VCL founder and Boston Speaks Up host Zach Servideo to interview Hack.Diversity CEO Michelle De La Isla and MA Secretary Yvonne Hao live on the podcast stage at SBW;
VCL was named a contributor to the Executive Office of Economic Development’s AI Task Force to help to raise awareness of Massachusetts as a global AI innovation hub
BOSTON – September 9, 2024 – Consulting firm Value Creation Labs (VCL) today announced it is taking over the podcast stage at Startup Boston Week for the second year in a row. VCL founder and Boston Speaks Up (BSU) founder and host Zach Servideo will interview Michelle De La Isla, the CEO of Boston-based nonprofit Hack.Diversity; and Yvonne Hao, Massachusetts Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED). Following her BSU interview, Secretary Hao will be interviewed by Boston Globe’s Scott Kirsner in the official keynote address. Interested parties can get their free ticket to Startup Boston Week here: https://www.startupbos.org/startup-week
“This is the definitive week for Boston’s startup culture,” said Servideo. “Each year, we’re amazed at the momentum this event creates for the region’s innovation economy. We’re grateful to have such a significant role. We don’t take this honor lightly.”
Michelle De La Isla will be on stage with Boston Speaks Up to talk about her journey from homelessness to becoming Mayor of Topeka, KS to her role at Hack.Diversity as a CEO. Secretary Yvonne Hao will be on stage with BSU to discuss her decades of executive business experience, including her time serving as CFO and COO at PillPack, an online pharmacy that was acquired by Amazon in 2018.
WHERE: Startup Boston Week at David J. Sargent Hall, 110 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108
WHEN: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 from 2-6pm ET; interview times:
Michelle De La Isla: 2:30pm ET
Secretary Yvonne Hao: 5pm ET
VCL also announced today it is serving as a contributor to the EOED’s AI Task Force. In its role, VCL is helping to raise awareness of Massachusetts as a global AI innovation hub. The alliance began in Q1 2024 when VCL released its 2024 AI report: Boston Startups Put AI and Data to Work: in Vertical Industries and Enterprises. EOED is also a contributor to the VCL’s upcoming analyst report on Climate Tech.
“The Healey-Driscoll administration is setting a national example through bold policy, including a cabinet-level Climate Chief, ambitious climate targets, and a cross-agency strategy for climate tech economic development,” said Secretary Hao. “Beyond legislation, Massachusetts has the key ingredients to lead in climate tech and become a global innovation hub. With proven success in life sciences as a model, we’re capitalizing on our strengths in R&D, top talent and world-class universities, startups with groundbreaking technology, and accelerators & incubators to grow our thriving innovation ecosystem. There’s a ton of momentum – and this is just the beginning.”
About Value Creation Labs®
Value Creation Labs® (VCL) was founded in 2021 and showcases a team of strategists, technologists and tacticians that can lead and support companies’ immediate and long term goals. VCL’s consortium is a mix of management consultants that have built products and executed go-to-market strategies for household brands and startups that have achieved billions of dollars worth of value in exits and revenue. As leadership team architects, VCL has consistently built and managed high-performing domestic and global teams that span the gamut of product development, technology, marketing, branding, and many more areas of expertise. Learn more at www.valuecreationlabs.co.
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