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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors – TechCrunch

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors – TechCrunch

Großbritannien wird immer beliebter als ein großartiger Ort, um ein Technologieunternehmen zu gründen. Das Land holt China bei den Technologieinvestitionen schnell ein, wobei die VC-Investitionen laut TechNation im Jahr 2020 einen Rekord von 15 Milliarden US-Dollar erreichten. Ungeachtet einer globalen Gesundheitskrise blieb London ein Liebling der Anleger. Britische Städte machten ein Fünftel der Top 20 … Read more

Compassion Seattle: Is this the path to solving homelessness? Tech, biz, politics leaders speak out

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Compassion Seattle: Is this the path to solving homelessness? Tech, biz, politics leaders speak out

Tim Burgess (bottom left), Rachel Smith (top right), Kieran Snyder (bottom right) and presenter Mike Lewis from GeekWire There is no denying that Seattle is having a homelessness crisis; how to solve it. In the midst of the fray is Compassion Seattle, an initiative attempting to rewrite the city charter with a roadmap that prescribes … Read more

Bill Gates shares 3 steps to a clean energy economy in message to Leaders Summit on Climate

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Bill Gates shares 3 steps to a clean energy economy in message to Leaders Summit on Climate

Bill Gates during his message to the Leaders Summit on Climate on Friday. (YouTube screenshot) Bill Gates participated on the second day of President Joe Biden’s virtual “Leaders Summit on Climate” on Friday with a message to the world leaders on the steps necessary to avoid a climate catastrophe. Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the … Read more

Why leaders are hopeful the Seattle community can remerge better than ever after the pandemic

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Why leaders are hopeful the Seattle community can remerge better than ever after the pandemic

GeekWire’s Civic Conversations panel on Thursday, clockwise from top left: Jane Broom of Microsoft Philanthropies; Kris Hermanns of the Seattle Foundation; Monica Nickelsburg of GeekWire; Gordon McHenry Jr., United Way King County CEO; Chris Gregoire, CEO of Challenge Seattle and former Washington State Governor. The Seattle area was already facing a massive homelessness, mental health … Read more

Can downtown Seattle bounce back? Community leaders discuss how city can rebound after COVID

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Can downtown Seattle bounce back? Community leaders discuss how city can rebound after COVID

Panelists at GeekWire’s Civic Conversations event Thursday, clockwise from top left: Gordon McHenry Jr., United Way King County CEO; Chris Gregoire, CEO of Challenge Seattle and former Governor of Washington State; Kris Hermanns, Chief Impact Officer at the Seattle Foundation; and presenter Monica Nickelsburg, editor at GeekWire. (GeekWire photo) Even if the pandemic slows, a … Read more