Beam Health, a startup Sas launched with long-time friend Ranga Jayawardena. Beam Health is a telemedicine platform for patients and doctors to connect through HIPAA-compliant online video calls. Patients can get treatment from their existing physicians, or choose a specialist from anywhere in the United States. They don’t need to download software.
Manolache built Introvoke, a startup powering virtual events. Introvoke turns any website into a digital stage. The platform can elevate corporate conferences, live entertainment, and education by making them more enjoyable and interactive.
WorkChew helps restaurants when they need it most. COVID-19 closed some for good, and left many employees out of work or underemployed. When restaurants open again, they will likely need an immediate influx of guests — and leisure diners may not be enough. By joining WorkChew, restaurant operators tap into a growing community of remote workers who fill seats during slow hours.
Amanda Boxtel, Founder and Executive Director of Bridging Bionics Foundation chats with Rebecca Gray, Comcast NBCUniversal’s Executive Director of Military & Veteran Affairs to discuss the opportunities for innovators and technologists to create solutions for a more inclusive and accessible world.
Rashaad Lambert, Forbes Director of Culture & Community, Chris Anderson, Guru Director of Community Learning and Love, and Alicia Agnew, Guru People Operations Manager, provide tactical tips on how you can successfully manage a diverse team.
In part one of this series, Marlin Williams, Vice President Global Diversity and Inclusion at StockX, and Tani Brown, Head of Community at Jopwell, discuss building an inclusive and effective hiring pipeline.
It led Sheth and cofounders Jacob Ley and Jimmy Zhang to launch Showcase, a platform using short-form video to give companies instant insight about a jobseeker’s personality and strengths. Showcase features public profiles and candidate video answers, empowering recruiters to see five times more applicants while eliminating scheduling headaches.
Seshie is a marketplace of expert guides offering virtual team-building experiences to increase employee morale and build company culture. The startup offers everything from cooking classes to lunch-and-learns to guided meditation. Each “Seshie” is vetted to ensure quality, professionalism, and great execution.
Considering the number of women and people of color gaming, that disparity doesn’t make sense. It led Peterson and business partner Mitu Khandaker to launch Glow Up Games, which develops and publishes games for growing, underrepresented audiences. The company is founded on the belief that game developers frequently forget about the narrative power of voices outside the mainstream…
Eleven startups. Infinite possibilities. After receiving hundreds of applicants from over 40 countries, we’ve chosen 11 startups to participate in our third annual Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, powered by Techstars.
