In 2011, the world was still recovering from the financial crisis a couple of years earlier. The startup economy wasn’t in full swing yet. SaaS, pre-seed, or even mobile-first weren’t… Read More
It’s not integrated with Apple Fitness or Peloton. It has no companion app or website. It won’t send you reminder emails or notifications. That’s the fitness tracking/challenge I put together… Read More
In the midst of the ongoing pandemic, there is an awakening among CEOs that employees are capable of doing work and being productive from home. This week, Twitter announced that… Read More
People going from a big company to a startup, as a founder or an employee, severely underestimate the differences in how the work gets done. This is such a hard… Read More
Three years ago I was at a dinner and an entrepreneur was telling me and the VP of Marketing of a successful startup how there weren’t enough marketing folks in… Read More
No matter which side of the aisle you sit on*, today’s ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, is a big deal for the… Read More
Guest Commentary: This week Microsoft made a big announcement by providing TechStars startups up to $60,000 worth of Windows Azure services for two years. That’s huge. I have never seen… Read More
I spent 13 years of my life in the Pacific Northwest living on the Eastside. I worked at Microsoft. Then, I did my first startup in Redmond. After that, most… Read More
It’s day 87 of TechStars Seattle. It’s also the last day of the program. The incubation program culminates with an event this afternoon called Demo Day where more than 400… Read More
How’s that great salary working out for you? If you work at Microsoft, Google or Amazon it’s clear that you can’t get a better salary in the market, and you… Read More
Guest Commentary: After reading GeekWire’s post about how Washington state is lagging California, New York and Massachusetts in venture capital deals, some data points struck a chord with something I’ve been… Read More