Legendary auction house Christie’s got a front-row seat to the NFT craze. In March 2021, the 256-year-old art merchant facilitated the sale of a collage of the first 5,000 pieces… Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. – Is Starbucks a tech company or a retailer? That was the question I posed to Starbucks Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman yesterday in Portland, where the company… Read More
Some Nextcast guests have seen it all, and Ron Erickson is among them. Starting out in public policy and law, Erickson made waves in a few fields (including selling zucchini squash at… 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
Distributed Energy Management has business intelligence software that analyzes the energy data from smart meters, or any other data source, and correlates it to business operations. I chatted with founder… Read More
Don’t let the laid-back Pacific Northwest demeanor fool you. Luke Friang is a self-described “speed freak.” Whether bombing down icy slopes on his snowboard or maneuvering through hairpin turns in… Read More
Newly minted RealNetworks CEO Thomas Nielsen has pragmatic outlook, a sharp sense of humor and a ton of energy, as evidenced by the fact that he sealed one of the… Read More
Update: There’s now a ‘Shit Seattle People Say When It Snows’ Part 3. Embedded below… If you’re like me, all this #wasnow #waice #snomg madness has got you in need… Read More
It’s the hottest thing on Foursquare and FarmVille. Now, Avvo — the online Q&A site for medical and legal advice — is adding game mechanics to its popular forums. The… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was veteran entrepreneur Steve Murch, the CEO of Seattle-based BigOven, which offers online services and apps devoted to recipes, shopping… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Ben Elowitz, the CEO of Wetpaint, the Seattle company building an entertainment news and celebrity gossip network makes heavy use of… Read More
Startups, by their very nature, are built to move fast. But Zulily, the Seattle daily deal site that just scored $43 million in venture capital, takes the concept to an… Read More
Tina Kirkpatrick spent the past few years in Chicago, including a stint working as a buyer for Oprah’s Harpo Productions. But the 33-year-old Seattle native is excited to be back… Read More
Mark Suster is a bit of an oddity in the venture capital business — a straight-talking, no-nonsense former entrepreneur who happens to run one of the top performing VC firms… Read More
Rhapsody International, on its own now for a full year, has added more than 100,000 new subscribers over the past year, climbing to more than 750,000 — capitalizing on a… Read More