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How Celanese makes people central to its digital transformation

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We partner with our customers to provide a solution across markets ranging from automotive, electronics, apparel, medical and pharma, and more. Our program isn’t to replace people but to empower them to be more productive because we strongly believe the value is driven not from technology but from people.

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Meet the Female Founders Alliance startups from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

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This programming-packed day features presentations, breakout sessions and interactive Q&As with the leading movers, shakers and makers who are laser focused on, well, justice. We’re stoked about showcasing the participating members of our TC Include Program. Peruse the agenda and plan your day accordingly. Founded by Lucinda Koza.

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Want to know how a dress looks on you? AIMIRR has your back… and front

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We are not just designing apparel filters, we are developing a graphical digital fitting room experience that remains true to a shopper’s body over any online shopping website,” Kanani told TechCrunch. He got the idea for the company in 2020 while he was getting married.

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India’s Zetwerk raises $120 million to scale its B2B marketplace for manufacturing parts

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Its customers — there are over 250 of them, up from 100 a year ago — operate across two-dozen industries (including process plants, oil & gas, steel, aerospace, medical devices, apparel and luxury goods) in the infrastructure space, and approach Zetwerk with digital designs they wish to be translated into physical products.

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The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day

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Unlike YC, 500 Global has geographic-specific accelerator programs, similar to Techstars, with focus on areas like Aichi, Japan, Cambodia, and Alberta, Canada. That said, today’s debut from 500 Global is from its first and flagship program, hailing back from 2010 and, fittingly, including companies from all around the globe.

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Fitness startup Aarmy reinvents itself for a remote fitness world

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Trey Laird, who founded the startup with trainers Akin Akman (chief fitness officer) and Angela Manuel-Davis (chief motivation officer), told me that within 48 hours, the strategy shifted online, starting with fitness classes via Instagram Live — something it continues to offer, while also launching a digital subscription program over the summer.

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Topgolf Callaway tees up digital transformation for global expansion

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While golf clubs and golf balls remain the company’s beating heart, over the past 40 years its revenue mix has shifted to include apparel and gear. By 2021, the mix had shifted to 38% in golf equipment, 38% from Topgolf, and 24% in apparel, gear, and other lines of business. In 2016, 84% of Callaway’s revenue mix was in golf equipment.

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