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Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders unite in support of Black-owned businesses

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This month, nearly 60 business and nonprofit leaders from the Northwest — such as Microsoft, Boeing, Expedia, Nintendo, Zillow, Vulcan, PATH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — signed on to a new coalition called Washington Employers for Racial Equity. Those pledging to do so include Intuit, Zoom and Slack.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

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Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs

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megawatts (MW) of solar power this year alone, a more than 10-fold increase over a decade ago, according to an industry nonprofit. We’re in a transitional time,” said Eliza Ives, renewable energy program manager with Seattle City Light. Volunteer homeowners allow the nonprofit to install a home on their property.

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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He previously spent five years at Microsoft, where he was a product manager for Bing and MSN Analytics. Microsoft alum Rahul Auradkar was named chief product officer of New York-based financial technology platform Capitolis. Emans was most recently CFO and treasurer for nonprofit A Place for Mom. Eric Emans. Lighthouse Photo).

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Salesforce certification guide: Roles, paths, exams, cost, training, requirements

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Candidates with this credential can successfully design and implement Nonprofit Cloud solutions that contribute to long-term customer success. They work to streamline the quoting and proposal process by automating pricing, discounts, and product bundles while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

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Fundraising startup Snap Raise raises $90M as it expands digital platform to aid high school teams

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“There’s a lot of different areas we can get into, but I think holistically what we really want to do is build program management software,” Morgan said. “A lot of what coaches and group leaders are tasked to do is build high school programs.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

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Shobhit Agarwal Agarwal studied computer science and was a program manager at Microsoft before pursuing an acting career. ” Faizal Kassamali Kassamali is a senior engineering manager at Google and previously worked at various other tech companies including Amazon and Microsoft. .”

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