Sarah Olson knows all too well how isolating the tech industry can be. After 25 years working in tech at companies like Cargill and Thomson Reuters, she transitioned to Minneapolis nonprofit Minnestar in July to help “bring tech to the masses.” One of her initiatives is to repair the pipeline of students going into professional tech roles because “[companies] don’t know how to hire students and make them successful in their roles,” she says. Her game plan is to find the pain points to “create a strong tech community and better ecosystem in Minnesota.”

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