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Join us this Friday morning to chat with Wissam Akra, Founder & CEO of Tough Leaf. Tough Leaf has raised $7.8M (From Reformation, AlleyCorp, & more) to connect construction clients with diverse & local construction businesses with the underlying mission to drive diversity & inclusion in the construction industry.nTough Leaf aims to streamline the process for general contractors, developers, & agencies to get qualified bidders & meet compliance requirements, with the dual aim of getting the best people connected to the right job, while also enabling minority-, women-, veteran-, & locally-owned businesses to better meet opportunity. Its a platform & managed marketplace for both sides of the equation, where the vetting, matching, & delivery of subcontractor-to-project outcomes is handled by Tough Leaf, helping bidders & clients alike focus on the work they do best.nBefore founding Tough Leaf, Wissam was an accomplished construction engineer, with an Executive MBA & MS in Construction Engineering & Management from Columbia University.nWell discuss the future of diversity in construction, the role of technology & AI in fostering inclusion, & Wissams founder journey in building (pun intended!) Tough Leaf from the ground up.
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