A virtual networking platform has launched with the assistance of Twitter co-founder听Biz听Stone.听
Available on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows, virtual HQ tool听Roomkey.co allows听digital communities听to set up a community lounge for their team or host networking events and virtual meetups.听
Organisers听can pick between a number of virtual rooms听and听organise听unlimited events for free, inviting as many people as they’d like.听
After cloning听yourself听into an avatar, you can host or听join听rooms for networking and discussions, meeting others.听
Founder听Don Stein,听a first-time entrepreneur,听lauded the contribution of Twitter and Medium founder Stone听鈥� who founded听Roomkey听investor Future Positive with Fred Blackford听鈥撎齩ver听the last six months to get the platform to launch.听
鈥淏iz听is an All Star within entrepreneurship… he has听great access and support in the UK as he鈥檚 currently involved with Oxford,鈥� said Stein.听
In partnership with Future Positive,听Roomkey听recently听co-hosted The Social Entrepreneurship听Festival 2021.听听
鈥淏iz and I spoke for听two听hours on the virtual stage over the course of Thursday and Friday, in a public setting within the Roomkey.co app,鈥� continued Stein.听
鈥淭he feeling of inspiration was just as strong in-person as with his avatar.鈥�听
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Stein pointed to Stone鈥檚 own story as evidence of the importance of networking in business success.听
鈥淏iz finds great people, and sticks with them for a long time, and his platforms allow others to do this as well,鈥� he explained.听
鈥淎ll of his companies听鈥撎齌witter, Medium, Jelly, and even his first one, Xanga听鈥撎齛re听about helping people share ideas into a pool of collective intelligence. A virtual space where people come together to engage with听each others鈥櫶齣deas,听and build bonds.鈥�听
He added: 鈥淭he reason why Biz is so inspiring to myself, and to others, is because we all have that one passion we care about.听The thing that we would do regardless of money, yet most of us have financial or psychological reasons why we are not pursuing our passion.听听
鈥淓ven while growing up on welfare, Biz found a way to do what he loves. Part-time, full-time, half-time, or just a little time, any time you can find to work on your passions is time well spent.鈥�听
Watch the video below of Stone discussing听how,听as a听nine-year old, he would work mowing lawns听to help get his family off welfare听鈥� and听continued to work various gigs听for听his whole life.听