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…

Hey, NYC: Thanks for finally recognizing Seattle but your infographic stinks

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The Big Apple versus The Emerald City. Could this be an epic showdown over data geeks? That’s the discussion in a story by New York Times reporter Claire Cain Miller who writes that New York and Seattle are “already sparring over which will be the next hotbed, beyond Silicon Valley, for educating these analysts of the… Read More…

Hey, NYC: There’s a tech hub out here called Seattle

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Don’t get me wrong. The growth of New York’s technology community over the past five years has been nothing short of amazing. The city that never sleeps is thinking big, pushed by a mayor who wants to diversify the economic base beyond Wall Street. I love the Big Apple’s desire to build a world-class tech… Read More…

Let’s stop the Silicon Valley comparisons, and take a look at why NYC is kicking butt

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Overdone. Counterproductive. Tired. Whiny. Those are some of the words I’ve heard in the past few weeks as the Seattle startup community looks itself in the mirror, debating our standing as an innovation hub in relation to Silicon Valley. We’ve had a pretty active discussion on GeekWire about it, and there’s been no shortage of… Read More…