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Seattle VR startup Rec Room raises $145M, reaches $3.5B valuation

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While Rec Room has been available since 2016, when it first arrived on Steam, its community grew dramatically over the course of 2020. Rec Room is among of group of community-based social gaming and entertainment apps that rely on user-generated content and have seen huge upticks in growth during the pandemic.

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This new Seattle VC firm raised a $10M fund to back women-led startups

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The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. Graham & Walker Photos).

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Ensuring Continuity in Learning in the Times of COVID-19

Kitaboo

Not only academic classes but corporate training programs have also been postponed or canceled. As such, universities and enterprises are turning to online methods to engage with learners and offering them a wide range of courses like PMP training , cloud computing courses, Azure training, and more.

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Have You Ever Had A Complaint/Suggestion About How The Federal Government Buys Technology

CTOvision

That is a good thing of course! But when the leader of government must fight for re-election it means every big decision becomes a political one and time after time that has a huge impact on how big programs are run. Contractors can blame government program managers, and government program managers can blame contractors.

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Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

GeekWire

Pierott is the founder and managing director for iUrban Teen , a nationally recognized STEM+Arts program for underrepresented teens that just turned 10 years old and counts more than 9,000 students as alumni of its array of events and courses. We’ve created inclusive programming from day one. . “We have that!

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Product manager salary: Pay range factors, tips for making more

CIO Business Intelligence

As project-based business practices give way to product-focused cross-functional teams, the product manager role is taking on prominence, increasingly attracting interest from job candidates who might otherwise go into IT. PMs (or wannabe PMs) should also be looking at technical program manager and chief of staff roles.”

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Symantec Government Symposium 11 March 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel Washington DC

CTOvision

Of course you always need to evaluate the agenda and it pays to be going to an event that has a reputation for advancing key issues. Investigate FedRAMP and its role in standardizing cloud security and what the program means to federal agencies. Session B-1 : Security in Disasters: How to Manage Continuity of Operations.

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