What is Gamergate? Most folks outside the games industry are understandably confused by what appears to be an internal dispute within the confines of the games business that has flared… Read More
Over the past few years, Apple’s much anticipated smartwatch has generated massive amounts of hype. And in recent months, the buzz surrounding the Apple Watch has only increased with the… Read More
Many entrepreneurs struggle with having the “valuation” discussion with investors. Given that many startups have no revenue, much less profits, well established quantitative methods like Discounted Cash Flow analysis simply… Read More
I started flying in small planes in high school. I can vividly remember my first flight in a little Cessna. Took off from Paine Field in Everett, and headed east… Read More
I’m an entrepreneur with a day job. For a while now I’ve been asking myself if this is reasonable, and I’ve recently decided that it is. The caveat: I believe… Read More
“When your world is really small, your problems are very big. When your world is really big, your problems are very small.” – David Cole, former CEO of Coinstar/Redbox Each… Read More
Crowdfunding is taking the entrepreneurial financing world by storm, changing the way everything from startups to art projects get funded. When traditional bank and VC financing leaves many entrepreneurs and… Read More
We arrived to Medellin with the ideas that most people have: Pablo Escobar, drugs and a sundry amount of danger. However, that is surely not the case. Considered by Wall… Read More
Hi Jeff, I am a small online merchant who primarily sells fitness products through our website. After a customer buys one of our products, we also sell them related products… Read More
From 1997-2006 I was fortunate enough to spend almost ten years employed by Microsoft. Microsoft is an amazing place for many reasons, not the least of which include the company’s… Read More
Follow up: Denver Police chief opens investigation into Uber incident, issues public apology to Seattle man Colorado is the self-described “vanguard” of innovation. But that’s not really how it felt… Read More
At the beginning of the 1900’s, Ernest Shackleton was merely a third officer in an expedition to the South Pole. He was sent home early for health reasons. Determined to… Read More
Editor’s note: This excerpt is from chapter three of the book The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World’s Most Disruptive Company, by John Rossman, the former director of… Read More
You’re a recent grad from a top engineering school. You come to a hot startup, and in your second week, you volunteer to implement an ambitious new feature. You slave… Read More
Editor’s note: Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff delivered this keynote address to kick off the GeekWire Awards, presented by Wave Business Solutions, Thursday night at EMP. You can see all of… Read More
A bunch of friends and I recently converged on the Sound Mind and Body Gym in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood for a bittersweet final afternoon of full-court basketball. The gym closed… Read More
Does the world really need another streaming box? The answer is a resounding YES! Having just purchased the Amazon Fire TV and having tried many other streaming devices — including… Read More
Smart consumers are quick to recognize when specific technologies can benefit them. Here in the Seattle area, we have a lot of these tech-savvy individuals; certainly many were drawn to… Read More
An hour after Seattle City Council voted to cap the number of ride-sharing drivers on city streets, I was in a Lyft (with my two kids) that got rear ended… Read More
I have called Seattle home for more than two decades and my wife and I are raising our children here. There’s a lot to enjoy and be proud of about… Read More
I like and respect Greg Gottesman. But his recent GeekWire post about the upstart, out-of-state taxi companies — Hey, Seattle, why stop with ride-sharing? Cap these 10 other innovations while… Read More
In a 9-0 decision Monday, the Seattle City Council voted to cap the number of UberX, Sidecar and Lyft drivers on our streets — to protect the legitimate interests of… Read More
Google is bringing high speed fiber broadband networks to homes and businesses in three cities – Kansas City, Austin and Provo. In February, it announced 34 more cities it will approach for building… Read More
At the global carnival that is the Mobile World Congress, the city of Barcelona organized the flow of 72,000 fashionable visitors so efficiently that the city seems to have manifested… Read More
We live in an amazing city. But the one thing we lack is direct, in-your-face sharing of ideas and feedback. Whether it is because we don’t want to hurt each… Read More
The Washington state legislature has a unique opportunity in front of it right now. It can pass a state-specific crowdfunding law. You can read the bill, which has already unanimously passed… Read More
I was so happy to hear the news for Satya Nadella (or Satya NERDella as he will become known!). I was his first boss at Microsoft, and continue to be… Read More
Over the last several months, I’ve been testing the Pebble smartwatch and thinking about the future of wearable technology. The Pebble links by Bluetooth wireless technology to my cell phone and… Read More
In case you’ve been living under a rock the last week, Richard Sherman has been everywhere in the media. It started when the Seattle Seahawks made a game saving and ultimately… Read More
If you’re a geek, you probably like to think. Conventions annoy you. New things intrigue you. Puzzles beg to be solved. If you’re a geek, you might reward experimentation, loathe… Read More
