Microsoft, Boeing and Rubens family pledge new funds to Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Marking its 10th anniversary Tuesday morning, the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship said it received new funding commitments totaling $30 million… Read More
Tech Moves: Cloudability CEO resigns after Apptio acquisition; Microsoft Philanthropies lands a new director; and more Mat Ellis resigned from his role as CEO of Cloudability, a startup that helps companies track their spending on cloud… Read More
Tech Moves: Madrona Venture Labs staffs up; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship executive director departs; and more — Naria Santa Lucia announced that she’ll be stepping down from her role as executive director of the Washington State… Read More
Harnessing tech for good: Meet our non-profit Impact Partners at Thursday’s GeekWire Bash The GeekWire Anniversary Bash on Thursday will feature plenty of fast-moving dodgeball, ping pong and foosball action. But it will also… Read More
Geeks Give Back: Thanks to you, we raised $1.1M to support STEM students in Washington state This was the third year in a row that GeekWire teamed up with Bank of America to raise money for… Read More
Podcast Podcast: Professional life can be a tough, lonely experience — but ‘The Grind’ aims to help A few years ago, Marc Casale started tutoring college students. Casale is a longtime consultant in the tech world, focusing… Read More
3rd annual Geeks Give Back campaign aims to raise $1M for the next generation of STEM leaders Like many places around the world, Washington state has a talent crisis. The state creates thousands of highly skilled jobs… Read More
Geeks Give Back: Meet Jordana Dahmen, stereotype-smashing researcher and biology student Jordana Dahmen isn’t your typical biology student. She strode on stage during the 2016 GeekWire Summit in striking pink heels,… Read More
Second annual Geeks Give Back launches to raise $1M for STEM education in Washington state Every year, Washington state’s tech industry adds thousands of new jobs that require a computer science degree — but the… Read More
Geeks Give Back: UW student Rutha Nuguse says ‘In 10 years, I’ll have my own innovation center — and I’ll be hiring’ For Rutha Nuguse, access to technology has always meant opportunity. It’s a lesson she’s been living since she first began teaching herself… Read More
Geeks Give Back: Momentum building as we near the halfway mark of our STEM education campaign GeekWire’s Geeks Give Back campaign, brought to you in conjunction with Bank of America, is 28 days old today. That means… Read More
Geeks Give Back, Week 3: Big strides for STEM education — but your help is still needed Our annual giving campaign called Geeks Give Back, brought to you in partnership with our friends at Bank of America, is… Read More
Podcast Testing UberEATS, the latest on Amazon’s rumored bookstore, and a STEM student’s story of resilience This week on the GeekWire radio show: Reporters Taylor Soper and Jacob Demmitt give us the inside scoop on UberEATS… Read More
Geeks Give Back update: What we’ve raised so far for STEM scholarships, and how you can help We’re nearly two weeks into our annual giving campaign, brought to you by GeekWire and Bank of America, called Geeks… Read More
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft donate combined $21M to fund STEM scholarships in Washington State Microsoft and its former CEO Steve Ballmer each signed big checks this week that will help send more low- and… Read More
Seattle angel investor Gary Rubens donates $20M to Washington State scholarship program Gary Rubens is already helping local startups get off the ground with financial backing. Now he’s doing the same for… Read More
