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Dutiful, or duty-free? 

Today's prompt is inspired by the work two local companies, as reported in a story below, are doing in Ukraine: 

 

What is a tech company's responsibility to the community, whether a local or global one? Does a tech company (or any company, for that matter) have an obligation to make an impact outside of getting a return for its shareholders?

 

Let us know with a reply to this email or a note to , anytime.

 

 — Technical.ly reporter Donte Kirby (donte@technical.ly)
 
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Top Stories

These Baltimore companies are intervening to help Ukrainian civilians and staff

By Donte Kirby | 2 minute readSisu Global Health is shipping its unique blood transfusion devices to assist surgeries, while Return Solutions continues to work with its Ukrainian colleagues through the invasion.
After a decade of incubation, AccelerateBaltimore graduates 5 more startups
By Sameer Rao | 2 minute read

ETC Baltimore's accelerator awarded five startups, in such industries as esports and healthtech, $50,000 each to grow their operations. Read more »

What the metro areas leading in pandemic recovery have in common
By Holly Quinn | 3 minute read

Certain metro areas saw exceptionally high employment rate changes in Q1 2022 compared to a year ago. Read more »

Why this extroverted engineer launched a coworking space for BIPOC entrepreneurs
By Stephanie S. Beecher | 4 minute read

"We’ve been left out of the conversation": Amid the rise of remote work and need for more diversity in coworking, Ambition Center MKE CEO Marcell Jackson aims to connect underserved professionals with the new space on Milwaukee's North Side. Read more »

This active duty Navy technician has created a geography-focused social media app
By Donte Kirby | 1 minute read

Sebastian Colon drew from his experiences as a teenage music producer to develop Runiuni. Read more »

Blast from the past

University entrepreneurship centers are looking beyond campus to grow local economies
Originally published December 21, 2021

The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers conference gave a platform to the institutions that play an increasingly important role in Baltimore's ecosystem by galvanizing mission-driven founders from across the city. Read more »

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