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How a Seattle fintech entrepreneur built a network of support through multiple organizations

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Build targeted networks through multiple organizations, Derby said, in order to get the mentoring and access that you need. Three years ago, Derby, who is gay, joined StartOut , a nonprofit that helps LGBTQ entrepreneurs make connections and get access to resources. The program “changed his life,” Derby said.

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Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

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Addressing oxygen shortage: As part of the above task force, and through a significant financial donation from Microsoft Philanthropies, Microsoft joined with other companies to purchase 1,000 much needed ventilators for hospitals in India. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy tweeted Wednesday that Amazon is also part of the U.S.

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

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Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. At the event, on Nov. The developer day was an issue.

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Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

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Former Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and chief growth officer effective April 19. At Amazon she oversaw the worldwide public sector business, along with sales to the healthcare and financial industries. Teresa Carlson. Splunk Photo). Dave Heiner.

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Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy bolsters board; Tune CEO steps down following acquisition; AWS execs promoted

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Michele Broderick , recently appointed CMO of The Esalen Institute , an education nonprofit based in Big Sur, Calif. She sees her role with the nonprofit as identifying liabilities and assessing risk factors in support of Ada’s growth. She was previously SVP of marketing for Automattic, WordPress’ parent company.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

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She succeeds co-founder David Brown, who will remain on the board of the global network for entrepreneurs. ” Sharma joined Madrona last year from Amazon Web Services. The company offers mobile platforms for religious, education and nonprofit organizations. Techstars announced Maëlle Gavet as its new CEO.

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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

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It is very deep device driver level work in Windows which controls how your files are located across the network and optimized for performance and easy access across a large enterprise.”. Medina, co-founder and CEO, previously worked for Amazon Web Services and led a division of Microsoft. What did you learn from it? “I