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Luni Libes’ Fledge accelerator takes flight as socially conscious investing keeps growing

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Libes had been involved with Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School ), a program focused on how to use capitalism for social and environmental benefit. ” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies. .”

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

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. — Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. He was also VP of marketing, sales and business development at online photography platform SmugMug.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names CEO; and more

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. — Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. He was also VP of marketing, sales and business development at online photography platform SmugMug.

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$10B Bezos Earth Fund hires a long-time global leader on climate issues as president and CEO

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“Andrew has decades of experience in environmental and climate science as well as economic and social policy in the U.S., The organization noted that during his tenure the organization, whose reach spans more than 60 countries, grew its staff five-fold and its budget quadrupled between 2012 and 2021.

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

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Experts see tremendous social and economic benefits if French Gates ramps up these efforts. The company has made seven investments in six different companies or nonprofits since March 2019. French Gates has access to a deep bench of health and social-issue knowledge held by current and former employees of the Gates Foundation.

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Space Perspective reboots vision of flying passengers to stratosphere on a balloon

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In addition to the bar and the loo, Space Perspective plans to provide a solid wireless internet connection to ensure that passengers will be able to share their experiences on social media in real time. After that joint venture, they got married and went on to found Paragon Space Development Corp.

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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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My role was to develop the “Distributed File System” in Windows. This kind of work needs developers to be very precise in development work and to write code that is very optimized since any sloppiness in performance here affects all applications on Windows. What were your responsibilities there? “My