Former Gates Foundation leader lands $1.8M for engineered bamboo building materials startup Launching one’s first startup — maybe a domestic software company, for example — could certainly be daunting. But creating a… Read More
After launching aQuantive and Pioneer Square Labs, Mike Galgon backs a different kind of entrepreneur Mike Galgon knows a few things about successful entrepreneurs. As co-founder and former chief strategy officer of aQuantive, the online… Read More
Tech conveniences that many take for granted finally reach people experiencing poverty COVID-19 caused society to re-envision how we shop, work and interact. But some of those changes, such as improved and… Read More
How a group discussion about ‘Becoming a Man’ changed Bill Gates’ perspective on the world It all started when two billionaires went to jail. Bill and Melinda Gates visited a Georgia state prison a few… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates warn ‘stunning progress’ toward reducing global poverty could stall for first time in decades Since 1990, the percentage of people around the world living below the extreme poverty line has dropped from 36 to… Read More
Gates Foundation commits $158M to new 4-year effort to reduce U.S. poverty The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $158 million over the next four years to fund research,… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates launch annual ‘Goalkeepers’ report to track progress toward key UN goals for 2030 Reducing global poverty and improving health is the axis around which the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation revolves — and the massive… Read More
Tech startup GiveSafe has a radical plan to help Seattle’s homeless population Chris Creighton knows he doesn’t look homeless. Standing next to GiveSafe founder Jonathan Kumar, in a black blazer and gray… Read More
What Bill Gates would do if he were living on $2 a day Bill Gates, chicken farmer? The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist says in a blog post that investing in poultry would his first move… Read More
Why a sewage survey gives the Gates Foundation’s CEO new hope for eliminating diseases through innovation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.”… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates’ message to teens: Time and energy are superpowers — and they can help fight global poverty For wealthy people, living in wealthy countries, privilege manifests itself in obvious ways. But it also exists in more subtle… Read More
Bill Gates ‘confident’ that poverty can be wiped out by 2030 Bill Gates expressed renewed optimism this week that poverty can be eradicated in all its forms by 2030, and that… Read More
