Online shopping is supposed to be about convenience. But the four-man team behind Seattle-startup Hippidy found it was anything but. Trying to make educated purchasing decisions sent them digging through… Read More
Elizabeth Sheils has a confession to make. If she had known before launching Rock Paper Coin what she knows now, she wouldn’t have launched her wedding payment and contract platform.… Read More
Seattle-based Inyore, a startup that lets employees anonymously share their concerns with employers, grew out of a disagreement between two friends. Inyore founder Sidney James, who grew up in Montgomery,… Read More
Xemelgo, a Seattle-based startup that brings IoT and cloud technology to manufacturing, is cranking up. Last week, the business won the $185,000 top prize at the Seattle Angel Conference, a… Read More
DjangoForce, a software development company, is by all measures a tech startup. But the CEO of the Boise-based business attributes much of their success to something a little more analog:… Read More
When someone is seeking a romantic partner, it’s generally expected that they’re going to be pretty choosy, building detailed, curated profiles and making careful selections. But when it comes to… Read More
As Amazon drives online sales skyward, a 4-year-old startup in the tech behemoth’s backyard is helping brick-and-mortar retailers fine-tune their marketing. This month Seattle-based Observa won the 16th Annual Bend… Read More
Jesse Lakes was a whitewater “raft-guide bum” working in Colorado when he left for a job at Apple in Silicon Valley. “I traded in my flip flops for a cubicle… Read More
When Shan Sundaram tried to purchase a boutique consulting shop, he was frustrated by how inefficient and outdated the process was. Likewise when Aravind Namasivayam was trying to buy a… Read More
Rushin Liu likes panning for digital gold, sifting through and reading promotional emails and newsletters for nuggets of useful information. But even when the messages were automatically sequestered into a… Read More
It’s admirable to support community through philanthropy and volunteering, but Laura Clise wants to show people another path to building stronger, more equitable local networks. “Everyday decisions about where we… Read More
When it comes to brands working effectively with advertisers, Agency Mania Solutions co-founder Bruno Gralpois literally wrote the book. Or at least a book on the topic. Gralpois published “Agency… Read More
Spruce Up founder and CEO Mia Lewin has a vision for what she calls “the next generation of commerce.” She defines it as online sales that are customized for individual… Read More
Nikody Keating launched mytaptrack because his first-grade son needed help. Keating’s son has autism and their family and educators were trying to figure out how to effectively meet his needs.… Read More
Life without readily available cell, text and email communication is unimaginable for most of us. But for people who are incarcerated, those basic tools that connect us to friends and… Read More
The scary truth about many technology companies is that for years they’ve been vacuuming up vast quantities of personal data without even knowing what they’ve collected, how it’s being stored… Read More
If you want to buy a shirt directly from a merchant in China, the customs hurdles will vary depending on whether it’s made of cotton or wool. Or if you… Read More
Startup founders and employees have a reputation for working outlandishly long hours as they race to build their business before running out of money. Knowing that time is at a… Read More
After spending several years working at Google Cloud, Davor Bonaci and Ben Chambers saw an opportunity to help companies take better advantage of machine learning technology. Their idea turned into… Read More
Modern drugs are lifesavers. But they can — and frequently do — cause more harm than good. Here’s a staggering fact: around 128,000 people die each year from a bad… Read More
John Vincent Lee doesn’t like the term “entrepreneur.” The co-founder and CEO of Loopie, a peer-to-peer laundry service in Seattle, considers himself more of a “creative altruist.” And his year-old… Read More
Seattle startup Shared is cruising into the tumultuous bike-and-scooter sharing space with a “micro-vehicle” of its own design, a sort of stripped-down electric-powered moped with burly, super wide tires. Internally,… Read More
Professional conferences and leadership gurus are always urging people, particularly women and underrepresented minorities, to find a mentor to help guide them and advance their careers. It’s great advice —… Read More
When Tina Tran Neville launched her third startup in October, she wasn’t going to repeat the mistake that sank her second company. A mismatch between the product and market had… Read More
Disruptive technology is embraced in sectors where customers are eager to tear up and replace old models for doing business. That’s not so much the case in the metals industry,… Read More
If you’re still wrapping your head around blockchain 1.0 (Bitcoin) and blockchain 2.0 (Ethereum), you’d better hurry up because blockchain 3.0 is already taking hold. And ArcBlock, a Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
Michael Wong might be the only tech entrepreneur who can point to a gig as a Disneyland Jungle Cruise skipper as startup inspiration. But Wong really digs the rides in… Read More
Job-seeking software engineers, Carter Rabasa has your back. Rabasa, whose own resume includes developer and program manager roles at Twilio, Microsoft and others, is the founder of Fizbuz, a new platform… Read More
In parts of Africa, payday is a mixed blessing. Because hundreds of millions of adults across the continent don’t have bank accounts, they’re paid in cash and in places where… Read More
Nicole Schmidt describes herself as an “accidental entrepreneur.” Her real expertise is in interior design for commercial spaces. She has worked lots of angles in the sector, from hotel designer… Read More