Stacey Epstein

[Commentary] As technology becomes even more intertwined with people’s daily lives, whether it’s at home or at work, it becomes more and more imperative that the people who build that technology demonstrate a diversity of thought and focus. The industry has grown past being a small group of dreamers. It’s our responsibility to approach problems with clear eyes, and have our brains (and our hearts) tuned toward empathy and inclusion. Once we do, we will break out of our comfortable echo chamber and open up new worlds of opportunity for ourselves — and more importantly, for the people we make things for.

[Stacey Epstein is the CEO of Zinc, an enterprise software company offering a mobile messaging platform]