Excited to announce the Last Mile Money Accelerator, a program by @ideo & funded by the @gatesfoundation to supercharge 8 inclusive FinTech startups who are connecting underserved communities to the digital economy. https://t.co/XeKurW1nQw
Here’s another piece on how to use the tools yourself, whether you’re a designer looking for inspiration or a product leader making the case for scaling to a new audience. https://t.co/04rLTP54Pm
1B more people will come online by 2025. Mostly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Often in rural areas with less access to formal education.
Wrote a piece on principles tech-builders should consider when designing for this audience. https://t.co/OvQE2mh0Dh #NextBillionUsers
Our team @ideo has since worked w/ many org's to build digital services that connect underserved users to the digital economy. Apps that allow low literacy users to complete their 1st e-commerce txn, micro-merchants to digitize their ops, and migrants to send remittances home.
Highlights from a year of prototyping, piloting, and investing in financial inclusion innovations across India, Indonesia, and Kenya. #NextBillionUsers
https://t.co/SqKXI1XWR1
Calling all reusable models, tech-enabled delivery, and innovative materials across retail to share solutions in the #BeyondtheBag Challenge with @LoopFund@CVSHealth@Target@Walmart@OpenIDEO Add your submission before September 4 for feedback: https://t.co/77E3ekRa1E
As COVID-19 accelerates the shift to digital, building digital confidence in new internet users is more important than ever. From @ideo@GoogleDesign@gatesfoundation, a suite of design tools to support the next wave of internet users as they come online. https://t.co/grRDD6CpXk
Today—whatever day you’re reading this—more than a million people will come online for the first time. Are your products ready? From @IDEO, @Google, + @gatesfoundation, a suite of design tools to help your team build more inclusive digital services: https://t.co/LHTDWzb5YX
"We turn towards the Moon now, not as a conclusion, but as preparation. As a checkpoint toward all that lies beyond."
@NASA and #NASAMarshall are beginning the next chapter of human space exploration. Here's how. #Moon2024#WeAreGoing
This is a great look at how the Google Maps data strategy first conceived over a decade ago continues to unfold in the product you see today, with hints of where it's going next 🗺 https://t.co/1NtHSbSfzO
@markpollard 1_It’s better to be interesting than to be right. For now.
2_Don’t specialize yourself into irrelevance. Build your T.
3_Know more than everyone else about either the audience, brand, culture, or category. Guarantees a seat at the table instead of just being another opinion.