The Rise of the Social Impact Matchmaker
Business matchmakers are far more popular and widespread than you realize. These yentas serve as a needed ally for startups and major corporations alike, helping to make the unions that serve to make the participating parties better suited to survive in the marketplace.
But this isn’t all that corporate matchmakers can do. Properly used, they could serve as a tool to create team-ups that could better solve the world’s major problems.
How great would that be? Let’s look at what’s already being done.
Here’s the good news: Technology, as per usual, has vastly improved the matchmaking process. It has sped up the process and reduced the paperwork. It has also opened up the field to new and vital areas of the market.
Take Pitch and Match. This company is helping to democratize the matchmaking process, allowing more (read: smaller) groups access to vital matchmaking capabilities. This is important, as matchmaking is a tool that will benefit companies of all sizes.
Their system works with organizers to improve the matchmaking process regardless of the type and size of event they are using. This is an important service as, as they put it, “80% of the meeting’s success depends on the preparation beforehand” and not everyone is prepared and knowledgeable enough to know the steps needed to put together a successful event.
Companies of all sizes need help and often they don’t know how to find the help they need. It’s great to know there are modern ways to find valuable connections.
This matchmaker concept is helpful for so many businesses and entrepreneurs, but it is especially game-changing for new areas of the market. For new businesses seeking to change the world matchmaking can provide them with the connections and strength they need to become a real presence in the business world and make the strongest impact possible.
At the same time, established businesses that want to explore sustainability can connect with innovative startups that are specifically geared towards solving humanity’s vital issues.
The platform fetch was created to help make the connection between these two groups, in turn helping established corporations improve their SDG levels. The collaboration(s) will prove to be great news across the board, helping the corporations improve their eco-image, growing vital startups and improving humanity’s quality of life.
Sustainability is so important. It’s great to see that technology is finding ways to make it easier for companies to embrace the concept.
The importance of humanity reaching the SDGs and the role of major corporations in this quest is easy to see and the good news is they are stepping up to the plate.
SAP Next-Gen Startup Matchmaker is a perfect example of the potential and power that exists in the matchmaker process. This initiative has been set up to help connect companies with the innovative startups that are seeking to find solutions to help us reach the SDGs.
The power and reach that SAP has means these matches, once made, will have the tools and reach they need to bring forth the next wave of technology and set humanity on the path to a better, healthier and more equal society.
Business matchmaking is now a major player. Want proof? Even Facebook has jumped on the matchmaking bandwagon. The company has announced a plan to help pair businesses with what it calls social media influencers, in turn giving the company the tools it needs to reach the market in today’s social media obsessed world.
Properly harnessed the concept and technology could bring forth teams that have the knowledge and strength to solve major issues and in turn change the world.
This is the best use of matchmaking I’ve ever seen. Keep an eye out for the matchmakers making these matches, as these partnerships could lead to the next life-changing (and –bettering) innovations.