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Seattle startup CEO coins authentech to capture an emerging communityfocused business model

Food rescue: Tech donors team with nonprofits to keep thousands of meals from going to waste

Seattle startup connects farms to home delivery launches new program for lowincome families

How do you capture the oceans energy Peek under the hood of a startups antiboat power device

Seattle Childrens Therapeutics leverages biotech innovation in quest for new treatments for kids

Breathing new life into Seattles aged Pacific Science Center by running it like a startup

Born from a Slalom hackathon tech experts help farming operation bring IoT into the field

Microsofts accessibility chief on the benefits of closing the disability divide

Climate tech heats up in the Pacific Northwest as startups raise more than 1B since 2020

How connected students are wielding the internet to fight for gun control and climate protection

An intern pipeline from El Salvador brings talent and diversity to Seattle tech companies

Seattle tech duo strike out for Detroit hoping to spark a surge in startups in the Motor City

With a strong nudge from employees can Amazon finally become a leader on climate change

Ada Developers Academys new CEO looks to expand coding bootcamps impact on tech diversity

Cyberattack detector gunshot sensor and other new inventions cement Pacific Northwest National Labs place among elite RD centers

Microsoft and Seahawks help lead new initiative connecting Washington students to remote learning

Melinda Gates shares 5 tips for banishing imposter syndrome

Can Seattleites learn to play well with others Ion Collaborators tries to forge relationships

Washington state climate initiative with millions of dollars in support from tech leaders is defeated

Inspirational innovative groups find support and cash for causes through Social Venture Partners

Can we innovate our way out of the climate crisis Venture capitalists sound off on saving the Earth

New interactive climate tool reveals temperature and rainfall changes in your own backyard or close to it

In pursuit of independence Todd Stabelfeldt urges techies at GeekWire Summit: Make my life real

GeekWire Bash Impact Partners 2019: Check out these incredible nonprofit partners at todays giant geek festival

Can venture capital save the planet Tech and political leaders look to change climate for energy innovation

What does it mean to be an ally Black Designers at Microsoft helps others explore the idea

From evil empire to model citizen How Microsofts good deeds work to its competitive advantage

Creative uses of technology help conservationists save tigers wolverines and other vanishing species

Forget autonomous cars How about an electric selfdriving tricycle for a cheaper safer alternative

Geeks Give Back award winner: WTIAs Apprenti program provides path to life changing tech jobs

New Decarbon8US impact fund lets anyone make a philanthropic gift to climatesaving entrepreneurs

Innovative sleep apnea fix takes home 25K prize at University of Washington student startup contest

Giving Tech Labs bridges nonprofits and innovation to help create technology for the public interest

Refugees get free training for tech careers in pilot program launched by Coding Dojo and partners

How data from smartphones and apps can inform us about human health on a global scale

How a VR project documenting Seattles music history revealed the risk of a new digital divide

AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

One mans vision for an innovative hub serving tech workers and entrepreneurs of African descent

Solace app helps transgender people map and follow the journey through gender transition

How the Pacific Northwest is playing a key role in the burgeoning world of carbon capture tech

As nonprofits struggle to ease the worlds woes Microsoft steps up its tech support

Alliance of Angels still helping entrepreneurs take flight 20 years after initial spark from Tom Alberg Bill Gates Sr and Tom Cable

Lowincome students get tuitionfree training for tech careers thanks to Seattlearea partnership

Discovering and fixing the hidden causes of pay gaps between genders and races

How an Alaskan fisherman saw potential for a sustainability startup in a mountain of crab shells

Climate change initiatives surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry

Microsoft Boeing and Rubens family pledge new funds to Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

Future for Us conference stokes ambition and fellowship for women of color professionals

Opening the door to inclusion through our 2018 GeekWire Summits nonprofit Impact Partners

Seattlearea maritime high school sets sail with support from tech luminaries Bezos and McCaw