“I’m sure the power of being an entrepreneur and being your own boss can go to some people’s heads, but believe me, that power can be used for good! One of my favorite parts of being an entrepreneur is being able to empower people with disabilities. I am proud to have over 75% of my workforce comprised of people with disabilities, including blind, low vision, hard of hearing, and others. As an IT company that audits for accessibility, the best way to audit products was by those end users themselves. We make it a point specifically to hire people with disabilities to be our technology testers, and although there expert testers without disabilities in this field, I believe that our business functions so well because we provide that firsthand experience with disabilities to other companies. More importantly, we work with a group that is tragically unemployed in today’s marketplace, and allow for great technology usability and accessibility for users overall.”

– Dana Marlowe, Principal Partner, Accessibility Partners, LLC

– See more at: http://blog.mycorporation.com/2014/02/experts-weigh-love-entrepreneur-part-2/#sthash.IL3vmGca.dpuf