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While numbers are immaterial, finally after 3 years, my dream of presenting at the MIT delta v Demo Day came true, in front of an audience of 1,000+ audience from 37 countries! I cannot thank the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and the entire delta v staff enough for their incredible support and mentorship. I hadn’t realized how deeply connected I was to this community through various programs like Paul Cheek's Venture Creative Tactics class, mentorship at MIT FUSE Accelerator by Macauley Kenney, and now delta v—all of them have been pivotal in my entrepreneurial journey. A special thanks to Jenny Larios Berlin and Ben Soltoff, whose encouragement (and shared laughter) through all the ups and downs of the past three months have shaped my leadership with both humor and humanity. I owe a great deal to my incredible team members—Dan Kim, Joy Qingru Wu, and Art Zahar, ACA, who sent me the toughest yet warmest love. Together, we faced rounds of business pivots, self-doubt, and countless obstacles, but through it all, we persevered and ultimately found clarity in our vision. As a super shy introvert who seldom steps into the limelight, it felt almost magical to take the stage. After 150+ practices in two weeks, I finally found my unique way - a design professional unafraid of downplaying his miserable design life into a hilarious and entertaining story to inspire people. What I hadn’t realized before was that the strongest power was always within me: "Yes, I can." My pleasure to share the recording of our company presentation here, an AI-powered sketch-to-3D solution: https://lnkd.in/eA8JW-kr I will always cherish the brilliant minds and kind souls whose support lifted me throughout this journey. More than anything, the biggest takeaway is to enjoy the chaos. When life is at its darkest, can you still shine bright? "Yes, I can." #AI #Entrepreneurship #MartinTrustCenter #MITdeltav #designtool #3D #AItool #teamwork #spotlight #publicspeaking #introversion #productdesigner #AIproduct

Last week, we organized our last event in the Caelestinus 2024 batch – the Final DEMO Day where all 15 graduating teams presented themselves to the public and investors with their products as well as the progress they have made during our 4-month incubation period. We are very happy that we had the privilege to work with these teams as this cohort was exceptionally strong and we believe in their bright future. All things must come to an end and so our incubation does, too. Not only will we be watching these startups closely, but we are sure to keep working with these alumni in the future as well. If you missed the Final DEMO Day, have a look at it here ➡ https://lnkd.in/eHr33JqD More about the startup portfolio ➡ www.caelestinus.tech During the session, we also awarded 4 teams with these prizes: - biggest number of Pilots – HEURISTIK - biggest business progress – Praxium AI - community voting – NXgenPort - experts' choice – ROOK Congratulations! 🎉 But of course, congratulations go also to all our startup heroes = all 15 teams that made a big progress. We have seen it, it is almost unbelievable. :-) What else to add? It's been a great journey. We wish our startups all the best in marketing their descriptive innovations and making huge success stories. 🙏 😎 Thanks to all our partners and supporters InterSystems, Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny (IKEM), Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, AKESO holding a.s., Assuta Ashdod Innovation, Novartis, Fakulta biomedicínského inženýrství ČVUT v Praze, Eldison, Porta Medica, My Value Officer, KROUPALIDÉ, Floww, ATEM Capital, Prague.bio, Pražský inovační institute, prg.ai, Pilulka, Tensor Ventures, J&T Ventures, KAYA VC, Credo Ventures, N1

Snigdha Sarkar's top session picks for Simulation World 2024 are in! 🌐✨ Curious? Swipe, discover, and get excited! Make sure you’re there to dive deep with us from May 14-16. Sign up now here - https://lnkd.in/g9JsVWx5 and join the innovation adventure! #SimulationWorld

#StrategicForesight enables us explore possible futures by detecting changes in advance and suggesting the development of corrective #businessstrategies in the present. But what methods and techniques does it rely on? Here are 3 foresight methods we use in #IZILab to prepare for the #future: ✔ #ScenarioPlanning: It outlines perspectives of a possible future. Scenarios are not forecasts but simulations of some future possibilities. They serve as both an exploratory method and a decision-making tool, highlighting current discontinuities and revealing available choices along with their potential consequences. ✔ #HorizonScanning: a proactive approach that helps identify early signals of change and emerging trends, often considered marginal but potentially disruptive in the future. Through continuous monitoring and impact assessment, this method enables more informed and adaptive decision-making. ✔ #FuturesWorkshop: a participatory research method that encourages participants to imagine preferable futures and collectively resolve complex issues. It is used to gather valuable insights for defining actions and strategies to address them. Discover further details in the post below! #Foresight #IZILab

It’s time to break free from the ordinary and venture into something that is out of your comfort zone! 💯 Who knows maybe one day the risk you took can lead you into something you are more than expecting. 🙏🏻 #Innovate #SatelliteTeams #HireTheWorld #BeTheBest #ChallengeTheNorm

"Technology is a vehicle, and you can't expect to reach new destinations with an old ride! - Wole Olabanji Catch up on the AiMP August Series and discover how to harness the power of innovation! 🔗 RECAP LINK: [https://lnkd.in/dhBX5z9a) #AiMP #Innovation #TechTalk #DigitalTransformation #CatchUp"

Reconnect like never before with iAVATARS, the revolutionary AI-driven technology that brings families closer, no matter the distance. In a world where physical presence isn't always possible, iAVATARS bridges the gap by providing personalized, engaging experiences tailored to enhance your emotional bonds. From daily conversations to special moments, this cutting-edge tool ensures you remain intimately connected with your loved ones, even when life gets in the way. iAVATARS—transforming how we communicate and strengthening the ties that matter most. www.iadevice.com #EmotionalConnections #AIForGood #FamilyFirst #StayConnected #TechForFamily #AIInnovation #FutureOfCommunication #BridgingTheGap #DigitalFamily #ConnectedByAI #TechForHumanity #AIRevolution

LocWorld's Process Innovation Challenge (PIC) returns next week with two 3cubed preliminary round sessions that will help determine the six finalists that will advance to the final round as part of #LocWorld52 in Monterey on October 29th. We are thrilled to announce today that the 3 Process Dragons (judges) for this 17th edition of the Process Innovation Challenge (PIC) will be Mary Kazamias (TRSB), Alessandra Binazzi (Global Sights Consulting) and Renato Beninatto (Nimdzi Insights.) PIC co-producers 💡Dave Ruane and Alex Bernet are thrilled to welcome back Alessandra as our veteran dragon for this competition and we could not be more excited to welcome Mary and Renato to the competition and are excited for the new voices and perspective they will bring to the PIC platform. 18 innovators will compete in next week's 3cubed round and the running order for these two sessions will be published on the PIC website linked here early next week. The 3cubed preliminary round is free and open and the public is invited to attend these two virtual rounds on zoom. The sessions will take place from 8am - 9am PDT on both Thursday, September 26th and Friday, September 27th. Don't miss out on the excitement! Join us next week for the 3cubed preliminary round using the zoom links in the article linked here. #l10nPIC #PIC #localization #translation #globalization #internationalbusiness #locworld #innovation #incubator #award #prize #mt #AI #genAI #lsps #languageservices #competition #locworld52 https://lnkd.in/g4ExjFdX

My key takeaway from Experimentation Elite 2024 is a new metric: "Hero per minute." And this metric hit the roof. I'm close to losing my voice after all the talking! It was interesting how a theme developed over the days: "Getting better at research and exploring problems properly transforms experiments and experiment programs." I didn't know this was going to be a theme when I planned the workshop with Craig Sullivan (it had this theme). Several of the talks covered various aspects of this and highlighted it's importance, including, notably the talks by Paula Sappington and Els Aerts. And how fitting to round out the event with Els Aerts (deservedly) winning the "Experimentation Legend" award. I spoke to many for the first time, and caught up with others again. Edit. I started listing people and realised it was going to take me aaages, so I decided to stop. Anyway, had a great time and congrats to the runner-ups and winners of the Experimentation Elite Awards. It was an honour being a judging panel. #experimentationelite #exelite2024 #experimentation

Looking at my #BUIS463 journey, I’ve learned so much about disruptive technologies, creativity, & how digital business works. Maybe I could’ve engaged more in class participation by giving my opinion more because it would’ve prepped differently by diving deeper into relative tech trends before starting my group project without having to overthink. This course showed reinstilled my passion for innovation & creative problem-solving. Now, I’m even more curious about the role of AI in maintaining business growth & how to implement new ideas in corporate settings. Moving forward, I’ll focus on blending creativity with strategy to lead future ventures! #BUIS463 #Growth