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Matthew Swinnerton 2/6/20 Matthew Swinnerton 2/6/20

Melinda Gates launches $50 million initiative to boost women in tech

A new initiative from billionaire Melinda Gates wants to increase the number of women in Chicago tech. And her investment firm is spending $50 million to kickstart the women-in-tech initiative in the Windy City and two other markets.

Chris Miller 2/6/20 Chris Miller 2/6/20

The Tech Talent Struggle

During my 14 years running a professional services company in Santa Cruz, finding talent here was never “easy”. In 2008 we had little choice but to curate talent, mentoring potential employees through internships and more recently structured tech apprenticeships.