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

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iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. The two are pictured with sister and brother Amiya and Clay Brasley, who both attended iUrban Teen programs. “They’re paying them that money to create inclusive programming,” Pierott said.

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Meet the startups that just graduated from Creative Destruction Lab’s accelerator in Seattle

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CDL Photo) Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. Back row, from left: Macey McGovern (Seattle), Dhwani Patel (Seattle), Emer Dooley (Seattle), Ramzy Huneidi (Seattle), Carter McDonald (Vancouver).

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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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10 important questions about the promise and pitfalls of AI

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Speakers ranged from corporate executives to nonprofit leaders to arts and music professionals. ” — Jamar Montgomery , program manager at Boeing, board member at Black Founders and Funders Group That was a theme from an Innovation Exchange event held Thursday evening at the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft Teams CVP joins UiPath; Sage Bionetworks names president; and more

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He began as a product manager and from 2005 to 2008 served as a technical advisor to Satya Nadella, who was then a senior vice president and is now Microsoft CEO and chairman. — Seattle biomedical research nonprofit Sage Bionetworks appointed Luca Foschini as president.

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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.