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Two efforts fill surprising tech gap between restaurants, donors and those who are hungry

GeekWire

But as Hoang was managing employee furloughs, she also wanted to meet the calls for help from local food banks. COVID-19 has ravaged the economy and unraveled social safety nets that provide meals for people who are hungry. FoodPair will be run as a nonprofit. Serving up smarter logistics.

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How Melinda French Gates’ fortune has ‘transformational potential’ to boost women’s equity

GeekWire

-based company described it as “a vehicle, when the time comes, to help explore potential other initiatives that don’t fit naturally or neatly within the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s] program areas.”. The company has made seven investments in six different companies or nonprofits since March 2019.

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Biotech industry leaders share cautious optimism for 2023 amid downturn and layoffs

GeekWire

. “There is still a sense of optimism in the life science community here in Washington as we head into 2023,” said Kate Nelson , vice president of life sciences for commercial banking at J.P. Earlier companies are considering fewer development programs and having a slower ramp on hiring. Morgan in Seattle. Sonoma Photo).

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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

GeekWire

Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Current location: I’m currently typing this while sitting on the bank of the Snoqualmie River.

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Gen Z just wants a stable job

Vox

Chevron, Boeing, Bank of America, and NASA also topped the list as far as growth in interest. I remember driving through the neighborhood seeing people who had been evicted and all their stuff on the lawn,” said Mary Miller, a recent global studies graduate who has secured a job as a public engagement coordinator at a nonprofit. “It

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The next generation of startups is remote

The Verge

Then a couple days later, two startup founders who had been a part of Y Combinator tweeted that they had been kicked out of the program for criticizing it. We have a growth program for companies that are way post-product market fit. The early program? How do we make the early program better? And I’m doing it here again.

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Elon Musk’s $150 million charity spending spree

Vox

A food bank. 30 million to nonprofits in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas; $20 million of that goes to local district and charter schools, the other $10 million is meant to revitalize the downtown of the city of Brownsville, Texas. $5 Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Texas schools. Now a climate-change prize.

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