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DHGATE Group Founder Diane Wang Wins Silver Stevie® Award for Uplifting Women in Business

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The Inner Mountain Foundation, a global community founded by Diane in 2023, also won a Bronze award for non-profit ‘Organization of the Year’.

BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Founder, Chairperson and CEO of DHGATE Group Diane Wang has won a Silver Stevie® award in the “Women Helping Women in the Government or Non-Profit” category at the 21st annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The award recognizes Diane’s many years of advocacy for women through involvement with high-profile government organizations as well as founding the APEC Women Connect and The Inner Mountain Foundation women’s empowerment organizations.

This honor marks the second time this year, the fifth time total and the third year running that Diane has won a Stevie® award. Just a few months ago, Diane had been named a Gold Stevie® “Woman of the Year” at the 21st Stevie® Annual International Business Awards for her efforts in global advocacy, digital inclusion and female empowerment.

Diane has also bagged three Silver Stevie® awards in the past for “Women Helping Women – Business”, the “Best Female Entrepreneur in Business Services” and the “Best Female Entrepreneur in Asia, Australia or New Zealand“.

The Inner Mountain Foundation, a dynamic and young global community founded by Diane, has been honored with a Bronze Stevie® Award for Organization of the Year in the Non-Profit category at the 21st Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. This esteemed recognition follows the Foundation’s recent Bronze Stevie® Award at the 21st Annual International Business Awards in the same category, highlighting its rapid rise and impact in the global non-profit sector. Founded to empower individuals and communities, the Inner Mountain Foundation is proud to receive this recognition as it continues to drive positive change and foster community-building on an international scale. 

The Inner Mountain Foundation is a global community dedicated to empowering women and like-minded individuals to move beyond limiting beliefs and achieve personal growth. By focusing on individuals and encouraging them to break through personal barriers, the Foundation fosters a ripple effect that inspires those around them—from families and teams to entire organizations—ultimately driving social transformation.

“I am deeply honored to receive this Silver Stevie® award and to see The Inner Mountain Foundation recognized with a Bronze award in our very first year,” said Diane Wang. “Empowering women and equipping them to overcome internal barriers has been a lifelong commitment for me, and launching The Inner Mountain Foundation this year has marked a new chapter in that journey. Through our close-knit community, we’re helping members dismantle self-doubt, discover their inner strengths, and create lasting personal transformation. I look forward to seeing this movement continue to grow, uplifting women around the world as they conquer their own inner mountains.”

The Stevie® Awards have recognized the world’s top business professionals since 2002. Their awards for Women in Business in particular are globally renowned as premier business awards for female entrepreneurs and executives. More than 200 judges from six judging committees assessed over 1,500 nominations from 36 different nations to choose the 2024 Women in Business award finalists based on the quality of their applications and the merit of their portfolios.

Dedication towards women’s success in business leadership

The Inner Mountain Foundation stands out with a unique approach to empowerment and personal growth. First, Inner Mountain offers essential insights, skills, and resources tailored for entrepreneurs in e-commerce and social commerce, addressing a crucial demand in these industries. Additionally, the Foundation combines business challenges with personal development, encouraging individuals to access their most profound and lasting strengths. As a globally-minded community, Inner Mountain brings world-class standards, structure, and expertise, fostering a space where members can achieve both personal and professional transformation on an international scale.

The Foundation takes its name from Diane’s personal ‘Inner Mountain’ philosophy of personal and professional development, which she expands upon in her book The Inner Mountain: Discover Your True Spirit, Strength, and Potential. The book was published on October 15 earlier this year by Forbes Books, the publishing imprint of Forbes business magazine, and is available now on Amazon and in major bookstores including Barnes & Noble and Target.

 “The Inner Mountain is more than just a book—it’s an invitation,” Diane Wang said. “First, it’s an invitation to pause, reflect, and embark on your own journey of self-discovery, to find your true self. Second, I invite you to join our community, where we can support one another and achieve more together than we ever could alone. And finally, it’s an invitation to impact those around us; by lifting each other up, we can create a ripple effect that makes the world a better place,” Diane said.

In addition to The Inner Mountain Foundation, Diane has been professionally involved in women’s empowerment advocacy for many years. She is the founder of the international community for women digital entrepreneurs APEC Women Connect (AWC), which has trained over 100,000 female entrepreneurs and MSMEs since 2016. Together with DHgate and now The Inner Mountain Foundation, AWC co-hosts the annual APEC Women Connect “Her Power” Entrepreneurship Competition. Every year, the competition provides thousands of young female e-commerce entrepreneurs and influencers with the training and opportunities they need to upskill in social commerce.

The 5th APEC Women Connect “Her Power” Entrepreneurship Competition is currently ongoing and more information can be found on its community platform.

Diane also actively collaborates with a number of international organizations to advocate for women’s digital inclusion and leadership opportunities. She is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General’s Business Advisory Group, Chair of the APEC Women Leadership Summit, a Chinese National Chapter member of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance, a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), Co-Chair of the B20 Indonesia Women in Business Action Council, and Chair of 50 Cross-border E-Commerce Leaders in China.

About DHgate

Founded in 2004, DHgate has become the leading B2B cross-border e-commerce marketplace in China, boasting over 34 million live listings annually. Through their global operations and offices, including in the USA and UK, DHgate reaches millions of people with trusted products and services. As of December 31, 2023, DHgate served more than 77 million registered buyers from 225 countries and regions, connecting them to over 2.6 million sellers in China and other countries.

For more information, please visit DHgate.com and follow @DHgate.com.

About The Inner Mountain Foundation

The Inner Mountain Foundation promotes the empowerment of women through education, community, and outreach. We are led by our Founder and Chairperson Diane Wang, who first articulated the principles of Inner Mountain Thinking in her 2024 book, The Inner Mountain. As a global foundation and women’s empowerment community, we invest in impact-making educational resources that we seek to make as broadly accessible as possible. Our goal is to focus the work of the Inner Mountain on the soft skills training that we believe helps equip women to be their greatest, most empowered selves across their most wholly integrated life (connecting the self with work, family, community, and legacy).

For more information, please visit innermountain.org.

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Positive Perception of Term “All-Electric Home” Increases 12 Percentage Points in Recent Years, E Source Survey Finds

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Research from the utilities-focused research, consulting, and data science company shows positive shift in homeowner perceptions of electrification technologies, though cost remains a barrier to fuel-switching. 

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — E Source, a utilities-focused consulting, research, and data science company, has shared the results of its 2024 Residential Electrification Survey, including a shift in consumer attitudes toward electrification technologies in residential settings. The independent study, first conducted in 2021, fielded in April 2024 with over 10,000 residential homeowner utility customers in the United States and Canada.  

Designed and administered by the E Source Market Research team, the survey offers findings around: 

Consumer perceptions of electrification technologies: Over three-quarters of respondents believe that electricity is a safer home and appliance fuel source than natural gas, an increase from 2021. Despite shifting perceptions, cost remains a barrier to fuel-switching.Current ownership of electrification equipment: More respondents say they own electric equipment in 2024 compared to 2021, with electric cooktops and smart thermostats reported as the most common electric appliances.Readiness for adoption: While many respondents said they were unlikely to switch fuel sources for most home equipment, 27% expressed interest in taking steps to electrify all their appliances.

In other notable findings, positive perception of the term “all-electric home” increased from 40% in 2021 to 51% in 2024. Additionally, over one-third of respondents would prefer homes with only electric appliances when choosing their next residence, with 63% stating that gas appliances contribute to indoor air pollution, an increase from 51% in 2021.  

However, despite the growing interest in electrification, cost remains the largest barrier to fuel-switching, with 76% of respondents believing that switching fuel sources of any kind in their home appliances would be costly. 

Utilities today are navigating fast-paced technological advancements, transitioning to cleaner energy sources, managing tighter budgets, and looking to meet heightened customer expectations. A systematic and targeted approach to electrification is central to successfully addressing these challenges.

“Electrification holds tremendous potential along with risks. Utilities can realize that potential and mitigate the risks by understanding how to best engage their customers in the energy transition. With in-depth market research like our Residential Electrification Survey, utilities can understand perceptions of electrification to promote the value of new technologies based on customer needs, beliefs, and behaviors,” said Filomena Gogel, President of research and advisory at E Source.  

An overview of the insights is publicly available in a downloadable eBook here. Detailed findings are available in an industry report for members of the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Strategy Service offered by E Source. 

About E Source 
E Source combines industry-leading research, data science, and consulting to help utilities make and implement better data-driven decisions that positively impact their customers, their bottom line, and our planet. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, E Source has teams across the US and Canada. Learn more at www.esource.com.

Media Contact:  
Adarsh Nalam, Director, Solutions Marketing and Communications  
adarsh_nalam@esource.com

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Ironclad Launches Jurist: an AI-Powered Assistant That Shows its Work

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The conversational AI assistant utilizes purpose-built multi-agent technology that works together to automate legal work, giving legal professionals a singular place to work with all the right tools and information in one seamless experience

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ironclad, the leading digital contracting platform for modern businesses, today announced the public launch of a new conversational AI legal assistant, Ironclad Jurist. Jurist allows legal professionals to draft, edit, review, summarize, translate, and answer questions related to modern contracting. Jurist is the only AI-powered assistant purpose-built for lawyers that lets users create and iterate on any legal document with past company precedent, benchmarks, and real-time changes in the legal space—all in an online, fully editable .docx workspace.

Jurist, built on Ironclad’s open-source visual programming platform Rivet, offers users unprecedented transparency into AI decision-making within a contract by displaying agent actions and reasoning, complete with citations in its online research mode. Leveraging industry-leading prompt routing, specialized legal prompt engineering, and a sophisticated retrieval automation generation (RAG) approach that harnesses multiple top-tier LLMs, Jurist is transforming the landscape of AI-assisted legal work.

“Jurist has already eliminated hours of manual review from our document review process. Its intuitive interface lets us easily define our own parameters, transforming tasks like NDA reviews into a streamlined workflow,” said Katelyn Canning, Director and Head of Legal at Ocrolus. “What truly sets it apart is its ability to select the most appropriate AI model for each task behind the scenes, delivering useful results without requiring us to craft intricate prompts. This combination of power and simplicity has made it an indispensable tool for our legal team.”

After a rigorous five-month beta, which included in-house legal teams at companies like Ocrolus and Signifyd, and leading law firms including Gunderson Dettmer, Jurist is now generally available. With Ironclad Jurist, users can:

Perform legal work in one central place: Jurist provides a new surface for lawyers to work with, iterate, draft, edit, research, and ask questions, all within a single environment. Users can directly edit AI outputs—and write prompts for specific sections of documents to fine-tune contract language—in a native .docx editor.Personalize AI outputs with past documents: Jurist produces personalized drafts, reviews, and edits based on the context users provide, including templates and executed agreements.Access the latest legal knowledge from verified online sources: Users can stay current with the ever-evolving legal landscape from the most reputable online legal research sources.Verify actions taken by your team of agents: Jurist explains its decisions in real time and cites sources when answering prompts, empowering users to use what they create with confidence.Work in a responsible, privacy-forward environment: Jurist does not allow companies like OpenAI or Google to retain or train on customer data. Ironclad provides customers with complete enterprise-grade security and holds numerous certifications, including several ISOs. Ironclad is also compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, and the SOC 2 Type II Security Trust Criteria. To learn more about Ironclad’s security certifications, click here.

“Legal is the perfect application for LLMs, because LLMs are exceptionally good at working with unstructured data – which is the lion’s share of the types of documents lawyers work with,” said Ironclad Chief Product Officer Michel Feaster. “We built Jurist to help bridge this gap, and wanted to create something that was congruent with the ways that lawyers are already working. Lawyers need to be able to edit in real-time in one place, or be able to ask questions about specific parts of a contract, or compare and edit groups of documents at the same time. And because Ironclad has been building technology for lawyers and optimizing contracts for 10 years, our AI agents are fine tuned to be best in class at legal editing.”

“Using Jurist has helped give us a singular workplace to drastically speed up many kinds of legal work,” said Zuhair Saadat, Contracts Manager at Signifyd. “For example, performing an MNDA review or drafting custom clauses for an order form typically takes an hour to a day. Using Jurist, we could do this in minutes—in some cases seconds—depending on complexity. If I need to edit the output, translate it, or ask a question about it, I can do that right in the product without leaving. It reduces time spent on these kinds of tasks, saves money on attorney fees, and gives me a leg up. Whatever I’m doing, I never have to start from scratch.”

“We’ve released Jurist as a standalone product, built on Ironclad architecture, because we feel this will benefit the entire legal community—whether they already use Ironclad or not,” said Ironclad President Jeremy Smith. “We are committed to enabling legal teams with the products they need to drive tangible business impact, and we believe Jurist will make a lasting impact on the future of the legal field.”

To learn more about Jurist and try it for yourself, click here.

About Ironclad
Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies, powering billions of contracts every year. L’Oréal, OpenAI, and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It’s the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA. The company is backed by leading investors like Accel, Sequoia, Franklin Templeton, Y Combinator, and BOND. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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Paul Chalker
paul.chalker@ironcladhq.com

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Tom Atchison Honored as a Most Admired CEO by Denver Business Journal

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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — National Corporate Housing is thrilled to announce that Tom Atchison, our esteemed Founder and Chief Executive Officer, has been honored with the Most Admired CEO Award by the Denver Business Journal. This prestigious award recognizes leaders in the Denver area who demonstrate exceptional leadership, vision, and community impact within their industries and beyond.

Under Tom’s visionary leadership, National Corporate Housing has achieved significant growth and success while maintaining a strong commitment to ethical business practices and a people-first culture. He has fostered an environment that prioritizes employee development, customer satisfaction, and industry-leading service.

“Tom exemplifies the highest standards of leadership, integrity, and Surprisingly Superior Service,” said Misty Gregarek, President of National Corporate Housing. “Part of what makes National so special is Tom’s incredible talent for identifying potential in people and providing them opportunities to excel. This recognition is a testament to his unwavering dedication to our company’s mission and to making a positive impact on our employees, customers, and the community.”

Tom was recognized along with 20 other executives Wednesday night at an award dinner at the Ritz Carlton in Denver. We congratulate Tom on this well-deserved honor and look forward to continued success under his exceptional leadership.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Heidi Hume, Vice President, Marketing
703-727-9124 | hhume@nationalcorporatehousing.com

About National Corporate Housing: At National, we turn complex temporary housing challenges into seamless solutions. As a global leader in customized corporate housing since 1999, we provide personalized, 360-degree services that ensure your employees feel at home, wherever they are in the world. With our extensive network and local expertise, we make the unfamiliar comfortable, delivering exceptional experiences that transform clients into lifelong partners.

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