We had a great time talking with Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, during the closing keynote at Startup Day this past weekend. The 27-year-old entrepreneur from Mercer Island talked about a range of topics — including his daily schedule, raising money and competing with Microsoft — but the conversation focused heavily on the opportunities for startups… Read More…
Box CEO Aaron Levie is widely known for cracking jokes on Twitter. When Yahoo sued Facebook for patent infringement, for example, he tweeted, “Facebook is probably as disappointed as Yahoo that their technology may in any way be similar.” But beyond the zingers, the 27-year-old Mercer Island High School grad also offers great insights into… Read More…
Today we’re excited to announce several new speakers for Seattle 2.0 Startup Day, the one-of-a-kind entrepreneurial boot camp to be presented by GeekWire on Sept. 22 in Bellevue. And a quick reminder: Early bird rates for the conference end tomorrow, so be sure to grab your tickets now. This annual event, now in its fourth… Read More…
We love telling the stories of startups here at GeekWire, chronicling the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial voyage. Heck, we’re taking that voyage ourselves as newbie entrepreneurs, and I know GeekWire wouldn’t be where it is today without the guidance, insights and lessons of other startuppers. That’s why we’re so excited to introduce Startup… Read More…
Was there something traumatic about Aaron Levie’s childhood that caused an intense dislike of Microsoft? The founder of the Silicon Valley online storage service Box attended Mercer Island High School, just a few miles from Microsoft’s sprawling Redmond campus. But there’s no hometown pride when it comes to Microsoft, a company that Levie has routinely… Read More…
Box, the online cloud storage company that was started in Seattle in 2005 by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, just announced that it has raised $81 million from Salesforce.com, SAP Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, NEA and others. TechCrunch puts the deal at a $600 million valuation, a painful reminder of a fast-growing company that got… Read More…
Just to start off, let me say that Seattle is an amazing city. I definitely couldn’t have asked for a better place to grow up, and everyone I know loves it up there. But it’s not so amazing for professional sports and early stage startups. Or at least that was the case in the summer… Read More…
Call it the one that got away. That’s how I felt after reading a detailed profile of Box.net today, the fast-growing storage and online collaboration service which just landed a huge deal with Procter & Gamble and is on track to raise another round of cash at a whopping $500 million valuation. The 240-person company is… Read More…
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