Adam Tratt’s first slide at yesterday’s Seattle Tech Meetup was simple: A picture of himself with the words “Don’t Be Like Me.” No, he wasn’t talking about the Adam Tratt of… Read More
Seattle startups have been pretty dang creative with how they hire talented developers. Two years ago, Cheezburger stood outside of an Amazon company meeting with free Dick’s cheeseburgers in hopes of luring… Read More
Tech industry veteran Adam Tratt has told a story or two in his day, but more than that, he has experienced first-hand the value of “entrepreneurial storytelling” — the ability… Read More
Giant Thinkwell’s latest product, Haiku Deck, has been getting quite a bit of attention over the last few weeks. We covered the team of three — Adam Tratt, Kevin Leneway, and… Read More
Right before going into the studio to record this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, I noticed one of our guests, Giant Thinkwell CEO Adam Tratt, leaning over his computer… Read More
More than any other word, pivot has come to define startup life. Without the pivot, YouTube would have been a dating site, Groupon an app for staging protests, and Instagram… Read More
Kyle Kesterson made a name for himself as the creative force behind Giant Thinkwell, the Seattle celebrity gaming startup whose mascot is a lovable squid. But Kesterson, who left Giant… Read More
Some have gone out of business. Several have changed course. And most are still hanging their shingle in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, looking to transform everything from the way… Read More
Kyle Kesterson, the co-founder and creative force behind Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell, is leaving the company in order to pursue new opportunities. What those are, Kesterson isn’t quite sure yet.… Read More
We’ve been talking a lot about the lack of investment dollars flowing to entrepreneurial ventures in the Seattle area. But let’s not forget all of the good stuff going on.… Read More
Technology reporters and bloggers get countless appeals for coverage every day — so much that it’s tough sometimes to sort it all out. But when Sir Mix-A-Lot makes his pitch… Read More
This is going to be fun to watch. The creative forces of Sir Mix-A-Lot and Giant Thinkwell are set to collide next Tuesday as they unveil a new social media game… Read More
Seattle’s startup community partied Thursday night at the annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of the region’s top tinkerers, geeks, designers and investors. Team GeekWire was there in full force,… Read More
There’s no question that the guys at Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell are funny, as evidenced by their April Fool’s Day stunt outside of the Amazon.com headquarters. But can they build… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a strange week in tech news, including our first glimpse of Paul Allen’s autobiography, telling all about Bill Gates; Amazon.com’s effort to… Read More