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Tech Moves: B.C. startup Thinkific adds CMO from Hootsuite; Amplero founder departs Zulily

GeekWire

Based in Seattle, Campher was most recently VP of corporate marketing at social media management platform Hootsuite. He is also a Hootsuite alum and was director of software development for the social media management tool after it acquired Brightkit, which McGuire co-founded.

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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

GeekWire

While Rec Room has been available since 2016, when it first arrived on Steam, its community grew dramatically over the course of 2020. Rec Room is among of group of community-based social gaming and entertainment apps that rely on user-generated content and have seen huge upticks in growth during the pandemic.

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This new Seattle VC firm raised a $10M fund to back women-led startups

GeekWire

The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. Graham & Walker Photos).

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Ensuring Continuity in Learning in the Times of COVID-19

Kitaboo

Not only academic classes but corporate training programs have also been postponed or canceled. As such, universities and enterprises are turning to online methods to engage with learners and offering them a wide range of courses like PMP training , cloud computing courses, Azure training, and more.

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Have You Ever Had A Complaint/Suggestion About How The Federal Government Buys Technology

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That is a good thing of course! But when the leader of government must fight for re-election it means every big decision becomes a political one and time after time that has a huge impact on how big programs are run. Contractors can blame government program managers, and government program managers can blame contractors.

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Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

GeekWire

Pierott is the founder and managing director for iUrban Teen , a nationally recognized STEM+Arts program for underrepresented teens that just turned 10 years old and counts more than 9,000 students as alumni of its array of events and courses. We’ve created inclusive programming from day one. . “We have that!

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. Philanthropy is part of Microsoft’s DNA and the scale of our social commitment takes my breath away.

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