Captain’s Log: Week 11
Our eleventh week’s reflection of the DivInc Social Justice Innovation accelerator.
Recap
Our tenth week of the accelerator was all about the pitch. We focused on practicing, refining, and finalizing our narrative and deck. During our eleventh week, we explained how existing solutions aren’t solving leaders’ hardest interpersonal problems at work, and why the world needs Pearl on demo day.
Practice pays off. This has been our refrain for the past week or so, but this was the week when it mattered most. We practiced in a Capital One conference room, a park, at Capital Factory, and literally anywhere else we (or specifically Lawrence) could. We implemented the advice and feedback from our mentors, advisors, families, and friends to tell Pearl’s story to the DivInc community and investors on demo day.
Our biggest learning from the tenth week was:
This was all worth it. We are still processing everything that happened last week, but it was amazing. It was so rewarding to see the results of a lot of dreaming, designing, and hard work. We have some big things working, but for now, we rest.
What’s next
Watch our pitch and send us the questions that keep you up at 2 AM.
If you’re looking to create, find, and share solutions for human challenges at work with a community, let’s talk.
You can follow our accelerator journey here on Medium or our social media accounts.
Lawrence Humphrey, Co-founder and CEO of Pearl
Fallon Blossom, Co-founder and COO of Pearl
