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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat with Amber Madison\, Founder\, Merritt AI
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat with Amber Madison\, a licensed therapist and two-time founder who spent a decade as an HR consultant advising 100+ organizations\, including Grammarly and Betterment. Now she’s building Merritt\, an AI-native platform tackling a problem she saw again and again: performance management that hurts fairness\, morale\, and productivity instead of improving them. \nWhether you’re curious about startups\, leading teams\, or how AI is changing the way we work\, come hear how Amber turned years of consulting experience into a new company\, and bring your questions. \nAbout Amber Madison\nMerritt is led by co-founder and CEO Amber Madison. Amber previously co-founded Peoplism\, an HR and DEI consulting firm\, and is a licensed therapist. Over 10 years of consulting across 100+ organizations\, she saw performance management damage fairness\, morale\, and productivity. She also saw that the software companies relied on often reinforced practices proven to lower performance and engagement. That experience led her to build Merritt with co-founder and CTO Darla Shockley. It’s an AI-native platform for 50–500 person companies that helps managers set clear expectations from day one\, capture high-quality feedback where it happens\, draft trustworthy reviews in minutes\, and more accurately surface top performers. The platform draws on decades of performance research that most organizations never put into practice. \nThis event is hosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts.\nLearn more about the Derby Entrepreneurship Center: derbyecenter.tufts.edu\nLearn more about Merritt: merritt.app
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/entspeaker-ambermadison/
LOCATION:JCC 170\, 177 College Avenue\, Medford\, MA\, 02155\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,entrepreneurship
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SUMMARY:Faculty Lecture - The Marketing of You
DESCRIPTION:Jack Derby\, Professor of the Practice and founder of Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts\, will lead a lecture on “The Marketing of You”. This event is part of Tufts University’s 2026 Parents Weekend.\n\nRead more about Jack Derby\n\nCheck out full weekend schedule of events
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/faculty-lecture-the-marketing-of-you/
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CATEGORIES:Open House,Alumni Event,Ecosystem Event,entrepreneurship
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