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bezos family foundation
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maritime industry
stem education
Seattlearea maritime high school sets sail with support from tech luminaries Bezos and McCaw
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wtia
Geeks Give Back award winner: WTIAs Apprenti program provides path to life changing tech jobs
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climate change
climate tech
elemental excelerator
microsoft
venture capital
Climate investor Dawn Lippert on raising a 60M fund and whats stoking demand for climate tech
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non profits
Opening the door to inclusion through our 2018 GeekWire Summit nonprofit Impact Partners
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amazon
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amazon devices
amazon echo dot
amazon fire tv
climate change
climate pledge
sustainability
Amazon begins the huge lift to shrink the carbon footprint of its devices to reach climate goals
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black owned business
diversity
startups
washington employers for racial equity
Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders unite in support of Blackowned businesses
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black tech union
koya institute
pace
pan african center for empowerment
tech diversity
One mans vision for an innovative hub serving tech workers and entrepreneurs of African descent
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global washington
microsoft philanthropies
starbucks
tableau foundation
As global disasters strain financial resources tech companies reassess their super powers
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seattle university
startups
upaya social ventures
upskill
How this social venture firm is helping Indias poorest with a unique startup accelerator
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coding bootcamp
coding dojo
immigrants
Refugees get free training for tech careers in pilot program launched by Coding Dojo and partners
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bipoc
founders unfound
startups
Founders Unfound: How this podcast is using personal stories to circumvent racial bias in tech
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ada developers academy
businesses ending slavery and trafficking
chicktech
greater foundation
kal academy
latino community fund
pacific science center
rainier scholars
techbridge
technology access foundation
washington state opportunity scholarship
year up
Harnessing tech for good: Meet our nonprofit Impact Partners at Thursdays GeekWire Bash
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history
information science
music
racial diversity
university of washington
uw
virtual reality
How a VR project documenting Seattles music history revealed the risk of a new digital divide
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impact hub
ion collaborators
prison
second chance hiring
washington technology industry association
wtia
Can Seattleites learn to play well with others Ion Collaborators tries to forge relationships
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biotech
funding
seattle childrens hospital
Seattle Childrens Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids
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all in wa
covid
digital divide
education
Microsoft and Seahawks help lead new initiative connecting Washington students to remote learning
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food
food lifeline
microsoft
nutrition
operation sack lunch
tableau
Food rescue: Tech donors team with nonprofits to keep thousands of meals from going to waste
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black designers at microsoft
equity
seattle design festival
What does it mean to be an ally Black Designers at Microsoft helps others explore the idea
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amazon
carbon footprint
renewable energy
shipment zero
With a strong nudge from employees can Amazon finally become a leader on climate change
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melinda gates
racial equality
women in tech
Melinda Gates shares 5 tips for banishing imposter syndrome
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pacific northwest national laboratory
pnnl
Cyberattack detector gunshot sensor and other new inventions cement Pacific Northwest National Labs place among elite RD centers
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lean in
pay equity
payscale
Discovering and fixing the hidden causes of pay gaps between genders and races
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amazon hq
assembler labs
detroit
tune
Seattle tech duo strike out for Detroit hoping to spark a surge in startups in the Motor City
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paul allen school of computer science and engineering
university of washington
How data from smartphones and apps can inform us about human health on a global scale
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carbon capture
carbon engineering
pacific northwest national laboratory
pnnl
svante
How the Pacific Northwest is playing a key role in the burgeoning world of carbon capture tech
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Can venture capital save the planet Tech and political leaders look to change climate for energy innovation
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clean tech
climate change
climate tech
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venture capital
vertuelab
Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth
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agriculture
agriculture technology
internet of things
iot
slalom
Born from a Slalom hackathon tech experts help farming operation bring IoT into the field
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dempsey
pitch competition
startups
university of washington
Innovative sleep apnea fix takes home 25K prize at University of Washington student startup contest
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apprenti
apprenticeship
avvo
comtech
diversity
f networks
microsoft
wtia
WTIAs Apprenti program is turning out skilled tech workers by the dozens with no tuition costs
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future for us
women in tech
Future for Us conference stokes ambition and fellowship for women of color professionals
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clean energy
ewind solutions
How this tethered energy drone can help produce affordable clean energy with a small footprint
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clean energy
climate change
energy savvy
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initiative
Climate change initiatives surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry
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green chemistry
startup
tidal vision
How an Alaskan fisherman saw potential for a sustainability startup in a mountain of crab shells
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farm
food delivery
food startup
pacific coast harvest
Seattle startup connects farms to home delivery launches new program for lowincome families
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climate tech
marine power
oscilla power
renewable energy
How do you capture the oceans energy Peek under the hood of a startups antiboat power device
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climate tech
innovation
pacific northwest national laboratory
How a national lab stokes the startup pipeline with readytogo innovations for commercializing
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fair pay workforce
pay equity
syndio
syndio solutions
Is your company offering fair pay New nonprofit certifies those with nondiscriminatory wages
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amazon
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amazon web services
diversity in tech
job training
AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people
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apple
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aws
covid
institute for systems biology
Inside the intense world of COVID19 science and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers
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microsoft
ai for good
antitrust
bill gates
brad smith
privacy
satya nadella
From evil empire to model citizen How Microsofts good deeds work to its competitive advantage
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boundless
cirkledin
geekwire summit
immigration
life dreams
outreach
paul g allen school of computer science engineering
play works studios
tableau
Immigrants Journey: 7 foreignborn tech leaders talk about the impact of changing US policies
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diversity equity and inclusion dei
remitly
seaciti
tableau
6 tips from Seattle tech companies on how to support racial equity programs
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climate change
climate tech
funding
nexii
Climate tech heats up in the Pacific Northwest as startups raise more than 1B since 2020
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ada developers academy
Ada Developers Academys new CEO looks to expand coding bootcamps impact on tech diversity
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defy ventures washington
education
prison
prison scholar fund
unloop
How entrepreneurship and coding training programs build a path from prison to employment
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human trafficking
microsoft research
An engineers journey from fighting crime on the dark web to leading societal resilience at Microsoft
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climate change
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Washington state climate initiative with millions of dollars in support from tech leaders loses in the polls
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climate change
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impact investing
philanthropy
New Decarbon8US venture fund lets anyone make a philanthropic gift to climatesaving entrepreneurs
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ai for good
fast forward
microsoft philanthropies
nethope
tech for social impact
As nonprofits struggle to ease the worlds woes Microsoft steps up its tech support