3 questions every job seeker should ask about culture

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We come across a cornucopia of articles, white papers and blog posts on workplace culture, with inspiring examples from companies like Zappos, Facebook and Google as well as innovative ideas from fast growing start-ups. Some articles focus on the artifacts of culture like free food, foosball, pets at work, bring your mom (or dad) to… Read More…

Community Building 101

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It’s commonly understood that people spend their time with people they know — both offline and online. People spend their money with companies and individuals they know and trust (if possible). People donate to causes run by organizations and people they know and trust. That’s human nature. Community building also is the lifeblood of any… Read More…

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Comic Art Fest, Wonder Northwest and PolyglotConf

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There’s a LOT going on in the Pacific Northwest this weekend. Aside from Crypticon (where I’ll be spending my weekend), folks looking for fun have options! Everything from the Comic Art Festival and PolyglotConf in Vancouver to a smorgasbord of geek culture at Wonder Northwest in Portland. Take a peek at our picks from the GeekWire Calendar…. Read More…

Sweet gigs: DoubleDown Interactive, Tableau and Breaking News

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Don’t let those dark skies fool you, summer’s just around the corner and what better way to start yours than with a radical new job? If you’re looking, we’ve got some hot ones for ya. Highlighting local tech jobs, the GeekWire Job Board is the place to check for exciting new careers. Today we’re featuring… Read More…

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Free comic books, hackers and the GeekWire Awards!

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We’ve got a lot of great events coming up this week, not to mention one of our own, the GeekWire Awards next Thursday. We’re super excited about the Awards as we go into next week and hope you’ll join us there (details below). Aside from the Awards, be sure to check out these other great events coming up in… Read More…

MovingWorlds: Where Peace Corps meets Match.com

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When it comes to volunteering, there’s no shortage of global organizations looking for extra hands, but it’s not always easy finding a place to lend your efforts. Enter MovingWorlds, a Seattle startup that’s building a platform where people can go, list their expertise, and find an organization that’s looking for exactly what they have to… Read More…

GeekWire Calendar: Must-attend events and a ‘One Man Star Wars’ ticket giveaway

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Looking for some great events to attend? You may have noticed our fancy schmancy new GeekWire Calendar and now we’d like to officially kick this baby off with some hot picks just for you. These are our hand-picked events, which we’re compiling in this new feature that will be coming at you each week (or so). And to really get… Read More…

Fourth of July fireworks, brought to us by Kickstarter?

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We hoped it was an April Fool’s joke. Seattle production company One Reel announced today that the city’s 2013 annual Family 4th fireworks show is off, done, over, because it couldn’t raise the $500,000 it needed in time to make it happen. So you know where every geek’s mind went to next: Why don’t we just… Read More…

34 Must-Have Tools to Launch your Startup from Idea to Exit

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I’ve launched half a dozen or so startup products in my career and in the process I’ve picked up my list of favorite tools to make each step easier, faster, and cheaper.  Below are the sites and services I’ve had success with while launching startups.  Depending on your skills and experience, you won’t need them all, but I hope… Read More…

Diary: An entrepreneur’s trek to the State Capitol to support tax relief for startups

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — I blink and catch my breath.  Wait, where am I?!  Why am I in the hot seat staring at Washington’s House Technology and Economic Development Committee?  How did I get to sit next to the esteemed Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee and Redmond City Councilman John Stilin?  The pounding in my heart subsides… Read More…

Visual language: Stagecraft in Obama’s Google Hangout

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The President may be a master of the teleprompter, but Google+ hangouts ain’t television. You can replay yesterday’s hangout with Barack Obama here, though sometimes the visual language of a video event reads louder when you freeze the frames. So here is a collage of screenshots from the Valentine’s Day Google hangout with President Obama…. Read More…

Commentary: We need more startup marketing minds (a.k.a. Full-Stack Marketers)

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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 Seattle. This VP of Marketing disagreed and said there are plenty of marketing folks, but not the ones startups need. If you go to Twitter… Read More…

Be Very Afraid: Notes from a ‘Data Privacy Day’ Town Hall

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Happy Data Privacy Day. Or maybe another way to think of it is Happy Halloween in January. After attending this week’s Data Privacy Day Town Hall meeting at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), sponsored by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), you’d be right to be afraid, very afraid. Data Privacy Day is an annual event… Read More…