Policy Student Aims to Use Tech for Good

By Katherine J. Igoe | MIT Spectrum

Nagela Nukuna MBA ’22 has always felt the pull of two different disciplines—tech and policy. In her view, they merge more practically than one might think. “Implementation is so important in policy. Technology expands …

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Kristina Kennedy (EMBA ’14) Of Kickstand Communications On 5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees

By David Liu | Authority Magazine | January 13, 2022

As a part of my series about the “5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees” I had the pleasure of interviewing Kristina Kennedy.

As COO of …

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This exec sees interest in ESG tipping scales for women in tech

By Meredith Somers | MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter | January 12, 2022

A 2021 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held 41% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight underrepresentation when …

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Reducing food waste to increase access to affordable foods

MIT alumni-founded Spoiler Alert matches major food brands with discount grocers to sell perishable products.

By Zach Winn | MIT News Office | January 5, 2022

About a third of the world’s food supply never gets eaten. That means the water, labor, …

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Weather-tech startup in $1.2b public offering

By Aaron Pressman | Boston Globe

Boston startup Tomorrow.io has built an entirely new system for predicting the weather using data from overlooked sources like wireless phone networks and Internet-connected cars.

Now it is planning to go public using one of …

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How A Food Tech Company Reinvented Itself After The Devastating Impact Of Covid-19

(Featured: Christine Marcus, SFMBA ’12)

By Geri Stengel | Forbes | December 1, 2021

No matter how good their business idea is, women face more significant challenges than men when starting and growing their businesses. Because their networks tend to be smaller, …

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Why I fired (and rehired) myself

By Adriana Bokel Herde, EMBA ’17  | Published by: MIT Executive MBA Program

Whether you have been with your company for a few months or many years, you can probably relate to the feeling of being a new hire. This period …

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[100 Emerging Women Leaders] Meet Shweta Aprameya, who built fintech platforms way before they became the norm

By Sindhu Kashyaap | Her Story | November 9, 2021

Shweta Aprameya knew that if she had to start up, it had to be in the financial sector and investment space.

After completing her studies at MIT Sloan, Shweta worked in the …

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Female Disruptors: Nhat Nguyen of Autonomous.ai On The Three Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry

By Candice Georgiadis | Authority Magazine | November 15, 2021

As a part of our series about women who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nhat Nguyen.

Nhat Nguyen is Head of Global Projects at …

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This founder and CEO works to get women closer to capital

By Meredith Somers | MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter | October 18, 2021

A 2020 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held less than 40% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight …

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