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Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife app; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO

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(Pathable Photo) — Veteran Seattle-area software entrepreneur Jordan Schwartz joined Sēkr , a San Diego startup that aims to help “vanlife” travelers find campsites and community, as its chief product officer. ” “God, I love it,” he wrote on LinkedIn. ” Founded in 2017, Sēkr raised a $2.25

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How this virtual event startup rebounded from a near-shutdown to an acquisition amid the pandemic

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But as GeekWire reported in March , the 12-year-old startup quickly built out a virtual events platform and saw demand skyrocket. That caught the attention of Community Brands , a software provider that helps associations, nonprofits, K-12 schools and faith-based groups manage events, memberships, fundraising, and more.

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Why CVS is spending $8 billion to bring back physician house calls

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CVS announced on Monday that it plans to buy Signify Health, a network of more than 10,000 clinicians that provide in-person evaluations and care for US patients at their homes, along with virtual telehealth visits. The $8 billion acquisition is a major bet for the 59-year-old pharmacy chain. The CVS concept?

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Seattle startup City Pods aims to address homelessness with standalone indoor mini homes

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His idea was to create affordable, easy-to-assemble pods that would provide budget travelers with privacy and security at a lower price than a typical hotel room. Travel rapidly dried up. The Seattle-based nonprofit provides a bridge between organizations helping homeless people find housing and property owners and managers.

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7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish

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Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. The local Make-A-Wish chapter grants around 300-400 wishes a year, and many involve travel, shopping sprees and computer games and toys. “It screamed innovation and technology.”.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

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Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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Space Perspective reboots vision of flying passengers to stratosphere on a balloon

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After commissioning a study of the travel market, they found that stratospheric travel was still the right answer for what they were looking for. Last year, Poynter and MacCallum brought in a new management team to head World View’s operations , leaving them free to plan their next venture.

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