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

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The company provides back-end tech and software to help companies build training and onboarding programs. This was back when you had to have a physical airline ticket to board a flight.”. I learned that paper airline tickets are wildly inefficient! Manny Medina , Outreach. Outreach CEO Manny Medina. Outreach Photo).

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

CIO Business Intelligence

Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.” After closing his software company during the pandemic, Beasley turned toward the nonprofit space, working with several organizations, serving on the board of directors.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

The airline industry wrote it off as an unlikely scenario. CBS: A computer security researcher was kept off a plane for suggesting on social media that he could hack into the planes control system. It plans to fly again on Saturday but United Airlines kept them off the plane. So one security researcher decided to poke the tiger.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

And people are talking about hacking control system tackling PLCs and what we quickly realize is they don't they've never touched to be able to say they have no idea what these control systems are how they work their security researchers, you know that that maybe the firmware or maybe they found a program or something somewhere.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Reyhan Huseynova. Location: Azerbaijan. Location: Beijing, China. Ayesha Khanna. Location: Singapore.

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Your most important vaccine passport questions, answered

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The venue, airline, or other party scans this code, which indicates whether the person has a digital vaccination record or negative test result on file with certain health care providers, private companies, or even the state or local government. This is usually done through an app or a printed-out code.