The Economic Empowerment Platform
Motherboard is an economic empowerment platform advancing opportunity through technology-enabled training, workforce placement, and entrepreneurship. We build the platforms that connect education, industry, and opportunity for women and the next generation.
Our Platforms
Ascend IQ builds early-career pathways through applied skills, internships, entrepreneurship, and real-world experience, helping individuals transition from education into meaningful work.
ForgeBilt (Launching Soon) connects builders to mission-critical work in government and national security, strengthening the workforce behind essential industries.
About Us
The pathways that once guided people from education into work are no longer as reliable as they once were. Entry-level roles are shifting, expectations are rising, and for many — particularly young people — the starting point is increasingly unclear.
Motherboard was created in response to this gap.
It is a platform focused on expanding access to meaningful work and strengthening economic opportunity for women and the next generation. Rather than operating as a traditional program, Motherboard brings together institutions, employers, and emerging talent to support the development of more practical, accessible pathways into the workforce.
Its work spans both the knowledge economy and mission-critical sectors, reflecting a broader view of how careers are built today — through experience, capability, and proximity to real-world work.
Through advocacy and a growing ecosystem of affiliated platforms, Motherboard aims to help align education with employment in a way that is more responsive to current economic conditions. The objective is not simply to prepare individuals for jobs, but to create clearer points of entry into work that is both viable and meaningful.
In a labor market defined by change, Motherboard is focused on a straightforward premise: opportunity should be more accessible, and the path to it more visible.
Contact Us
Motherboard works at the intersection of education, workforce, and economic opportunity.
We welcome thoughtful engagement from institutions, partners, and individuals aligned with this work.

