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GeekWire Awards: How these five Workplace of the Year finalists navigate challenging times

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Workplace of the Year finalists, clockwise from top left: Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founders Harlan and Chad Robins; the Helion team; Impinj offices in Seattle; Treasury4 team; Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole. This year’s finalists are Adaptive Biotechnologies, Blink, Helion, Impinj and Treasury4. Blink Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole.

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GeekWire Awards FAQ: What to know if you’re coming to the big show

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Social : Use #GeekWireAwards when sharing scenes from the festivities to your feeds. Workplace of the Year, presented by JLL • Helion • Impinj • Adaptive Biotechnologies • Blink UX • Treasury4 Read about the five finalists here. When: Thursday, May 18, 5:30 to 10 p.m. PT Where: Showbox SoDo, 1700 1st Ave. Who are the finalists?

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Stock market rally: Amazon, Microsoft, other Seattle companies bounce back from March lows

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Airlines and energy companies are seeing notable rallies, The New York Times noted , as social distancing restrictions loosen across the country and oil prices normalize. Other Seattle-area companies seeing shares increase include Adaptive Biotechnologies (130%); Impinj (123%); Avalara (70%); Smartsheet (40%); and T-Mobile (40%).

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The push for corporate board diversity is growing. How do Pacific NW tech companies stack up?

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At the very least, a more diverse board doesn’t help or hurt market performance, McDonnell said, in which case, boards should seek diversity given the important benefits in terms of greater social good and fairness. “If you’re looking at a null effect,” she said, “there’s no reason that it shouldn’t be diverse.”.

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GeekWire 200 update: Health tech and B2C startups rise up rankings of top PNW companies

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Its public offering allowed mobile marketplace platform OfferUp (No. Last year, there were only two IPOs among GeekWire 200 companies: Adaptive Biotechnologies and Limeade. The rankings are generated from publicly available data, including social media followings, approximate employee counts (via LinkedIn) and inbound web links.

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Fred Hutch’s president says a new strain of virus research center is needed to fight future outbreaks

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“If you had something like that, you could screen people before they went to, say, T-Mobile Park to see the Mariners. This month, Fred Hutch announced a $500,000 grant from Bank of America to support COVID-19 relief, and reworked its Obliteride fundraising event to conform to the new normal for social distancing.

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Women in tech: Meet the trailblazers of STEM equality

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Some include socialization for girls, subtle biases in school and at work, and how women approach the workplace. She is a scientist and a patent attorney with a focus on biotechnology. is the Founder and CEO of Drawbridge, a startup company that provides technology-based marketing services for mobile devices. Shawna Lemon, Ph.D.

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