Seattle launches new initiative to support entrepreneurs, hoping to build a startup kingdom

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You wouldn’t know it judging by the spoonfuls of hot chili that Mayor Mike McGinn is wolfing down, but it’s a picture-perfect and rather warm May afternoon in the Emerald City. As we chat about how Seattle can become a global startup hub, McGinn looks outside his vast seventh floor City Hall office window to… Read More…

Startup vets Ethan Lowry and Joe Heitzeberg are cooking up new connected devices

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Ethan Lowry and Joe Heitzeberg are software guys. Lowry is best known as one of the co-creators of the wildly popular Urbanspoon mobile app, while Heitzeberg worked at companies such as SnapVine, MediaPiston and Whitepages. But the well-known coders and entrepreneurs are spending their free time kicking around ideas in an entirely new realm …… Read More…

Entrepreneurs full of confidence: 84% expect more profits in the next 12 months

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Two studies out this week indicate that entrepreneurs are feeling pretty gosh-darned good about their prospects — not a surprise given the surges on Wall Street. The first, conducted by the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, found that 84 percent of entrepreneurs were “confident” or “very confident” that their businesses would be more profitable in the… Read More…

From one teen mogul to another: Advice for Nick D’Aloisio, the 17-year-old kid who just sold his startup to Yahoo

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The tech industry was buzzing this week after Yahoo announced its acquisition of Summly. It wasn’t so much the acquisition itself, but the entrepreneur behind the idea. You see, Summly was founded by 17-year-old British whiz kid Nick D’Aloisio. We liked The New York Times headline the best: “He Has Millions and a New Job… Read More…

Patience, perseverance and passion: Video highlights from our talk with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot

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We had a great conversation with Tableau CEO Christian Chabot Wednesday evening at our GeekWire Meetup. Chabot talked about several interesting topics, from why entrepreneurs should avoid venture capital to the power of perseverence over pivoting to Seattle as a startup city. You can check out the video highlights above, followed by some additional thoughts from our attendees…. Read More…

Streamlining the fundraising process for entrepreneurs: There’s NOT an app for that?

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Here’s my dilemma. Fundraising for a tech startup is hugely time consuming. There are a million other things to do, and there is no good tool to manage the workflow start to finish.  I’m in the early days of raising money, but the fundraising process goes something like this: Talk to my connections and see… Read More…

Startup Jedi: 3 phrases every VC or angel wants to hear during a pitch

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[Editor's note: Startup Jedi is a new column by GeekWire chairman, investor and serial entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato. Future columns will be made available exclusively to GeekWire members in a special members-only area of the site. You can become a GeekWire member by registering here]. I hear a lot of startup pitches. I can tell you… Read More…

Montlake Capital founder Artie Buerk donates $5.2M to UW entrepreneurship program

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Thanks to Arthur Buerk, the University of Washington entrepreneurship program is getting renamed and receiving a nice chunk of change in the process. Buerk, a 1958 UW grad and founder of Montlake Capital, today donated $5.2 million to the program now named the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Buerk also co-founded the center in 1991 and, along with… Read More…

Startups 101: Advice from 63 entrepreneurs in the trenches

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Sometimes when you’re running a startup, it can feel like the world is stacked against you, with nowhere to turn and no one to talk to. Well, at the very least, you know others are experiencing the same thing. That’s one of the reasons we love putting together the regular Startup Spotlight feature on GeekWire…. Read More…

Startup Weekend to ring NYSE Opening Bell, marking entrepreneur milestone

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Startup Weekend has come a long way since its birth just three years ago, and the non-profit will celebrate the creation of 100,000 entrepreneurs by ringing in the NYSE Opening Bell next Friday, Dec. 28. The Seattle-based entrepreneurial education non-profit hosts 54-hour coding marathons where teams of geeks develop and design new products. The organization hosts the events… Read More…