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This Women’s History Month, Retail Refined’s host joined The DealMakeHers for a series of transformative moments — from opening and closing the Nasdaq to sharing an intimate tea with trailblazer Gloria Steinem. Across several days of meaningful conversations and landmark events, we celebrated women’s leadership, innovation, and resilience. Here’s a recap: Opening Nasdaq For…
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The Digitization of Offline Retail: Taking Your Store Online
MarketScale’s Retail Refined, with host Melissa Gonzalez, is leading the discussion around retail in the new normal and beyond — and it’s going live. On this live episode, Gonzalez will be joined by Radius8 CEO and Founder Sandeep Bhanote, DeepNorth AI CEO and Co-Founder Rohan Sanil and Pilot Consulting Founder Ken Pilot, who will…
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Aligning People, Process, and Innovation Creates a Revenue Growth Strategy Built for Long-Term Impact—Not Just Quick Wins in High Trust Industries
Law enforcement agencies are under growing pressure to investigate faster, operate smarter, and serve increasingly complex communities. Yet many still rely on legacy systems that slow progress. Private sector partners are stepping in, offering tools that bridge this divide using a focused revenue growth strategy that balances speed, trust, and long-term impact. A recent…
How Human-Centered Design Led to a Startup Accelerator for Education: A Conversation with Transcend Network’s Co-founder Michael Narea
The convergence of human-centered design and education innovation is reshaping how edtech ventures emerge and scale. As AI enables hyper-efficiency and bootstrapped entrepreneurship becomes more viable, the real differentiator is empathy—founders who listen deeply to users before building solutions. A McKinsey study of 300 public companies found that design-led organizations significantly outperformed their peers, with…
AI-Powered Care Navigation Reduces Healthcare Spend and Improves Patient Access
The U.S. healthcare system is strained by rising costs, uneven quality, and fragmented care navigation. Employers are bearing the brunt, spending more without always securing better care for their teams. According to the RAND Corporation, one effective strategy is to “change their network and benefit designs to encourage patients to use lower‑priced, higher‑value providers…
Building the Wireless Future: Low-Power IoT, Edge Computing, and the End of the Gs
As the global race to 6G heats up, telecom providers, governments, and tech companies are investing billions to advance the next generation of hyperconnected infrastructure. European operators urge regulators to release more spectrum to stay competitive, while U.S. programs like the USDA’s ReConnect have funneled over $1 billion into rural fiber backhaul. Meanwhile, companies like…
