Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator

⭐ Today in our #FounderFandom Series where we introduce the 12 impact-focused founders and startups that make up the 4th cohort of the Denver-based 2024 Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator led by Dave Cass & Sasha Green, we’re spotlighting Welfie! 🏥 Welfie builds and empowers the healthcare workforce of the future with a culturally responsive, AI-driven platform that gives underserved youth the skills and tools they need for well-paying medical jobs in the communities they come from. Welfie was founded by Steven Moyo, MD, a Black immigrant doctor who was tired of seeing patients who looked like him die sicker and younger. As a young volunteer doctor overseas where doctors were few and community health workers provided the bulk of medical services, he realized the importance of health solutions that were by and for the communities they served. Dr. Moyo is joined in his mission by CTO Lakshmin Bangaru, the former head of Data Science and Engineering for Yahoo, and CMO Susan McLennan, an Emmy Award-winning content creator whose work has been selected for inclusion in The Library of Congress. Welfie is based in San Diego, CA. 🏆 #RecentWins In 2024, Welfie has won more than $1M in grants, including from the Government of California and the Conrad Prebys Foundation, an Anthem Webby Award, and a Gold Stevie Award (American Business Award). 🚀 How to keep up with Welfie? Follow us & them on LinkedIn for latest updates! 💚 And a special thank you to our Partners, Strada Education Foundation & World Education Services for helping make this program possible! How are you impacting today’s workforce for the better? #Techstars #WorkforceDevelopment #Accelerator #Founders #Startups #Impact #BetterforFounders #GiveFirst

⭐ Today in our #FounderFandom Series where we introduce the 12 impact-focused founders and startups that make up the 4th cohort of the Denver-based 2024 Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator led by Dave Cass & Sasha Green, we’re spotlighting Flexspeak! 🎙 Flexspeak makes assistive communication technology for people who cannot speak or have difficulty speaking. Founded by Alan Vu (CEO), a speech therapist who stutters, Flexspeak gives a voice to those with diverse communication needs, including those with autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy. Key team members include Michael Jamieson (CTO), a full-stack engineer with a background in nursing & Wendy Liang (fractional COO), an ex-Microsoft Accessibility Program Manager with a background in speech therapy and research. Flexspeak is based in Orange County, CA. 🏆 #RecentWins include presenting for the 2nd consecutive year at Closing the Gap, a renowned assistive technology conference and converting 11% of their email list into paying users through a pre-launch campaign. #Asks Flexspeak is seeking potential sales mentors with experience in healthcare and/or the disability tech space! 🚀 How to keep up with Flexspeak? Follow us & them on LinkedIn for latest updates! 💚 And a special thank you to our Partners, Strada Education Foundation & World Education Services for helping make this program possible! How are you impacting today’s workforce for the better? #Techstars #WorkforceDevelopment #Accelerator #Founders #Startups #Impact #BetterforFounders #GiveFirst

⭐ Today in our #FounderFandom Series where we introduce the 12 impact-focused founders and startups that make up the 4th cohort of the Denver-based 2024 Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator led by Dave Cass & Sasha Green, we’re spotlighting Fathom PBC! 🕸 Fathom PBC makes it easy for workforce organizations to find, employ, and track talent in the world of work. Co-founded by CEO JoAdel Adeola, Chief Impact Officer Julie Dunlap and CTO John Morales-Marquez, Fathom provides a talent management platform that automates data verification so workforce providers can spend more time with their clients and less time on compliance. The team discovered the market opportunity via participation in the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program, where they conducted commercial research to learn how technology could leverage the public workforce system to address national workforce development challenges. They found that workforce providers nationwide were spending a third of their time collecting, validating, and reporting client data. 🏆 #RecentWins With Techstars and Georgia Tech’s South Big Data Hub funding, Fathom will pilot its mobile workforce wallet and web-based manager dashboard with American Job Centers this summer. The pilots will demonstrate the platform’s ability to save valuable time while reducing costs for workforce agencies. 🚀 How to keep up with Fathom PBC? Follow us & them on LinkedIn for latest updates! 💚 And a special thank you to our Partners, Strada Education Foundation & World Education Services for helping make this program possible! How are you impacting today’s workforce for the better? #Techstars #WorkforceDevelopment #Accelerator #Founders #Startups #Impact #BetterforFounders #GiveFirst

Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator is thrilled to be partnering with World Education Services for our now 4th cohort of 12 inspiring startups! Welcome aboard! ⭐

Congratulations, Steven Moyo, MD! We are super proud of what you are building and your impact! Oh and we're thrilled and honored to be a small part of your journey. (Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator '24, Welfie)

The 2024 cohort has successfully wrapped up mentor madness week, clocking over 750 total mentoring sessions! 🤯 💪 A HUGE thank you to all of our mentors for participating! ✨ Mentor Testimonials ✨ 💚 "My favorite days are the ones spent collaborating with big picture thinkers, dreamers, and doers who step up to solve complex problems and strive to make the world a better place." -Charlotte Creech 💚 "I am about to jump into a 6-hour meeting for Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator Mentor Madness. What will I get out of it? The fulfillment gained from giving first and giving back, learning about amazing new companies that will have a positive impact in the world, and forming amazing new connections. Not to mention expanding my knowledge of industries, challenges, and opportunities." - ✨Shannon P. 💡Founder Testimonials💡 💚 "Right now, we are finding what is called “product-market fit” and the conversations I enjoyed most were with mentors who helped me understand how to refine our current offering and potential avenues for sales in the future." - Tori Bell 💚 "Mentor Madness was not just about gaining insights; it was an intense exercise in endurance and adaptability. The back-to-back meetings tested our mental stamina and forced us to process a vast amount of feedback quickly. This intensity built our resilience and prepared us for high-pressure situations." - Sam (Saman) Akhtar 💚 "While our goal was to establish our mentor team for Techstars, we also built a coalition of supporters, funders, and partners. Many mentors offered to introduce us to investors, customers, and strategic partners." - JoAdel Adeola 💚 "I’m on a multi-week trip across Vietnam while participating in Mentor Madness with a 13-hour time zone difference. Balancing these experiences isn’t easy, but it’s teaching me the power of “both/and” thinking (in comparison to "either/or" thinking). Running a disability tech startup like Flexspeak demands this kind of flexibility and openness. We can’t afford to see the world in black and white. Our users, our team, and our mission thrive in the gray areas where diverse needs and ideas converge." - Alan Vu #mentorship #givefirst #mentormagic #mentormadness #workforcedevelopment #techstars

💭 Some brilliant Thought Leadership from one of our remarkable Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator Founders, Tori Bell of Inclusion Unpacked (Techstars '24). Read more about Tori's journey from Meta to Techstars & how founding "Black Women at Meta" ultimately inspired her to found her own company centered around the Future of Work. #Techstars #WorkforceDevelopment #Accelerator #Founders #Startups #Impact #BetterforFounders #GiveFirst #FutureofWorkisFractional 🌟

⭐ Today in our #FounderFandom Series where we introduce the 12 impact-focused founders and startups that make up the 4th cohort of the Denver-based 2024 Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator led by Dave Cass & Sasha Green, we’re spotlighting Incskill! 🌿 For enterprises that struggle to provide accessible offerings to their customers and employees with disabilities, and for people with disabilities that struggle to access digital spaces, Incskill provides a suite of technologies that enhances access to education and employment opportunities. Founded by Kartik Sawhney based on his lived experience, the company's vision is to enable equitable access to digital spaces for everyone. Incskill is based in Bellevue, WA. 🏆 #RecentWins To date, over 12K individual users already use the product, and Incskill counts corporates, international organizations, and governments as customers. Over 1M inaccessible pages have also been converted into accessible formats through the platform. 🚀 How to keep up with Incskill? Follow us & Kartik Sawhney on LinkedIn for latest updates! 💚 And a special thank you to our Partners, Strada Education Foundation & World Education Services for helping make this program possible! How are you impacting today’s workforce for the better? #Techstars #WorkforceDevelopment #Accelerator #Founders #Startups #Impact #BetterforFounders #GiveFirst

Thank you Jonny Coreson for bringing out the real life playbook! Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator couldn't do it without our Network of Mentors! ⭐ 📓

Thank you Charlotte Creech for the wonderful shoutout! We love our rockstar Mentors here at Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator! & our 12 incredible companies are so lucky to be getting invaluable feedback from our vast Mentor Network during Mentor Madness Week! Let's GO! ⭐ 🏀