityAndInclusion #SportsConsulting #GrassrootsSport #WomenSupportingWomen

Still thinking about how to use video to boost engagement?! Excited to be moderating this upcoming webinar on a topic that’s more important than ever! Join us to learn insights and strategies on how to harness the power of video to captivate your audience and drive results. Looking forward to a dynamic conversation—don’t miss out! #VideoMarketing #AudienceEngagement #Webinar

Great work Lindsey Imperatore and Michael Beckerman. Great show. My takeaways - CRE is still very much in a world of pain and nobody is doing anything meaningful because the market is so challenging. Still lots of companies prepared to talk the talk but the results are not there. Even the regulations like LL97 are not moving the needle. AI is going to be good for some parts of the industry where data is either publicly available (planning approvals) or reasonably standardized already (leasing). For the area of the industry we are involved in, its still hype and will be at least 3-5 years before we see AI applied with any serious outcomes because even though there is a lot of data, there is still a lot of poor quality data. I didn't see anyone talking about that. Congrats to CRE-Tech for getting real life people to talk about real life projects rather than the pay to play lip-service which never advances the industry. I still think events could do with some major disruption. I love the opportunity to catch up with people I have known for a long time and talk about the real stuff. Drew DePriest, MCR.w, WELL AP , Ryan Droege, Brian Geller LEED AP - loved catching up!

Big shout out to Mike Chabala, founder of Sphere, for coming out and talking about his journey as a founder on our first Founder Confessions! Thanks to everyone who showed up to listen and ask questions! Be on the lookout for future events. https://bit.ly/3TATzUx #HoustonEvents #BusinessCommunity #BusinessAdvice

Here’s a reminder that your voice matters. 💬 Every time we choose to show up and speak up, we’re helping to shape the future we envision. As we get ready to vote tomorrow, let’s remember that change is created through our actions and choices. Stand together, believe in a brighter tomorrow, and take part in the process. Your voice, your choice, your impact. 💪🗳️ #EmpowerYourself #YourVoiceMatters #BetterTomorrow #YourBFFinRealEstate #TeamPenko #HeatherPenko