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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

A 2017 poll in the Pew Research Center report found that 50% of women said they had experienced gender discrimination at work , while only 19% of men said the same. I am, and have always been, blown away by what Ada can offer students as a nonprofit organization,” says Burrows, who now works as a software engineer at RealSelf.

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

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” Founded in 2017, Sēkr raised a $2.25 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.

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Nonprofits accept cryptocurrency as Bitcoin and Ether values spike – is it a fad or the next frontier?

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As the values of Bitcoin and Ether are hovering near record highs, America’s nonprofits are in the peak months of their annual fundraising. 501 Commons, the nonprofit that organizes GivingTuesday and GiveBIG events in Washington, said few nonprofits in the state are directly accepting crypto at this point.

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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. The Portland, Ore.-based

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

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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson at the 2017 GeekWire Summit. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson , a longtime tech exec who led the coffee giant since 2017, will retire next month, the company announced Wednesday. Howard Schultz passes the company’s key to incoming CEO Kevin Johnson in 2017. GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong).

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Geeks Give Back celebrates groups that better our community

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The nonprofit program provides six months of classroom training followed by a five-month internship at one of its corporate partners. Seattle’s FFA is an organization founded by Leslie Feinzaig in 2017 that supports women and non-binary entrepreneurs. Ada Developers Academy. Game to Grow. Geeking Out Kids of Color ( GOKiC).

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17 professional organizations for Black IT pros

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While the onus of change rests in large part on employers to alter their approaches to hiring and inclusivity in the workplace, the following 17 professional organizations are dedicated to advancing the careers of Black IT pros and increasing Black representation in the tech industry through training, networking resources, and more.

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