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Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife app; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO

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(LinkedIn Photo) — Longtime telecom leader Cole Brodman joined Seattle-based Opanga Networks as CEO. He left T-Mobile in 2012 and spent the next four years as a board member for a handful of startups before joining mobile networking startup M87, which was acquired by XCOM in 2019. Brodman has been on Opanga’s board since 2015.

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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. Derby launched Stakana in 2015.

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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

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Sequoia Capital and former Stripe exec Lachy Groom led the Series A round, which will fuel growth for the company’s technology that helps product manufacturers send data from their physical assets to cloud-based apps over cellular networks. Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work.

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The new CEO of All Raise wants to change the narrative around women founders and investors

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Paige Hendrix Buckner is the new CEO of All Raise, a nonprofit founded in 2017 that supports women founders and investors. based tech leader in April became CEO of All Raise , the San Francisco-based nonprofit founded in 2017 to help boost women and non-binary founders and funders. Paige Hendrix Buckner wants that to change.

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4th Annual SAP NS2 Solutions Summit

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The anticipation is that the 700+ attendees from government, business, research, media, and nonprofits will gain fresh insights from an all-star roster of speakers – as well as exclusive opportunities to see SAP's solutions in action, and to give back to U.S. SAP Security Notes August 2015 (seclists.org). Register here.

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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to retire; Howard Schultz returns as interim chief

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” Johnson, 61, joined the Starbucks board in 2009 and became COO and president in 2015. He’s involved with nonprofits such as NPower and Catalyst; supports Youth Eastside Services in Seattle; and is a board member at Seattle startup Amperity. Bush and Barack Obama.

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MACH37 Cyber Accelerator (@MACH37Cyber) Launches 17 New Cyber Security Startups

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By drawing on MACH37’s large network of experts and entrepreneurs, startups are guided toward creating successful companies that can take a strategic market position. The application period for the upcoming MACH37™ Spring 2015 (S15) Cohort is now open. To learn more, please visit [link] and follow @MACH37cyber on Twitter.

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