Celebrating the best of Seattle tech: Scenes from the 2013 GeekWire Awards

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It was alive and kickin’ Thursday night at the EMP for the 2013 GeekWire Awards, as we welcomed more than 750 of you to help honor the best and brightest from Seattle’s startup community. From Chris DeVore’s inspiring keynote speech about the Emerald City startup scene to hearing the crowd thunder in applause and appreciation for… Read More…

Startup Day: Founding, funding, design, culture, biz dev and more on the agenda

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We’re a little more than a week away from Seattle 2.0 Startup Day, Sept. 22 in Bellevue. This annual event, presented by GeekWire for the first time this year, is a chance for established entrepreneurs and aspiring startup leaders to learn the ropes from veterans in a series of talks aimed at mastering key steps… Read More…

Introducing the GeekWire Startup List: 500 Seattle-area startups, and growing

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As reporters covering the Seattle-area tech community, we frequently would refer to the Startup List on the  Seattle 2.0 website when looking for new startups or jogging our memories about tech companies in the Seattle region. We know many of you were avid users of the list, as well. Starting today, we’re bringing it back,… Read More…

Introducing GeekWire’s new resource center for startups

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Startups are a critical component of the Seattle region’s tech industry, and a big part of GeekWire’s mission is to empower these entrepreneurs by connecting them to information, partners and other key resources across the community. In that spirit, today we’re delighted to announce another addition to the GeekWire family: the Startup Resource Center. Since… Read More…

Last chance to nominate: GeekWire presents the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards May 3

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Here at GeekWire, we are incredibly proud to present the fourth annual Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards, and we’ve been enjoying watching the nominations roll in by the hundreds. This is a community-based event, and a celebration of all things startup and tech, so don’t miss your chance to get in on the first phase of the… Read More…

A brief history of Seattle startups: We’ve come a long way, baby

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There’s certainly been a lot of discussion on GeekWire in the past few weeks about the vibrancy — or some may say lack of vibrancy — in the Seattle startup community. But, sometimes, it is good to take a moment and reflect. Speaking at the Hacker News Meetup Tuesday night, Seattle 2.0 founder Marcelo Calbucci… Read More…

A night at the Seattle 2.0 Awards: Watch the speeches of the 10 winners

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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, recording a special podcast from the red carpet and shooting some video of geek fashion (Check out Estately CEO Galen Ward’s pink shirt, SEOMoz founder… Read More…