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Meet the startups that just joined Techstars Seattle’s 13th cohort

GeekWire

” Techstars Seattle is running a hybrid-style program for this cohort — founders can work from wherever they are most productive, whether that’s at Startup Hall in Seattle or their home city. So, one of the silver linings of COVID is that we’ve evolved our delivery model to meet the needs of our founders.

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Meet the 4 new startups joining a fintech incubator run by BECU and UW in Seattle

GeekWire

The year-long program provides support, training, mentorship and space to fintech innovators in the Seattle region, which has a growing fintech ecosystem. Stack is an application programming interface between brands and brokerage firms to authenticate a user account and transmit trade order requests on behalf of the customer.

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Google and Microsoft promise billions to help bolster US cybersecurity

The Verge

Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft promised to help bolster US cybersecurity after a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday. Wednesday’s high-profile meeting with tech CEOs comes on the heels of major cyberattacks against US government agencies and energy infrastructure like the Colonial Pipeline. “The

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Meet the 8 startups that just pitched at a virtual Demo Night hosted by Female Founders Alliance

GeekWire

Seattle-based FFA just wrapped up a virtual version of its eight-week Ready Set Raise program, which requires each company to have a female or non-binary CEO. The organization doesn’t take equity from companies participating in the accelerator program. Fix Fake solves this problem by halving the authentication costs.

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8 tips for cultivating a winning IT culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Hayes notes that the company’s ongoing focus on collaboration and flexibility includes the availability of hybrid work, ‘work-from-elsewhere’ weeks, ‘meeting-free’ days, and end-of-week flex time. “We Secure funding, design a program for a small group of individuals, and run a pilot,” he advises. Rodenbostel suggests starting small.

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Cherokee Nation empowers its citizens with IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Cherokee Nation had run digital campaigns in the past, but the systems in place could not authenticate citizenship, leaving a significant amount of manual labor behind each interaction. COVID-19 expedited the need for a digital platform to handle authentication and meet the spike in demand for assistance in the wake of a global pandemic.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Jimmy Benoit

SecureWorld News

Jimmy Benoit is Vice President, Cybersecurity and Program Management, at PBS. He recently completed his MBA program after two years of full-time night classes at George Mason University. A : I toured the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) when I saw it in high school and looked at all the programs.