Tosha Hays

Make the Dot is a design canvas and collaborative workspace, that helps fashion designers complete projects quicker and together. Were doing this through: ⚙️ Productivity - Industry-specific features built for their process to allow designers to work across devices to complete projects faster 💨 Efficiency - A single workspace to capture and organize all design references, saving time and headspace when working on a project 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Collaboration - Built-in multiplayer features enabling workplace flexibility and improved delivery on remote projects Because everything starts from a dot 👚

Hurdle is a tech driven athleisure apparel company that introduces innovation focused on consumer comfort. Launched in December of 2022, Hurdle has introduced Matrix Technology to the circular knitting industry and has received numerous footwear awards for our innovative take on socks.

MIT VMS supports innovation and entrepreneurial activity throughout the MIT community by matching prospective and experienced entrepreneurs with skilled, objective - volunteer mentors. We use a team mentoring approach with groups of 3 to 4 mentors sitting with the entrepreneur(s) in sessions that provide practical, day-to-day professional advice and coaching. VMS mentors are selected for their experience in areas relevant to the needs of new entrepreneurs and for their enthusiasm for the program. VMS assistance is given across a broad range of business activity, including product development, marketing, intellectual property law, finance, human resources, and founders issues. VMS services are offered without charge to MIT students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Boston area. VMS complements and cooperates with the many MIT centers and programs promoting innovations and entrepreneurship. MIT VMS Model • Unique Team Mentoring methodology • Strict code of ethics to assure objective, conflict-free and confidential advice • Best practices for screening, training and retaining a community of highly qualified and committed volunteer mentors • Focus on developing the entrepreneur as well as their venture • Practical, actionable advice • Formal operational processes

Make the Dot is a design canvas and collaborative workspace, that helps fashion designers complete projects quicker and together. Were doing this through: ⚙️ Productivity - Industry-specific features built for their process to allow designers to work across devices to complete projects faster 💨 Efficiency - A single workspace to capture and organize all design references, saving time and headspace when working on a project 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Collaboration - Built-in multiplayer features enabling workplace flexibility and improved delivery on remote projects Because everything starts from a dot 👚

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"​ With an annual budget of more than $8 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. In many fields, such as mathematics, computer science, and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. NSF awards about 11,000 new awards per year, with an average duration of three years -- to fund specific research proposals that have been judged the most promising by a rigorous and objective merit-review system. In the past few decades, NSF-funded researchers have won more than 200 Nobel Prizes as well as other honors too numerous to list. NSF funds equipment that is needed by scientists and engineers but is often too expensive for any one group or researcher to afford. Another essential element in NSFs mission is support for science and engineering education, from pre-K through graduate school and beyond. There are many exciting careers at NSF, not only in science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM), but also in business and operations. For more information, please visit us at http://nsf.gov/careers/. NSF welcomes opportunities to engage with you on our LinkedIn page. Please see our Comment Policy [http://www.nsf.gov/social/policies.jsp ] for more information.

Hurdle is a tech driven athleisure apparel company that introduces innovation focused on consumer comfort. Launched in December of 2022, Hurdle has introduced Matrix Technology to the circular knitting industry and has received numerous footwear awards for our innovative take on socks.

Design firm specialized in developing innovative, commercial ideas in the fiber, textile, soft goods, and digitally connected wearables space. Expertise in fusing hard and soft product development requiring software and physical products with electronic system integration requirements.