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How a call to Seattle startup Nexme’s toll-free number led to a seed round worth $500k

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Seattle-based Nexme had launched its minimally viable product (MVP) and its team was working long hours to make improvements to its real estate buying app. The caller, Mark Montgomery , a real estate investor with more than 30 years in the sector, had checked out their platform and wanted to learn more. Nexme Image).

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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

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Debique is a former longtime Microsoft leader and also co-founded a startup called SyncFloor which aimed to provide licensed commercial music to businesses and creators. Plainsight launched in 2007 and serves customers in various industries including manufacturing, food service, real estate, and more.

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JetClosing raises $8.5M as pandemic highlights demand for digital title and escrow service

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JetClosing is part of a growing trend in real estate to shift the homebuying experience online — one that has accelerated due to the global health crisis. Real estate agents using JetClosing can provide real-time notifications and messaging to homebuyers about the progress of a close.

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New round of layoffs at Hasbro impacts Wizards of the Coast — read CEO’s memo to staff

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Conversely, soft toy sales, several expired licenses, and this summer’s Writers’ and Screen Actors’ Guild strikes contributed to significant shortfalls in Hasbro’s Consumer Products and Entertainment segments. Hasbro also plans to reduce its real estate holdings, and will exit its Providence, R.I.

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The jobs Americans want

Vox

real estate agent. Personal trainer, physical therapist, psychiatrist, and real estate agent (though previously people were more likely to search “realtor”) were on the list before the pandemic and last year, but their continued presence after so much transition suggests they have staying power. flight attendant.

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

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Coding for Cancer Hanako Osuga, in the background, is the program coordinator leading the Coding for Cancer program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, an effort designed to expose students to the possibilities of applying computational skills to cancer research. Denver and Dallas and has helped more then 6,200 people get housing.

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Inside the AI Revolution: Tech execs on the new realities for software, startups, and the future

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Bridget Frey, CTO at Redfin , the tech-powered real estate company that operates in more than 100 markets in the U.S. Frey, Shani and Shim share real-world examples of AI impacting software development, real estate, and meetings. Using ChatGPT to generate 4x more localized real estate content.

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